Micheál Martin

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Because of this solidarity, the impact of that decision has been reduced. Thankfully we have avoided many of the worst impacts seen by the UK itself which the British people themselves increasingly recognise.

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

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.

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

People get protecting children online, and that if you can do something significant at European Union level with the Commission and the Parliament - that speaks to people in a very tangible way.

It makes sense that you monitor the market, of course it does, otherwise you are filling the pockets of the oil companies.

We are anticipating fairly concrete proposals and ideas, and I think there is an opportunity for a European-wide position in respect of protecting children online, which I think would be quite powerful and quite impactful, if we could…

Mr Martin also appreciates their view on the need for the commission's recommendation on the provision of a statutory criminal offence of misconduct in public office to be brought forward.

Mr Martin said their courage led to court action, adding that these prosecutions would have happened 'much earlier but for the failures of the State to investigate'.

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

The Taoiseach thanked the survivors for their courage, fortitude and perseverance which led to the establishment of the Commission of Investigation.

A definitive decision will be taken so that anything that's required legislatively, or whatever, would be done in good time before the recess.

there persists also a zero-sum identity politics in Northern Ireland that does as little for the communities it is purported to serve

there remains a need for a sustained, strategic focus

housing is the number one issue and we need more supply

We are peacekeepers and that is our unique contribution to the world.