Results 1-20 of 458 for going forward speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I agree with the Deputy. I have spoken to the Minister for Transport on this. Bus Éireann has not facilitated it. It would cite medical issues. I put forward the idea that perhaps we should have an independent reference point from the medical world, for example, in the geriatric world, and people could give us an informed opinion on the point the Deputy made about those aged 70, 71,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, introduced it approximately two years ago. It has been very successful and effective in preventing evictions by giving the option of going to the seller and saying the council will buy the house, thereby enabling the person living there to continue as a tenant of the council. It has been very effective, with up to 1,800 approvals so far. I will get the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (23 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...I am trying to make, all things in a more serious vein, is that this will facilitate the attendance of military representative associations at future national pay talks. It is very positive step forward. Deleting the entire subsection (3) might go too far in the other direction.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...of the community coming together. An urban council was the community coming together in an elected format. The antennae of such councils were sharp in terms of the needs of the town and they came forward with cohesive plans. In my own county, I think of towns such as Kinsale and Clonakilty, which had good urban councils that transformed their experience. That was true across the...

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...love and hate. On 17 May 1974, this country faced such a moment. On a Friday evening, bright with the promise of early summer, decent people, including parents, children and pensioners, were going about the ordinary business of work, of care, of living. The familiar and easy rhythm of Dublin and Monaghan settling into a weekend was brutally interrupted by the horror of mass murder. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: We will be bringing four more projects forward. We have no issue with discussing them here if people want to go through the detail of them. It is all quite transparent.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ..., it is my intention to bring a formal proposal on recognition to Government following the completion of discussions with international partners. This is an issue that has been the subject of ongoing consideration in line with the Programme for Government. These discussions are ongoing and intensifying. I visited Jordan and Egypt in April and met with my counterparts. The manner in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I would genuinely like to see who is going forward after the elections and so forth. In any case, I am well used to it at this stage in terms of the flip-flopping and the perspectives. At one level, they will attack-----

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...again is a great relief to anyone who wants to see progress in Northern Ireland. Following yesterday's North-South Ministerial Council, there is a full agenda before us and I am determined to push forward the work of the Shared Island initiative. For the first time in our history, our Government is making major long-term investment and deepening North-South understanding and economic and...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (9 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...of this moment and of this day. I have no doubt in the immediate aftermath things might get a bit more challenging and rockier. I wish Simon well. This is a special day for him. I look forward to a constructive and effective co-operation in the time ahead. Go raibh míle maith agaibh agus go n-éirí an t-ádh leat.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (9 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...programme so as to extend the useful life of a ship to thirty or more years. A Mid Life Extension Programme is underway in respect of the P50 class vessels, LÉ Niamh and LÉ Róisín. Work on LÉ Niamh is ongoing and is scheduled for completion later this year. The refit programme for LÉ Róisín has been completed, and that vessel is currently in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...deepest condolences to the family of Saoírse Ruane, her parents, Ollie and Roseanna, her sisters and all who knew and loved her. I was fortunate enough to meet Saoírse at Croke Park some years ago. I was very much struck by her radiant smile, her warm personality and her love of sports, including Gaelic games. Saoírse inspired so many people with her positivity and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: European Union (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: There have been different views across the European Union for a considerable length of time on the Middle East and particularly on the conflict between Israel and Palestine. Because of history going back to the Second World War, the Holocaust and so on, people, particularly in Germany but also elsewhere, look at the conflict through a different lens from others in Europe, including...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...I would like to assure the Deputy that it is my intention, and that of the Chief of Staff, to ensure that the momentum behind the regeneration of the RDF will be maintained, thereby enabling us, going forward, to create a Reserve Defence Force that can seamlessly train, operate and deploy with the Permanent Defence Force, both nationally and internationally.

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: Go raibh maith agaibh, a Chathaoirligh and Senators. In Gaza we continue to bear witness to a brutal conflict: 136 long days of war, 100,000 dead, injured or missing, 1.9 million displaced and 90% facing acute hunger. These are numbers but they describe a human reality of mass suffering on an industrial scale, a humanitarian disaster unfolding before our eyes. More than half of the...

Recent Developments in Northern Ireland: Statements (14 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...take up the roles as First Minister and Deputy First Minister, to Edwin Poots on assuming his role as Speaker and to all the other members of the executive. The immediate task of the new executive is to set out the policies and priorities that can drive Northern Ireland forward. I look forward to working with them all in what will be rewarding and challenging roles. I also wish Matthew...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ... I would like to assure the Deputy that it is my intention, and that of the Chief of Staff, to ensure that the momentum behind the regeneration of the RDF will be maintained, thereby enabling us, going forward, to create a Reserve Defence Force that can seamlessly train, operate and deploy with the Permanent Defence Force, both nationally and internationally.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ... 3 1 4 2 Total 14 15 8 20 While it is not possible to estimate the year on year female participation rates going forward, the Commission on the Defence Forces have recommended a female participation rate of 35% across the Defence Forces. In light of the Commission on the Defence Forces report and the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...of the wider field of recruitment out there with full employment. The idea of bringing someone up to a standard as opposed to saying to them, "You are not at the standard, so you are not even going to get considered", is a step forward. Some people swear by psychometric testing as being key - Deputy Berry might enlighten us on that later - but others do not. Psychometric testing for...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ..., particularly for those who have less than three years of service, is quite a dramatic uplift, as the Deputy describes it. The C-295 will be coming on target to be delivered to us in 2025. The ongoing issue would be recruitment and retention. On the retirement front, we have had a Cabinet sub-committee meeting on this issue around all the services. The Minister for Public Expenditure,...