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Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is branding people wrongly and she should not be doing so.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: If we want to have a discussion on the broader subject, we can have it at the Business Committee

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy has a habit of creating a row. I am just trying to be helpful-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: The current Citizens' Assembly is primarily concerned with issues raised at the Constitutional Convention, the more grandly named previous Citizens' Assembly, which reported approximately five years ago. The assembly on gender equality is due to hold its first meeting in January and we wish it well in its work. This is different in that, unlike previous assemblies that dealt with issues...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: That is not the question I asked.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Farrell now knows how awfully hard it is for us.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: On 28 September 2015, there was a banner headline in The Irish Times, "Nationwide ban on smoky coal due within the next year". Last Monday,there was again a headline in The Irish Times to the effect that the Government would take action on the smoky coal ban but when one reads the detail, one will see it is a consultation framework and it is being referred to councils. This is more ducking...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: He has written a fair few.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: They are 5% of them-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: My understanding is that the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, was supposed to come back to us on that eight months ago. Former Deputy Billy Kelleher wrote to him about this matter. I got the Minister's response. It might have been eight months ago when he said he would respond within a month. There are no data available on public liability insurance claims. Many of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is happening all over the country. This is going on year after year and the Government's response is both delayed and seemingly ineffective.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: It is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: He is only issuing guidance. It is not being done.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: Community facilities, businesses, crèches, leisure centres, hotels, pubs, marts, you name it, are all under extraordinary pressure because of the rising costs of insurance. Many of us in this House have met a range of groups across the country that feel their enterprises are endangered by the dramatically escalating insurance costs and premiums. Many businesses are under significant...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategy Statements (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: 93. To ask the Taoiseach the progress on reform measures outlined in appendix 1 of the Strategy Statement 2017-2020 of his Department. [51602/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contribute or speak at the next Foreign Affairs Council, FAC, meeting regarding the reports of one million persons being detained in centres in China. [51603/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: 119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to the Middle East; the meetings held; the issues discussed, specifically relating to the funding allocated for solar power plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51604/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the December 2019 EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting; the issues that will be discussed; and if he will meet with the new High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission. [51537/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the work being carried out to implement the all-party motions of 2008 and 2011 relating to the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan atrocities as per the statement of strategy of his Department. [51541/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Agreements (10 Dec 2019)

Micheál Martin: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken with his EU counterparts recently, particularly since the NATO summit held in London at which the proposed digital sales tax of 2% to be placed on high-tech companies was discussed. [51538/19]