Results 19,021-19,040 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: We would welcome more Government time but the Dáil business is very crowded. I am looking at the schedule and it shows a very crowded timetable. Deputies are already looking for more time to debate matters concerning Bus Éireann, which I agree is a serious issue. It is a question of how to divide up the time for the remainder of the week. That is the $64,000 question. It is not...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: If it is too weak from Deputy McGrath's perspective, it is probably too strong from somebody else's perspective. I am satisfied that it is needed to deal with the crisis within the forestry industry. We need to get on with it and get it done. I do not know whether time can be made available for other matters such as the Bus Éireann issue. I will leave that to the Business Committee.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: My understanding is that NPHET will be meeting on Thursday, having assessed and reviewed the situation across the country. That is its primary duty. NPHET is not the most powerful body in the country.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: It provides advice to Government and the Oireachtas. Last week, I thought I would be attending a European Council meeting on Thursday and Friday. As it transpired, that meeting was cancelled due to reasons beyond our control when somebody close to the President developed Covid-19 symptoms. As a result, the Council meeting was postponed until this Thursday and Friday. I will facilitate a...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: First of all, not everybody shared the consternation last week. Deputies can create their own consternation and some of them are quite good at it. They practice-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: What I mean is that it had already been arranged last week, prior to the consternation, that there would be presentations from the HSE and from the Minister this week. Not within the timelines last week, but the following week. That was agreed, actually, by the Covid committee. That is my understanding.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: Hold on, please. Equally, I am saying-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: People are saying that we will not have time. There is an hour and a half on the forestry Bill. An hour and a half.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: What is being suggested is that nobody on this side of the House should have any opportunity to speak at all.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: That is what is being said.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: When one boils it down-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: It is only an hour and a half. Divide up an hour and a half as much as you like. The Minister will be coming in.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: The point is, we would love more time for the Bill this evening-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----because this Bill is essential for the future of jobs in many rural communities. It is very positive that the Bill is being debated. We would welcome more time for the debate but Deputies will have an opportunity to speak because the Bill will be debated again tomorrow. The consternation is about the hour and a half given tonight and Deputies saying that not everybody will get to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I am glad the Deputy has clarified that aspect of it. I suspected that it might be a reconfiguration of the hospital because HIQA's guidelines said that what was there was not optimal. I will get a report on it. I met with the HSE South team last week. The need for additional beds outside acute hospitals to provide placements for people is an area of considerable concern to it. I know it...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising two issues in his leaders' question. The first relates to the closure of beds. I do not know the specific local circumstances of Killarney or, indeed, Columbanus house which the Deputy mentioned. I met with the HSE for the south region on Friday last. They said they were actively looking for additional beds, in terms of community nursing beds and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: Medical politics should not be dictating these issues. There should be a commonsense approach in these situations. As I stated, I am not aware of the detail of the situation on the ground. The Deputy is saying to me that clinicians within the Saolta group are not willing to use these facilities whereas clinicians in other HSE hospital groups are prepared to use them. That seems to be the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy made that assertion and it raises legitimate questions in respect of why this particular technology is not being used within the Saolta group. I will initiate inquiries as to why that is the case and ask the HSE and the Saolta Group for a report on the points raised by the Deputy. As soon as I have it, I will revert to the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I am not responsible for operational decisions at the level of individual CT scanners, but I do not accept that this issue must wait until 2022. I will talk to the Minister for Health and the HSE about what is going on there. To be fair to all concerned, Roscommon hospital has been advanced in recent years. There were political rows about emergency departments and election commitments...