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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Issues (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I did not expect us to take these questions either.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Travel (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is outrageous carry-on.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Travel (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is a nasty piece of work.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Travel (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I am here every Tuesday and Wednesday, as the Taoiseach knows.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Travel (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: Be fair.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): EU Issues (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: We will soon have statements on the European Council meeting and most of the issues that could be raised in respect of this set of questions can be left until then. Nevertheless, I wish to raise two separate points. The Taoiseach said yesterday that he will continue to block the legislation in the Dáil that relates to economic relations with the illegal settlements on the West Bank on...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: This is not enough.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The point is that there has been no legal challenge to it.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is nowhere near the amount of coal.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Travel (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is blindingly obvious that the bilateral meetings that took place in Zagreb, outside of the venue for the meeting of Fine Gael's European political party were brief, formal and a cover for those, such as the Taoiseach, who used official transport to claim that it was official business. Croatia, however, is a partner and ally of Ireland's in the European Union, and the fact that the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I want to raise two issues in regard to the Cabinet committee on the environment and the work, or lack of work, on the part of Government in regard to the environment. I have repeatedly asked the Taoiseach about the electric vehicle target under the climate action plan and I have pointed out to him that to meet the target set of 1 million vehicles in ten years, almost every vehicle purchased...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: In recent weeks, the Taoiseach has rolled out what is already a highly negative campaign on his behalf and on that of his party. Who he thinks he is impressing with this is anyone's guess. One part of this negative campaign is the ridiculous claim that everyone who supported a proposal for more investment in public transport, including a major improvement in rural public transport services,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: Given all the Taoiseach said on Leaders' Questions, I am sure he must be aware of the case of Eoin Ward, who has been on a waiting list for four years for a scoliosis operation. His mother was on "Prime Time" last night. It was probably the last place she wanted to be because her son's operation was postponed again. It had to be deferred last week because of a shortage of intensive care...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: This has been coming for a while.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach why the Government was caught so unawares and why the Minister expressed the view that she was shocked and stunned at what was transpiring, given that in June 2019, the Minister for Finance, when asked a question regarding difficulties crèches were having in accessing insurance, said: "I am very conscious of the difficulties being experienced as a result of the cost...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: I always communicated when I was in a dance hall.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The insurance crisis is having its most immediate and telling impact on the childcare sector. Up to 1,300 providers have been left without insurance cover following a letter from their broker, Padraic Smith, who said that he had spent the past six months trying to find alternative insurers through intermediaries and so on. Providers now have only weeks to find an alternative. Many quotes...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son mo pháirtí, ba mhaith liom Nollaig shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise a chur in iúl leis na Teachtaí go léir. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle agus an Ceann Comhairle as ucht a gcomhoibriú i rith na bliana. I thank all of your team, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. We extend our best wishes to the Ceann Comhairle....

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Mattie McGrath has been very conscious of that throughout the year. We wish him well. I wish the Taoiseach a very restful and peaceful Christmas. I wish everybody an interesting and exciting 2020. I am sure it will be exciting and interesting. I wish the best of luck to everybody and hope we all have a good and restful Christmas with our families.