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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: It is not fair to say that if something happened outside one club as opposed to another-----
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: Will the Deputy let me finish? What happened is wrong, fundamentally on the part of those gathering. Second, there has been very significant sustained investment in Knocknaheeny and in the north side across housing, health and so on. There is a great community there.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: We need to promote what is a great community. I have been there a lot, as the Deputy knows. There are great schools there and great community endeavour and spirit. At various times in the history of the city, we have had different outbreaks at different times. The best way to get at it was through on-the-ground community interventions, at which the Garda has, historically, been very good....
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: I will talk to the Garda, get a report and get back to the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: I am unsure. Is the Deputy saying she supports this but she wants to make sure services are in place?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: Apologies. I will check out what the position is. There should, of course, be consultation and engagement between the local authorities and their representatives. I am not ware of the specific proposal to which the Deputy referred. We have built modular homes in different locations across the country and, by and large, it has gone fine. There has been no issue and it has worked out okay,...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: Every agency of the State should be cognisant and conscious of the need to align with overall Government policy on disability access. There may be operational issues in terms of adjusting every single bus in the fleet right now. I would have to check all that out. I do not want to make commitments in advance but I am very clear that there should be a legal and legislative framework...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: Boliden Tara is officially on board as a client company of Enterprise Ireland. The latter is liaising with the company on energy and productivity supports that can assist with a sustainable reopening. The Government is very committed to a sustainable reopening because of the impact Tara Mines has on the wider region. It generates about €75 million in annual economic activity in the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: That is an interesting question to which I do not have an immediate answer. There is an issue in this regard. We have provided financial supports to An Post to support post offices. Increasingly, it is becoming an issue that a postmaster exits and there is no subsequent take-up. I will talk to the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, who has been working with the postmaster organisations,...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: First, the review on school transport that the Minister, Deputy Foley, published represents the most comprehensive reforms of the school transport system since the State was founded. I pay tribute to the Minister in getting this through Cabinet. Obviously, there will be an implementation phase. All of us are familiar with the anomalies, rows, disputation and challenges facing families that...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: On the qualified bus driver over 70, we are discussing that at Cabinet. The suggestion now is perhaps that an independent medical-----
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----review could enable us to unblock what has been the position that CIÉ has taken in respect of not allowing over 70s. I take the Deputy's point.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, I missed that bit.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: Apologies, I missed the last bit there.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: We have a date for the North-South Ministerial Council. It is certainly an issue I will raise with representatives of the Northern Ireland Executive. They have their challenges in terms of revenue raising as well, but I certainly will raise it and take it forward. I appreciate the Deputy raising the case.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. The Deputy is correct in terms of the temporary special scheme having been in place since July 2022. It has been extended on a number of occasions, most recently in October 2023 up to 31 March 2024, and people would have received notification. People have been advised that they may utilise the full provisions of the public service sick leave...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: As the Deputy will be aware, the taxation commission report was published many years ago and successive policy from successive Governments has been marked by a reluctance to bring in new tax reliefs, although we introduced the rent credit for housing. Experts in the taxation field have always shunned the idea of tax reliefs. However, we will examine it. We have done some good work on...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy has raised a fair point. That evidence-based study and research is vital to inform future action but it also has to galvanise the public, more generally, and society in making sure that we can get these schemes through. The OPW is funding two full-time staff for the Midleton flood relief scheme and will be bringing forward interim measures pending the scheme's completion....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: It is very clear. I have just spelled it out in terms of the taxation question. There is legislation that governs taxation. We have the civil partnership and cohabitation Act, which we passed in this House. All these issues have been set out in clear-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2024)
Micheál Martin: But the legal frameworks are in place.