Results 101-120 of 458 for going forward speaker:Micheál Martin

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...energy efficiency and getting a well-balanced scheme that does that. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan raised the issue of our targets. I take his point in respect of the need to really get going at speed. That is why the new planning Act is endeavouring to try to streamline, codify and consolidate all of the planning Acts over the last number of decades and to have a more streamlined...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...University Hospital. There are 26 such stroke centres throughout the country. Wherever we get centralisation and a strategic view in terms of a particular disease, great benefits can accrue. Going back to the late 1990s and early 2000s, we had a cardiovascular strategy and the first national cancer strategies, all of which led to improved survival rates. Likewise improvements in stroke...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...the Deputy for raising this issue and for the constructive manner in which he has approached it. From what the Deputy has outlined, I have suggested to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, that he should go up to County Louth for the weekend, where the Deputy could take him around to a few more sites. The Deputy's points are well made. Housing is the biggest issue facing us as a society and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...has commissioned the largest and most significant survey of apartment defects in this country. He has the results of that report. He has indicated repeatedly to the House that he will be bringing forward a scheme by the end of this year in respect of apartment defects. He has already introduced a most comprehensive scheme in respect of mica. A previous Government brought in a scheme in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ..., Rishi Sunak, as é a bheith tofa mar phríomh-aire. Guím gach rath air agus é ag obair ar son mhuintir na Breataine. Beidh mé ag caint leis níos déanaí, mar a luaigh an Teachta, agus inseoidh mé dó go bhfuil géarghá ann anois le tús a chur le cainteanna substaintiúla idir an tAontas Eorpach agus Rialtas na Breataine...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputies Cronin and Paul Donnelly raised public transport services and Go-Ahead Ireland. It is a very serious issue. The National Transport Authority, NTA, has advised the Department of Transport in respect of this. The performance of all public transport operators is closely monitored as part of the contractual arrangements that are in place. Go-Ahead Ireland is not alone in experiencing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...on. We are moving from different parts of the city all of the time. It needs something more structured and systemic than just a task force. I will give consideration to what the Deputy has put forward, as I said. Of course, the Deputy did not listen and hear that. She came back and had a go at previous Ministers and the current Minister for Finance as if to say it is up to him to sort...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Chair and the committee for the invitation and am delighted to take up the opportunity. Gender equality is a key priority for this Government and if we are to make meaningful advances in gender equality, it will require a broad and inclusive approach. The catalyst for inviting me today is of course the admirable work carried out by the Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...and the EPSEN Acts as a Minister for Health. I would have been an advocate on the rights side of it. In terms of what constituted even a disability, for example, healthcare people said it could go to the hip or it could go to what we might consider normal health stuff. If we put something into the Constitution, all sorts of interpretations can flow and there can be unintended...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...women becoming involved to that degree. Less travelling to meetings is something that could be encouraged. Travelling to meetings is something people bring upon themselves and is not healthy or good. The workload in larger areas has become enormous while in cities, there is more intense engagement regarding a range of issues. That is a factor we need to work on. Regarding the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...concept as far as I am concerned. I look at it in the broadest way. I am very committed to changing that. As I said earlier, where we are now is the method by which we arrive at a proposal to go before the people. I understand that this committee has done an interim report and that there is to be a fuller report. I have put forward the idea that we need to do something more specific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...the full report as quickly as she possibly can because there is a process there. The role of this Oireachtas committee is to consider the citizens' assembly report on gender equality and bring forward recommendations for Government to bring forward and implement. That is where we are. The final report will be published on 1 December. I would like to see a referendum in 2023. I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...island unit is to be without prejudice to the constitutional position. That is why I think it has gained such traction, so we need to be careful. That is all I would say to Deputies who, in good faith, have put forward various perspectives. The reason it has gained such traction among civil society in Northern Ireland is because people accept its bona fides. It is not a Trojan horse...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We need to be sensitive about this in the sense that it is a very difficult situation for people to find themselves in. It is not as if people are going to use this as some sort of excuse. That will not happen. It is very difficult for a person to have to come forward and say, "I need leave because of domestic abuse." The report recommends that we provide supports to employers so that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...Deputy for raising this very important issue. I met Finola Cassidy and the Irish Thalidomide Association representatives, along with their legal representatives, in my office a couple of weeks ago. It was a good meeting. I listened very carefully to the concerns expressed. There has been a long history of interventions by Governments in respect of this issue and the people involved....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Yes. As I said earlier today, the HSE did send a team to Limerick. It has had some impact. It illustrates the importance of governance, management, patient flow and all of that. This issue has been featuring for quite some time. The Government has accelerated what was being planned for Galway and Cork, in particular, in terms of elective units. In the past six months, in particular,...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...of our health professionals and a system which saved so many lives. While it faces very difficult challenges, our health system has expanded dramatically and is treating more people with better outcomes than ever before, but we must go much further and that is what we are doing. The budget delivers on our commitment to continue to expand the core capacity of our acute hospitals, with...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...and the fastest-hitting recession of the last century. It is genuinely remarkable how Sinn Féin and others cannot even bring themselves to acknowledge what has been achieved and that this Government’s actions have been central to helping our country through the pandemic, saving lives and delivering the fastest recovery recorded in Europe. At the heart of it, this is a...