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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of requests for meetings she has received from private, external, non-State-funded lobby groups; the number of meetings she has held with these groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26704/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: 141. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of requests for meetings he has received from private, external, non-State funded lobby groups; the number of meetings he has held with these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26695/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of requests for meetings he has received from private, external, non-State-funded lobby groups; the number of meetings he has held with these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26702/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: 192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the number of requests for meetings he has received from private, external, non-State funded lobby groups; the number of meetings he has held with these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26701/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide in tabular form the number of requests for meetings she has received from private, external, non-State funded lobby groups; the number of meetings she has held with these groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26698/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: 219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of requests for meetings he has received from private, external and non-State funded lobby groups; the number of meetings he has held with these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26699/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: 225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the number of requests for meetings he has received from private, external, non-State-funded lobby groups; the number of meetings he has held with these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26696/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the number of requests for meetings he has received from private, external, non-State funded lobby groups; the number of meetings he has held with these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26707/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: 239. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form the number of requests for meetings she has received from private, external, non-State funded lobby groups; the number of meetings she has held with these groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter.. [26694/15]

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: On Committee State, Deputy Phelan stated, “This Bill is quite technical. There are some typographical issues. It will really be a question of dotting the i's and crossing the t's. The scope of the Bill does not allow for the Bill to be changed in any huge way. The Bill itself is very technical-----

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----we will be proposing amendments. The Deputies will have plenty of time to consider them.” The Minister of State said at that time that there would be no big change to the Bill but that it would be a matter of dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: When we raised this operation yesterday, and the way the Government was proposing to deal with this legislation, the Taoiseach said it was open to the Opposition to propose to recommit it to Committee Stage.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: The implication was that it would be recommitted. He did not definitively say it but he gave that as his way out of the leaders’ questions on this yesterday.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: He strongly implied that it could be recommitted because this is very sharp practice. Deputy Phelan said what she said. Deputy Coffey is here and the Minister is notable by his silence. The whole point was to smuggle through this legislation pertaining to Irish Water, hopefully without anybody noticing, and with the Minister well in the background.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: This issue has been badly handled from day one over two years ago when it first came into the House and was rammed through. The Minister of State should give an adequate response saying why he will not allow it to be recommitted given that the amendments are new, very substantive and have been visited upon us for the first time on Report Stage.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is unprecedented.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Motion to Recommit (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach committed to do that.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: I know this hurts the Minister of State but I did not interrupt the Taoiseach when he spoke. I ask the Minister of State to allow me the opportunity to make my points no matter how much they hurt him.

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: Not only did the Taoiseach vote against those measures he campaigned actively against them. So to turn around now and demand credit for them takes a level neck never seen before in Irish politics. While Syriza was irresponsible in the promises it made before the last Greek general election, let us not forget "Not a red cent" and "Frankfurt's way or Labour's way". They were also dishonest...

European Council Meeting: Statements (1 Jul 2015)

Micheál Martin: In this, it has contributed to a situation which has caused large and growing damage the European Union and the ideals upon which it was founded. The summit heard a presentation from the British Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron, about Britain's demand for the renegotiation of various terms of its membership of the Union. Although this demand was announced four years ago, the public is still in...