Micheál Martin: “Mr Martin said their courage led to court action, adding that these prosecutions would have happened 'much earlier but…”

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

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

The Government had made more progress on childcare in the last five years than in the previous 30.

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