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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: I can understand the Minister of State, Deputy Moran's annoyance because the bottom line is the Deputy's assertion-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: She talked to me about being a smart alec. Her assertions today were bogus, flawed and not serious. No one is taking that kind of nonsense seriously. She should take heed of what the Minister of State said. Read the e-tender. Yes, we have spent billions of euro on infrastructure. A lot of the projects we spent on have come in on target. Many schools such as Edmund Rice College, Dublin,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: I have answered the question. Go and read the e-tender.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: With the greatest of respect-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: What I would say to Pearse is: would you go away and design a bike shed for us and give us the costs? We will take it away and see what we do.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: For God's sake, cop yourself on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: In the overall scale of public expenditure - and the national development plan has been a very significant initiative by the Government - I am somewhat surprised at the Deputy's concentrating on, relatively speaking, areas that were covered last year in terms of spendings that should not have happened, specifically the OPW expenditure on a bike shed. I do recall, however, that it was Members...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: There were lots of representations from all of them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: You guys wanted a bike shed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: I did not want any bike shed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: A lot of working people, by the way, a lot of public servants, a lot of workers do want facilities in terms of-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----cycling to work or active travel. We are not responsible for the detailed-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: Sorry?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: I know, but there are so many leaders emerging in Sinn Féin these days-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: Obviously, the presidential announcement that was meant to be never happened, so they should all just take it easy and stand back. Deputy McDonald is here for quite some time yet, it seems, as leader of the party. As regards the issue of the detailed planning for a new national maternity hospital, which will involve a very significant sum of money, I will not decide every single item of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: I am of the view that if particular facilities are being provided for workers, in particular, or for people visiting any public institution, for that matter, value for money should apply and they should not cost outrageous sums. It should be done modestly, and very simple structures should be put in place. It should not have to cost €100,000 to provide a bike shed. Again, I am not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: No, no.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: Workers want facilities. These facilities are not for anybody in here, except the Opposition TDs who did want the bike shed last year.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Government is committed to the delivery of a National Security Strategy and work is ongoing in drawing up the strategy, co-ordinated by the National Security Secretariat in my Department and integrating inputs from a range of relevant stakeholders, including the Departments of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Defence; Justice, Home Affairs and Migration; An Garda Síochána; the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach works with the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) and the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) to ensure that best practice is followed in the procurement and use of software programmes. The Department leverages technologies available from cloud service providers in line with the stated advice of the OGCIO. Details of the amount...