Results 31,921-31,940 of 51,089 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his very positive comments on the facilities in Ardee. Carroll Village is a block of apartment-style independent living units housing mostly family groups. There has been no large-scale transfer of residents either in or out of the centre in recent months and they are entitled to travel, like anybody else, in whatever format or mode they so desire. It is also very...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his remarks. I also thank him for the seat on the bus for any constituent of mine. My emphasis, however, is to avoid people having to go on long journeys to get cataract operations. We should be increasing capacity locally. That is what I modestly announced last week. There was no fanfare. I simply said there would be a significant investment going into the South...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Come on. The lads need to relax a bit.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: I was reliably informed that Deputy Michael Healy-Rae approached people outside a mass saying he could get them on the bus if they wanted a cataract operation.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: The woman concerned-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Relax.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: I am not telling you to sit down-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: That is the truth.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Calm down.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: The cross-border health directive is an EU directive. I explained that to the Deputy the last day. Britain is leaving the European Union. Deputy Michael Collins knows that. I have told him. What happens is the EU directive does not apply to the UK anymore and it is no longer obliged and we then have to develop a bilateral agreement with the United Kingdom, a similar scheme which we would...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: I apologise to Deputy Michael Healy-Rae if there was any offence. I meant it in good faith.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: It was said to me, by the way, by a clinician. The Deputy may not have realised who was who but that is fine. That is evidence of the degree of energy he applies to the scheme, making sure to inform people who do not know that they can avail of the trip to Belfast.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Absolutely.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: In any event, the most effective way of dealing with this is to build capacity locally and in the region in order that we do not spend excessive amounts on people having to travel outside of the jurisdiction.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Does the Deputy understand that Brexit is happening?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: It is happening on 1 January. Does he understand that EU directives will not apply to Britain from then on? Does he understand that? What does that mean?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Through the Chair-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----it means that as the European Union directive will no longer apply to Britain, we have to do a separate agreement with Britain in relation to that. The Deputy has not paid for any one of these cataract operations. The taxpayer pays for them. Let us all be clear about that. Anybody in this country is entitled to utilise the directive in any EU member state right now. Some Deputies...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: The State is ensuring that people do not go blind through------
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: The NTPF paid €10 million for ophthalmology procedures in 2018. The Government and the State are not resiling from underpinning this financially. The NTPF is paying about €1,450 per cataract operation. That is outsourced to private hospitals here or in the North. Since I became Taoiseach, I have been anxious that we build up capacity in our own centres in order that people...