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- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I am not. I will come to the core, if I may.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: That is the Deputy's observation.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: There have also been ten parliamentary questions from Deputy Kelly to the Minister, Deputy McEntee, which have been answered.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: There have been two from Deputy Shortall. The Minister, Deputy McEntee, has made it clear that she is willing to answer questions in this House. She said that last Thursday evening. The Opposition opposed that and any facilitation of that, which was due to happen next Tuesday, because of the format of how the questions would be asked. I believe withdrawing from the Business Committee...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: The Minister is committed to coming into the House to answer questions.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: She wants to deal with this and she will answer questions on this. The Business Committee should reconvene. The Minister is prepared to come into the House tomorrow afternoon to make a statement-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----and answer questions as well. I suggest that the Business Committee meet to go through the format of that and work it out. That will be as early as tomorrow. From the outset, my main aim and responsibility as Taoiseach is to maintain the separation of powers and also to maintain confidence in our judicial system-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----and the Legislature. It is not, Deputy Kelly, and you are wrong to suggest that.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: In answer to Deputy McDonald's questions, those appointments came through-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board in accordance with the-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I thought the Deputy would be pleased with that.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: This is a very unusual procedure.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I do not go into the relationships of people to any former officeholders or to Deputies in this House if they are appointed to a position through a recruitment process or the-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----Judicial Appointments Advisory Board, which this appointment went through. It was brought to Cabinet in accordance with the law and the Constitution. That is it.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I take strong exception to the Deputy's remarks. I have repeatedly answered questions in here and I have answered the Deputy too.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: No impersonation of John Wayne will phase me. The Deputy keeps melodramatically suggesting that he will deal with people and that kind of thing.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I am committed to the separation of powers. I am not so sure the Deputy is.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy needs to come clean. At the beginning of this, he suggested to me that I should seek the publication of correspondence.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy implied that he knew what was in the correspondence.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: So the Deputy knew.