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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: I always defer to the clinical advice on this. The Deputy is aware of reports from Brazil on massive reinfection in parts of-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: It is mainly massive reinfection-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: ----- from people who had felt that they would be protected-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----from antibodies. We cannot ignore that reality. I prefer the cautious approach and when we said we wanted to vaccinate healthcare workers, it was, incidentally, warmly received in hospitals and the relief there and in nursing homes was overwhelming and could be seen when people were vaccinated. I am not sure we are talking about a huge cohort of people here in any event. There are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: I reject what the Deputy has said. He accused the Government and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, of not negotiating or engaging on the issue of fisheries during the Brexit negotiations. I consulted with fisheries representatives and so did the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, who had ongoing engagement with Michel Barnier. The Minister...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: Everybody knew that a no-deal Brexit would have been the ultimate disaster for fisheries because of the historic catch we have in British waters. Everybody knew from the moment Brexit was announced and was later passed by referendum, that we were in difficulty as regards fisheries. Deep down, the fishing industry realised that. I recall meetings four years ago at which the consequences of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: We certainly had to avoid a no-deal Brexit. I am sure the Deputy will accept that a no-deal Brexit would have been a disaster for fishing. In that context, we fought for as high a share of quota for the Irish fishing industry as we possibly could in order to ensure we can create viability into the future. It is an extremely difficult deal for fishing. We are not at all happy with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Minister has established a task force on the Irish fishing industry and creating a sustainable future for it. Resources will be allocated to ensure that and to continue to fight for and ensure balance in quota distribution. I wrote to the President of the Commission in the aftermath of the deal pointing out the disproportionality of the deal on fisheries with the United Kingdom and its...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising those issues. The vaccination programme is a key part of exiting Covid-19 and endeavouring to bring life back to some degree of normality. The measures we adopted yesterday were essentially designed to continue to keep the pressure on the virus, particularly over the next four weeks, in order to reap a bigger dividend later in the summer, rather than taking...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: That is a first dose.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: The national task force envisages having the portal up and running in mid-April, perhaps the third week in April. I will get the specific dates for the Deputy. That is the intention. On the specifics of each company, I will get the details on each of them for the second quarter for the Deputy. On average, between April and May, we are looking at 2 million doses with a higher amount in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Beacon is a good vaccination centre. It was facilitating vaccinations, particularly for the people in that area, as efficiently and effectively as it could.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: First, I state unequivocally that the Government I lead is one that sees as its fundamental objective advocacy for children and providing services for children in education and health in the most comprehensive way possible. All my political life, I have fought for children with special needs in whatever capacity I have served. I do not intend to change now. When I became Minister for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: Lexi Forde, the child referenced by the Deputy earlier, will not have to wait until 2026. We will make sure that is the case. No child should have to wait that length of time. I do not want to comment on specific individual circumstances. It was raised, however, and we will see to it that that does not arise in that case. The allegations made in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: There was no practice. It was not a practice when I was Minister for health of deliberately going out either to authorise the collection of data in respect of individual children or families. From my understanding of litigation, what normally happens is that pleadings are made and in the course of the interaction between legal teams, the plaintiffs will often provide information to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: As I said very clearly, any breach of patient-client confidentiality or any attempt by any official or anybody to ring up a doctor or consultant, as happened - they had documentation in respect of one case - would be-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----totally wrong and unethical.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: It is not something I would condone.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 21 to 25, inclusive, together. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment has been established and first met on 8 July. It has met a total of ten times, most recently on 1 March. The next meeting is scheduled for 12 April.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Shared Island Unit (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 27 to 30, inclusive, together. The Britain and Northern Ireland Division supports my work and the work of the Government in relation to ongoing implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, and all aspects of North-South and British-Irish relations The Division supports my participation in the North South Ministerial Council and the British Irish...