Results 1,061-1,080 of 49,984 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: That is why we have the Comptroller and Auditor General to highlight and unearth these issues. That is why the public accounts committee in this House is there. It is there to interrogate and to hold people to account in respect of unacceptable practices and behaviour. That is the bottom line. The Deputy mentioned cybersecurity attacks as if the person or the group - very often criminal...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, I did not interrupt the Deputy. He have a great habit of interrupting-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt you. You do it all the time, of course. It is a tactic of yours which you learned from your former colleagues. It is a well worn campaigning tactic. The Deputy mentioned cybersecurity attacks as if it is the recipient of those attacks who is responsible for the expenditure. Come on; let us have some balance in the debate. I do not blame the HSE for the cyberattack....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: We have provided a range of measures in terms of security for renters over the past number of years. The Deputy should acknowledge that. That is not to mention bringing in the tax credit for renters as well, which is an additional help in what is a very difficult situation for renters in the context of cost and prices. The fundamental way to deal with emergency accommodation is to build a...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: That is the key. We are at levels now we have not been at for quite a long time. However, it will take a bit of time for that to have the cumulative impact we want. We will continue what we are doing through new social house builds and leasing and acquisitions. Combined, we will try get to approximately 12,000 units in 2025. This will help, particularly in the context of the housing...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: I am absolutely committed and have articulated the need for a multilateral and rules-based order. The point I made yesterday was that for small open economies or states like Ireland, our ultimate security is not in optimal defence capability, it is in a rules-based order. That is our ultimate security. We support Ukraine because its territorial integrity and sovereignty were violated and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. It is not acceptable that so many people in our society are in emergency housing accommodation, particularly children. In respect of children or families with significant medical issues, there is recourse to local authorities in the interests of prioritising the housing of such families. I do not know the background to each of the individual cases,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: I wonder does the Deputy reflect on the absolute contradictions within her presentation. Deputy Bacik is asking me to condemn President Putin and President Trump yet in the very same presentation she is suggesting they should continue to have a freeze on Ireland's participation in peacekeeping. That is exactly the Deputy's proposition.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is exactly what she has said.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: The reason we have consistently said that the triple lock needs to change is that the powers on the Security Council should not be able to stop or veto Ireland's participation in a peacekeeping mission. It is absolutely nothing to do with military neutrality as is asserted time and again in this House. Nothing. It is a pragmatic and sensible decision to take. We should control the destiny...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: No, it did not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: I know it is.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: I should not say this. To be fair, members of the Deputy's movement have always valued art down through the years, in different ways. I appreciate her close scrutiny of the National Gallery.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: Politicians in this House cannot be responsible - I say this genuinely - for how individual agencies, such as the National Gallery or an arts centre, procure and deliver. We create boards, which are established by legislation. There are responsibilities-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----on those who decide these things. That is said generally. Politically - the Deputy said let us have a debate - I remember, was it Deputy Ó Snodaigh who spent €50,000 on 200 cartridges? That showed a tremendous focus on value for money, did it not? That €50,000 worth of cartridges was expenditure in this House. Before the Deputy throws stones, she is wrong. The...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: The other point I will make-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----is that today I am publishing a report.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: How much was Project Eagle? It was €7 million. Will the Deputy discuss the €7 million? No, because she will be in hot and heavy for the next inquiry, which will cost another €10 million or €15 million. There was never a debate on those issues.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: Ar dtús báire, aontaímid go léir gur institiúid an-tábhachtach é an Gailearaí Náisiúnta agus baineann muintir na tíre an-taitneamh agus tairbhe as an institiúid seo. Caithfimid é sin a chur san áireamh i gcónaí. Ach tá sé an-deacair ar fad é seo a thuiscint. Conas is féidir scanóir a...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: There is an overall feature here, but the House in general needs to focus on the specific and, more generally, on public value for money. Deputy McDonald, please.