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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has discussed the best way to deal with the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44782/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he has been provided with a report by the Department of Foreign Affairs on progress after seven weeks of political talks in the north of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46810/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when his Government expects an agreement on the all-party talks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46811/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 17. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the meeting with the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, on 11 and 12 December 2014 in Belfast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2160/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, regarding the recent deal in the North of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2177/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, regarding the lack of agreement between the parties in Northern Ireland regarding flags and parades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2178/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 20. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the 23 December 2014 Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3268/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 21. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the joint paper that the Irish and British Governments agreed before talks took place on 11 December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3276/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 22. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his telephone conversation with Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3277/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. It is four months since Northern Ireland-related topics have arisen during Questions to the Taoiseach. That is an example of the impact of cancelling questions on Wednesdays, which the Taoiseach did some years ago, and of failing to re-schedule Tuesday sessions when he is away on other business. It is also a good illustration of how Northern Ireland...

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: There have only been approximately 1,000 cases versus 15,000 cases, which the then Minister said would happen in year one. We do not even know the proportion of those 1,000 cases which were mortgage cases. Essentially, the Taoiseach has given the banks a free rein. What is happening is that property prices are rising. The banks are going after the cases where there is no longer negative...

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: Some 30,000.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: I do not know what land the Taoiseach is living in at times.

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: Even his response suggested that it is the borrower's fault. His whole mind-set is through the prism of what the banks are telling him. Most Deputies and I are raising cases where there has been constant engagement by the borrower with the banks but the banks have worn them down and have not engaged in many cases. That is the point I am making. When I talk about selling people down the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: Last week in the Irish Examiner, it was reported that approximately 400 homes have been listed for repossession since 1 January. Across Munster, the figure is just under 700 since the beginning of the year. I was looking at Kilkenny, for example, where there are 93, and Carlow, where there are 65 repossessions before the Circuit Court. That is just a typical list of any one day. There are...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Inquiry (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 164. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of times a draft motion on setting up a commission of inquiry has been circulated to a legal firm prior to or after the Government agreeing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6630/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Inquiry (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 165. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times a draft motion on setting up a commission of inquiry has been requested by legal firms to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6631/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Inquiry (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 166. To ask the Taoiseach the protocol in place in his Department to deal with requests from legal firms for draft motions on setting up commissions of inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6632/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Inquiry (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 167. To ask the Taoiseach the number of requests he has received directly from Members of Dáil Éireann requesting draft motions on setting up a commission of inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6633/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum Campaigns (17 Feb 2015)

Micheál Martin: 317. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the recommendation from the Constitutional Convention on blasphemy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2172/15]