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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Everybody knows the cause of this is an unprecedented war on the Continent of Europe that nobody anticipated. In advance of that war, there was a deliberate strategy to cut energy and fuel supplies. There is no question about that now, in the full light of day. Unfortunately, that has created very negative impacts on us all, particularly workers and people on very low incomes. That is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: That means covering all aspects of this, including pay policy, tax, welfare and climate. To do it on a tax-by-tax basis makes no sense. It is incoherent. That is why I am not jumping to the political bait from the Deputy and others in the House who are attempting to make this about one issue or one tax., which is nowhere near the real cause of what is transpiring here. We have already...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet sub-committee on climate change has been meeting regularly. There is an overall Cabinet sub-committee, chaired by the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, now dealing with climate change. My Department has a co-ordinating role in terms of the delivery of climate change policy. We have made progress. The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act, which is comprehensive...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: In the context of the carbon tax-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have made it very clear that we have already brought down, by about €9 and €12, what would have been the cost for petrol, diesel and so on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: We will make sure that any increase in carbon tax will be offset, but we have to do much more than that. That is my point

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: My earlier response was that it needs more substance. I heard what the Deputy said on Sunday morning about a mini-budget.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: It was so threadbare in substance as to be beyond any credibility.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: It was the Sinn Féin Party and its policies that I criticised.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I agree that we face a huge challenge. I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. Yesterday's report from the IPCC is a stark warning to all governments and to all parliaments that it is going to be impossible to put this matter to one side or defer action. The first item on the agenda today was the carbon tax, as if it was the be all and end all of the increases in fuel energy when we all...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy's entire response is political and electoral and nothing more.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Any increase in the carbon tax will be offset, so there will be no additional cost to people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I said to the Deputy that we need an inclusive process here, involving and including climate change as well. Yesterday's report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, warned that it is now or never to avoid climate catastrophe. That is what the panel said. It warned that humanity has less than three years to halt the rise of planet-warming carbon emissions. The UN...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: It seems to me that it is the St. Augustine approach you are taking to climate change; "Oh Lord, make me chaste but not yet". That is your approach-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: We can deal with-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: There will be legislation-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I did not attack the Deputy at all. Do not be playing the victim here. I attacked her party and her party's policy. That is what I did. The Deputy heard me very clearly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. In the first instance, we as a society and a country have come through a once-in-a-century event in the pandemic, which in 2020 brought about the greatest recession since 1939. Thankfully, because of the Government's interventions to underpin the economy and support companies and the whole range of measures we brought in, the economy bounced back...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Gender Equality (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Both my Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), the only body under the aegis of my Department, actively support diversity and inclusion in the workplace including gender balance. The Human Resources units in both organisations keep gender balance under ongoing review. As at 1 April 2022, the gender balance of staff in my Department (excluding politically...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Transport Policy (5 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Both my Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office, the only body under the aegis of my Department, encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel, such as walking, running and cycling to commute to work by: - providing shower and changing facilities for staff; - supporting and encouraging staff to avail of the Cycle to Work Scheme; and - providing bicycle...