In terms of the Sacred Heart school-----
TDs / Micheál Martin
Micheál Martin
Taoiseach
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Sorry, I thought I could respond to-----
I believe the issue Deputy Murphy raised is resolved. The Department has been trying to engage with the school for quite a while since December. It referred the school to the financial support services unit in December. The Department was awaiting information. I think Deputy Lahart was proactively involved in trying to get the issue resolved. I hope we can get it finally and comprehensively resolved.
First of all, I condemn the horrendous atrocity over the last two days in terms of the bombing of innocent men, women and children. I have not briefed anything of the sort the Deputy suggested. Again, if she had consulted me, she might have got the truth, but she decides just to go for the propaganda. That is what it is about.
In my remarks in the Oval Office, I very succinctly articulated Ireland's position-----
-----on the Middle East, and it is on the record. For the life of me, I will never understand why Deputy McDonald did not go to Capitol Hill.
The reason I will never understand it is-----
-----that the Deputy has many friends-----
-----on Capitol Hill. She has many funders in America who have funded her organisation. She has many business contacts.
She meets with many developers in the United States. I think the reason she did not go to the United States is that she did not want to face them in respect of the different American perspective on the Middle East.
I have no issue with going and articulating the fundamental principled stance Ireland has taken.
The Deputy dodged it deliberately and decided to stay at home, which I think was a mistake and robs her of any credibility in attacking me or criticising me in respect of this issue.
Again, I did not do that in any shape or form. In any interactions I had, I articulated that the programme for Government was progressing the occupied territories Bill. I made that very clear and I listed out all the actions we had taken, which are well known to the House.
Fundamentally, however, it seems to me that Prime Minister Netanyahu, irrespective of what gets said here or what gets said in Europe, is hell-be…
No, I did not, but I am interested in how the Deputy is conflating the Bord Pleanála decision - I hope she accepts that An Bord Pleanála is an independent body-----
I am just making the point that I hope that everybody accepts that it is an independent body. Its decision should not be conflated with an earlier decision of the Government in respect of energy security, which is required. The legal opinion, by the way, to the previous Minister, which is on file in the Department, is such that, legally, it is not possible to prohibit fracked gas as to what comes in, including throug…
There is full transparency. The Government took a decision and announced it, you know.
The energy security piece is separate to An Bord Pleanála's decision.
I did not say that.
The engagement and the visit to the US honours a long tradition of celebrating Irish America and the role it played in the building of America and the historic ties that exist. I know the Deputy would prefer if they had never existed because, in fairness to her, she has had a very consistent anti-American position for decades.
Irrespective of who is President, that has been the Deputy's position, but there are very significant economic links with the US. Thousands of Irish-----
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I am sorry. The Deputy asked me a question about my trip to the US and if I thought it was this, that and the other. I just wish to make a very fundamental point. Hundreds of thousands of jobs in this country depend on that economic relationship. Many workers out there are working in multinational companies and so on.
Well, the Deputy did.
The Deputy did ask me about that.
I did. I publicly stated my position on Conor McGregor, but the Deputy asked me how did the trip go and did I think it was a success and so on.
Sure, I am not getting a chance-----