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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Wake me from my slumber.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice reform last met. [3272/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The Taoiseach will agree that the Cabinet committee on justice reform was established because the Government had allowed the sector to slide into crisis after crisis and was a sign that the Government was looking for a way out. In particular the background to the justice reform committee was the way the Taoiseach and the then Minister for Justice and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: No matter what the report says, the Taoiseach will declare himself to have been cleared, rush it through a debate in the Dáil and then try to smother it in other leaks and announcements. Does the Taoiseach intend to bring it before the Cabinet committee on justice reform, will he agree in advance with the House a timetable for releasing and debating the report after it has been...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: What charges?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: However, the Taoiseach said he wanted to give as much information as possible in answering questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: Does he remember that from last week?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I did not ask for details-----

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears last met. [3271/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said that the Cabinet committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears met six times over the past 12 months. He might indicate whether he agrees that far greater frequency was required given that he had originally insisted that everything was in hand in respect of the housing crisis, especially in respect of housing supply and household debt. The...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I met with Clerys staff, suppliers and workers at midday on O'Connell Street today. I will speak in a non-partisan way on what has been a shocking, cold and callous way of closing an iconic and historic store. There is no doubt that the workers were treated in an appalling manner, as were the suppliers. Indeed, other jobs could be at risk due to the manner in which suppliers were treated,...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I take it from the Taoiseach's reply that every effort will be made to fast-track payments to the workers affected and, in particular, their welfare entitlements. In addition, the Taoiseach might comment on the needs of suppliers. Their position is in considerable jeopardy as a result of what happened and the manner in which it happened. We would be willing to co-operate with the...

Deaths of Irish students in California: Expressions of Sympathy (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: I join the Taoiseach in offering on my own behalf and that of my party our deepest sympathy to the families and friends of all those killed and injured in Berkeley, California. Our hearts and minds go out to the families, particularly the parents. Their young children have had their lives taken from them in their prime and in the beauty of an American summer as they looked forward to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 139. To ask the Taoiseach if he envisages sections of the Commission of Inquiry chaired by Judge Fennelly being published before the whole report is completed; when same will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22556/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 140. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his Department have received any information or update on any section of the commission of inquiry chaired by Mr. Justice Fennelly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22555/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 141. To ask the Taoiseach when the Commission of Investigation conducted by Mr. Justice Fennelly will publish its next interim report; when the commission will publish its full report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23017/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Inquiry (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 142. To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff currently working with the commission of investigation conducted by Mr. Justice Fennelly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23018/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Parliamentary Questions (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 160. To ask the Taoiseach the procedures in place in his Department to ensure that all parliamentary questions are answered correctly and fully; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23952/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Process (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 152. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas. [23646/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Process (16 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: 153. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department since September 2013. [23672/15]