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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the sincerity of the issues the Deputy has raised in respect of the challenges facing the country. Fundamentally, I make the point to the Deputy that since 2019 employment has grown in this country by 506,000 people. That is 506,000 people over five years. We have a strong and resilient economy and the most effective intervention in terms of poverty or living standards is work...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: I am not applying my reply to the two cases the Deputy mentioned, for example. There is a fundamental question we have all faced if we are honest, whereby people come to us and say that as a parent they believe their child should get a particular intervention or surgery. If a doctor or clinician does not believe that is appropriate at that time or believes that the outcomes may not be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: At the outset, I want to take the opportunity to offer my deepest condolences to Harvey Morrison Sherratt's family and his parents, Gillian and Stephen. No words of condolence or consolation to Harvey's parents are enough. It is an extraordinarily traumatic thing to happen to any family, but in these circumstances even more traumatic in terms of the experiences the family and Harvey had...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (17 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure works to drive infrastructure delivery, accountability and value-for-money, including the preparation and now the implementation of the revised National Development Plan. Membership of the Cabinet Committee comprises the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and for Defence, Minister for Finance, Minister for Public...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: The COVID-19 Evaluation is an independent entity. It decides on all matters relating to its operation, including its procedures and its programme of work. Guided by its publicly available , the overall objective of the Evaluation is to help learn lessons. Its wide remit incorporates pandemic responses across hospitals, the community and nursing homes, along with wider economic and societal...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: I am aware that in April, the Ombudsman for Children published a report entitled Child Death Review: The Case for a National Statutory Review Mechanism for the Deaths of Children in Ireland. I take it the Deputy’s question relates to this proposal. The report recommends the establishment of a statutory child death review mechanism in Ireland to examine all child deaths occurring...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Poverty (17 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office was established in the Department of the Taoiseach in Spring 2023 to prioritise action across government in areas that will have the greatest impact for children and families experiencing poverty. The Programme Office was retained in the Programme for Government to continue the work to break down silos between departments and drive delivery. ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (8 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: Citizens’ Assemblies are established by Resolutions of the Houses of the Oireachtas and operate independently of Government. The Department of the Taoiseach provides administrative support to Citizens' Assemblies and the table below details the expenditure incurred by the Department in this regard since 2016. Expenditure 2016 - 2018 Citizens' Assembly ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Equipment (8 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: The telephony system used by the Department of the Taoiseach includes voicemail functionality and voicemail is used extensively by staff across the Department. The Taoiseach’s Office receives a high volume of calls daily on issues of public concern and the Taoiseach’s Private Secretary is made aware of matters raised. Members of the public who contact the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Civil Service (8 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: The 2014 Civil Service Renewal Plan included the establishment of an Accountability Board for the Civil Service to strengthen accountability and performance across the Civil Service by introducing greater oversight of delivery. The Board comprised a mix of senior Government ministers, including the then Taoiseach, senior civil servants and a number of external members selected following an...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Properties (8 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: Neither the Department of the Taoiseach nor the National Economic and Social Development Office - the only body under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach - own any properties. The accommodation used by the Department and NESDO is provided and managed by the Office of Public Works.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: There are no agreements or lists, made or exchanged, to include projects in any constituency in the future National Development Plan and or the HSE Capital plan. The Programme for Government was agreed and entails all of the Governments priorities. A review of the National Development Plan was published on the 22nd of July 2025, following a public consultation by the Minister for Public...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Capital Expenditure Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and 11 together. As outlined in the replies to Parliamentary Questions No. 26 and No. 27 of 29th July 2025, neither the Department of the Taoiseach nor the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) - the only body under the aegis of the Department - operate any capital funding programmes or grants for sporting or community organisations.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Semi-State Bodies (29 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the number of procurement competitions run by the Department of the Taoiseach that did not result in a contract being awarded is not routinely collated by the Department. All procurement within the Department of the Taoiseach is conducted in accordance with applicable EU and national regulations and Office of Government Procurement (OGP)...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Private Partnerships (29 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach has not engaged in any Public-Private Partnership projects from 2010 to date.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (29 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: Neither the Department of the Taoiseach nor the National Economic and Social Development Office - the only body under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach - have procured services from the company specified by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 together. The below table details expenditure by the Department of the Taoiseach on legal fees over the past three years. Year Expenditure on Legal Fees 2022 Nil 2023 Nil 2024 €2,927.70 A centralised legal services...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Grant Payments (29 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) - the only body under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach - is funded by a grant allocation paid from the Department's Vote. The total value of grants paid to NESDO is published annually in the Department's Appropriation Account. Details of the grant payments in the past five years are set out in the table below. ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government (29 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: Under the Global Ireland 2025 Strategy, there has been an unprecedented expansion of Ireland’s global diplomatic and economic footprint. This has helped us ensure that the country has been well-positioned to weather the increasingly turbulent global environment of recent years, including the consequences of Brexit, the COVID pandemic, the energy and related inflation crisis, and the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (29 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach has one body under its aegis - the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO). Monthly Foreign Travel Reports for the Department are published on gov.ie. At all times, the Department seeks to ensure that value for money is provided in respect of each official trip undertaken, consistent with the requirements of official business. The expenditure...