Micheál Martin

This has been a major failing of an organ of the State that cannot be downplayed.

I am profoundly sorry that two former public representatives from my party so comprehensively failed to defend and protect young children from their nephew and cousin.

These are scientists and people with expert knowledge – they’re not politicians – who meet to assess drugs.

I think that we need to work around the communication of all of that.

It went through a lot of interactions before that, which could have been quicker, in my view, on the part of the company.

Bessborough is of huge importance to many people and families, at home and abroad.

I believe the licence fee does make a contribution, so this constant undermining of it, in my view, only makes things worse, because people are not prepared to support a universal levy.

I certainly will take the issue that you've raised in respect of this letter that was written by him in the 1970s forward, and see how best to examine that.

It obviously won't be easy. There are very different views around the table, both about how we raise our money, and how we spend it.

We need to be economically competitive in order to sustain the European way of life.

The British-Irish Council offers an opportunity to meet with our nearest neighbours to exchange ideas and discuss issues that affect us all, a core component of the Good Friday Agreement.

All works cease immediately if human remains are discovered.

Some may describe its actions as disgusting, but it is independent in its planning functions.

I am advised that the legal threshold cannot currently be met.

You waived your anonymity in order to ensure that the heinous crimes of Bill Kenneally were exposed and that other young boys were protected.

I want to apologise to those men, Jason Clancy, Paul Walsh, Kevin Keating, Colin Power, Barry Murphy, Simon O'Toole and Gerard Mullane.

Conor McGregor’s remarks are wrong, and do not reflect the spirit of St Patrick’s Day, or the views of the people of Ireland.

Holding the presidency is an honour and a responsibility, and we are ready to give it our all.

I don't think withdrawing from the courts is the correct course of action.

In our view reform is important, we have to reform our systems on a continuing basis and make them more effective, efficient and better value for money and take out perverse incentives.

We will work as an honest broker to try to narrow gaps and to bring people together.

Political, financial, military and humanitarian support for Ukraine must be coupled with ever-increasing pressure on Russia so that its cruel and morally indefensible war can no longer be sustained.

We must defend and vindicate these values - both within Europe and globally - and this parliament has a vital role to play.

There are no democratic or humanitarian values which are flexible enough to justify the scale of death, destruction and displacement we have seen.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains dire. The situation in the West Bank is deteriorating. The behaviour of the Netanyahu government is increasingly extreme.