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- Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: I am talking about the letters-----
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----that were the key issue in terms of Thursday's advice and Sunday's advice. They have been published.
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Everybody should wear masks as often as they possibly can.
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: The guidance is out there-----
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----on masks.
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: There was no bank holiday date in my mind yesterday. I do not know where that came from. There was a lot more on my mind yesterday than the awarding of a bank holiday. I do not know where that came from.
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: It was not in my head.
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: There was a more fundamental issue about level 3 and level 5. Those were the issues yesterday. To respond to Deputy Tóibín's points, I am perplexed by the suggestion. There is no media monitoring of Government criticism by anybody in the Government Information Service or the Department of the Taoiseach. There is no monitoring of any criticism by political parties. That does...
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Departmental Advertising (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: There could have been a contract that was entered into earlier. I do not know. I will check it out for the Deputy and get an answer on it. Perhaps contracts were entered into in advance for a set period. I do not know with regard to the specific issue raised by the Deputy on CervicalCheck advertisements. The bulk of communications has been on Covid-19 with regard to the various...
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment has been established and first met on 8 July. It has met on a total of five occasions, most recently on 22 September. The Cabinet committee is scheduled to meet next on 9 October. Membership of the committee comprises the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and Minister...
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Is it the case that the Opposition Deputies are saying that unemployment assistance and jobseeker's allowance should be €350?
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Is it the case that it should be €350? We need to call a spade a spade.
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: I am making the point that this is not sustainable. Carer's allowance at €350 a week could not be sustainable. If one elevates every social protection measure to €350 per week-----
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: The Deputies opposite are avoiding this all the way through. Deputy McDonald has avoided it.
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Boyd Barrett would tax the imaginary whoever to fund it.
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: There has to be sustainability to what we do. We have to think ahead. The whole idea of the pandemic unemployment payment was to open it up to new entrants. We did that because of the acknowledgement that there would be further restrictions imposed. We also extended it to April. It is my sense that we will have to extend beyond that until we get a vaccine. The Government has to take...
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: On the Debenhams workers, again, I am conscious of the efforts made by Mandate and others in terms of the liquidation. I am not happy with how Debenhams dealt with this. There are limitations, however, to what can be done. The Government will provide a statutory redundancy payment and will do whatever it can within its powers to get extra support for the workers where that is possible....
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: I know that. We have a set of criteria in the plan that we discussed with NPHET. They are broad criteria; I accept that. The bottom line is that everyone had an expectation of a graduated response.
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Once there is a lockdown, there are unintended consequences. There is no point pretending it would not have a serious effect on many ordinary self-employed people who have grasped the period from the last lockdown to now to try and create viability in their business. They might employ four or five people. A lockdown on Sunday night could have spelled the end for them. These are the hard...
- Ceisteanna – Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Oct 2020)
Micheál Martin: Our reality is to protect people as much as we can, including lives and livelihoods. They are intertwined because a range of health consequences can emanate from people losing jobs or being unsure about their future. Their mental health can be undermined. We have to take that on board.