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Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: I participated in a videoconference meeting of the members of the European Council last Thursday, 25 March. Provision had been made for this meeting to continue on the morning of 26 March. This did not prove necessary, however, as we concluded our discussions on the evening of 25 March. Our meeting began at noon with the customary exchange of views with the President of the European...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: I can organise one for the Deputy. I was told Covid was the reason for not distributing speeches.

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...

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

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on Europe oversees implementation of Programme for Government commitments in relation to the European Union and related issues. It last met on 22 March 2021, in advance of the meeting by videoconference of the Members of the European Council on 25 March. It discussed the agenda for that meeting, including Covid-19; Single Market, industrial policy, digital and the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: As I outlined to Deputy Tóibín in the House on 7th October 2020, I would be happy to meet with the families of victims of the Glenanne Gang. Prior to being appointed Taoiseach, I met with victims and the families of victims of the Glenanne gang. What the Glenanne gang did was the worst possible manifestation of evil by any gang, perpetrated on innocent people. However, due to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: The New Decade, New Approach Agreement reached in January 2020 was a very significant shared achievement, for the British and Irish governments and for the political parties in Northern Ireland in restoring the power-sharing institutions of the Good Friday Agreement to operation. The New Decade New Approach agreement sets out priorities on health, education, infrastructure, welfare,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: The current Citizens' Assembly on gender equality was established in January 2020 and, following delays caused by Covid-19, resumed its work with on-line meetings in October last year. The Assembly adapted its methods to comply with Public Health Guidelines and is expected to report by June 2021. Consideration is being given to all possibilities with regard to methodology for future...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: In line with its obligations under Circular 25/2016, the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), the only body under the aegis of my Department, has the following dedicated email address for Oireachtas members: Oireachtas@nesdo.ie Oireachtas members wishing to contact my Department can use the following email address: taoiseach@taoiseach.gov.ie

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 153 together. My Department has received no protected disclosures from officials within my Department or retired officials during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategies (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: The development of new measures of well-being and progress was a commitment in the Programme for Government, in recognition that in order to achieve a well-rounded policy-making system there is a pressing need to move beyond uniquely economic measures. In early February, the Government agreed to an approach to developing an overarching Well-being Framework for Ireland utilising the OECD...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: There have been no instances of litigation, or the threat of litigation, in regard to public procurement contracts in my Department for the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Irish Sign Language (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Irish Sign Language Act 2017 provides that all public bodies should provide Irish Sign Language users with free interpretation when accessing or availing of statutory services. While neither my Department nor the body under its aegis, the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), provides any such statutory services to members of the public, both have committed to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commencement of Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Micheál Martin: There are no Acts, or parts of Acts, under the Department of the Taoiseach awaiting commencement.

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

Micheál Martin: On 22 October, I set out the Government’s vision and priorities on Shared Island in an online event at Dublin Castle. A Shared Island unit has been established in my Department to coordinate and drive this work as a whole of Government priority. The unit is progressing a Shared Island research programme, working with the National Economic and Social Council, the Economic and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: I have to disagree with the Deputy's presentation of the issue. Fianna Fáil has been in a coalition Government with the Fine Gael Party and the Green Party for ten months, having been out of government for ten years. We have made housing a major priority of Government, with our colleagues. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has applied...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: I will put straight questions to Deputy McDonald. Why does she continue to oppose housing projects? Why does she continue to oppose schemes and initiatives that would give young people an opportunity to own their own homes? You keep on opposing such initiatives and undermining them all the time. There is complete incoherence and inconsistency in the Deputy's approach to housing. She...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: First, we should acknowledge that the vaccine programme has been very effective. The only qualification we ever put in terms of the roll out of the vaccination programme was one of supply. It is well-known that we have had difficulties, in particular with AstraZeneca, in terms of supply and consistency in matching commitments to deliver with the delivery schedule and the actual supply of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: Absolutely not. It has nothing to do with the performance of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly good-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: I am just answering the questions because the Deputy has asked that they be answered. Quite frankly, I wonder what the his agenda is. He should be supporting the vaccination programme-----