Results 341-360 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy called it a transition plan but she is masking her real view that farmers should get out of farming. That is what she is saying. We have a different approach.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: No, I have not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy does not want to build anything, does he?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: You do not want to build anything.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan and Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran will be meeting with the residents on that issue fairly shortly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: Shortly. Next week. The issue is acknowledged. That meeting will take place next week.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: Yes, we do have the guts to take on anyone who is engaged in price gouging, absolutely.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: I think we need an evidence-based approach.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: There is an agency there, the consumer and competition authority-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Deputies opposite know that. People come in here and make assertions but we have to do our business in an evidence-based way.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: In terms of the Agri-Food Regulator, we established it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The former Minister for agriculture, Deputy McConalogue, brought that in precisely to get greater transparency in respect of the differentials between what the primary producer earns - the Deputies know the primary producer was a key motivator behind the introduction of that regulator - as well as making sure that the primary producer would get a better share of the entire supply chain in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The fundamental point is this. We recognise that there are significant high prices, particularly in groceries.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The issue really is in terms of the next budget and the Estimates, how best we use the resources we have to help those who need it the most.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I know it is very close to his heart and an issue largely upon which he was elected. I appreciate and understand fully where he is coming from. He has raised it on consistent occasions in the House. As he knows, the Minister, Deputy James Browne, met with various stakeholders in Donegal in May of this year, including representatives from the Mica...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: Let me make one comment, which is probably an observation on the political world we are in today: all the parties on the left favour universality in everything in terms of provision and have not argued once today for targeting or prioritising those left furthest behind.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: It has been very interesting that in the past ten days, including today, their entire focus has been on giving everybody everything. Whatever scheme is brought in-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, I did not interrupt anybody. It is a case of giving everybody everything. In the last budget, we took significant steps with the child support payments for both under-12s and over-12s.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, Deputy Hearne is not leader yet.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: In the last budget, I itemised the issues. The free schoolbooks scheme is now part of the budget and of the base, which is very important. It is not once off or anything like that. It is the same with free transport for those aged between five and eight and the hot school meals programme. We did not extend VAT either. I have made it clear that in the next budget, for the Government and...