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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: That is not what he said publicly.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: It is great to keep throwing out the word and hoping it sticks. That is what some of these contributions are about. The Tánaiste was very clear. He said very clearly that he hoped there would be a vaccine in the first half of 2021. That is what he said to us this morning. That got translated into something else but that is what he said to us. Most people are saying there could be a...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: It is not a deviation. The Government has to decide these things.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I can recall the Deputy in an earlier phase of this pandemic being-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I am just-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: Again, there is an attempt here to undermine the Government's position on this-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I will accept any constructive criticism. There is no level 2.5. The Deputy should not pretend there is or create that language because it simply does not exist.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle, I did not interrupt the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: It is normal procedure here to allow me to answer the questions that Deputies ask. I have answered the Deputy. There is no such thing as level 2.5, as she knows well. I said earlier that NPHET advice came prior to the adoption by the Government of the new plan. The Deputy knows that. There are two issues, namely, wet pubs and people attending matches in stadia with capacities of more...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: That is it. There is no level 2.5 or anything like it. NPHET will come forward with advice on Thursday and I hope and trust that the Deputy will accept whatever decisions we have to take in respect of Dublin, as per the advice from NPHET. I have already begun to see, in the question about different locations in Dublin, people trying to wheedle out of any issues that might arise. The...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: That is the implication in what the Deputy said about localised responses. The acting Chief Medical Officer is very adamant-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----that the virus is throughout Dublin city and county. There is no getting away from that. The specific criteria are in the plan. There are seven or eight criteria that NPHET will use to make a decision in respect of a particular county or nationally. 2 o’clock There are further descriptors of what those might be in terms of numbers per 100,000, the R number, the transmission...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: The alternative is Dublin moving to level 3 overnight without any advice from NPHET to that effect. That is a very serious step to take for a lot of people. We need to be mindful of that. That can await any county and, therefore, NPHET has to advise in regard to that, following on from the modelling and everything else that will be necessary to make such a recommendation to Government at a...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: The advice from NPHET has been published today, including in respect of Dublin. NPHET will meet again on Thursday-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: In regard to Thursday-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy has asked questions and I am trying to answer them.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy was briefed about two weeks ago.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I facilitated the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy received a very detailed briefing, including from the HSE. The Deputy's demeanour at the briefing was much different than it is publicly. She is overstating the negativity around the testing, in my view. We want to ramp up and increase testing but it has been ramped up very significantly. More than 1 million tests have been carried out since the start of the pandemic.