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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----underpinning your latest development on this front. That is all I have to say.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The State owns the key buildings on Moore Street because it intervened. The Government intervened at the time. It is important to bring the area back to life and to ensure the development will share the history and create an historic trail that future generations can see in a far better way than in the past 50 years. I have been there-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: And on your watch, too.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I know exactly what you are about and I know what your movement is about. I am not sure it exists for benign reasons. I have to put that on the record because there is one series after another. There was good, constructive engagement on this, yet, as ever, the Deputy's party seeks to gain partisan political advantage over everybody else on the issue and to name-call everybody else who does...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: Clearly, that has to be examined as well. To respond to Deputy Murphy, the Government is developing a national relationships and sexuality education programme and all children attending all schools will have to have the State RSE programme provided to them. A review into RSE and its provision is on the way. The 1998 legislation, through the National Council for Curriculum and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I think I dealt with the issue of Moore Street raised by Deputy Tóibín. I will revert to him with a response from the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, in respect of the home of The O'Rahilly and accountability for what was a terrible deed, namely, the demolition of that very important building

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I spoke to the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on the evening of Tuesday, 27 April, and we updated each other on the Covid-19 situation and progress on the vaccine roll-out. We discussed Northern Ireland and the importance of the British-Irish relationship and had an exchange of views on the EU-UK discussions on the implementation of the Ireland-Northern Ireland protocol. We...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank Deputy Richmond for tabling this question in the first instance. I accept the points he made. He has retained a very consistent and constructive interest in this issue for quite some time. He mentioned the importance of meeting with the British Prime Minister and the necessity for ongoing open exchanges between the British Prime Minister and myself. Such exchanges will continue in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 and 13 together. I spoke with First Minister Arlene Foster last Wednesday to wish her well after her announcement that she would be stepping down as First Minister of Northern Ireland and as leader of the DUP. I have had a positive working relationship with Arlene in a variety of roles over the years. She has served during what has been a period of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland operates in accordance with established guidelines for Cabinet Committees and where appropriate, substantive issues are referred to Government for discussion and approval. In general terms, the Cabinet Committee oversees implementation of relevant Programme for Government commitments in the area of Brexit and Northern Ireland, and ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policy Functions (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The role of the Social Policy and Public Service Reform Division is to assist me, as Taoiseach, and the Government in delivering programme for Government objectives and public policies and services which help create a socially inclusive and fair society. Specifically, the Division assists the work of: - the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality and the associated senior officials'...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The IBRC Commission of Investigation was established by Government Order in June 2015 following consultation with Oireachtas parties. The IBRC Commission is entirely independent in its work and Mr. Justice Brian Cregan is its Sole Member. From the time of its establishment in June 2015 to the end of March 2021 the IBRC Commission spent €9,674,00 approximately, of which...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: No staff of my Department have had access to files or email restricted or revoked as part of or preceding or following a disciplinary process during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Shared Island Unit (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) regularly cooperate on matters of shared interest regarding the compilation of official statistics, including population, social, economic, trade and business sector statistics. This cooperation includes formal arrangements, such as the Memorandum of Understanding in place between the CSO and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Information (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The role of the Social Policy and Public Service Reform Division is to assist me, as Taoiseach, and the Government in delivering programme for Government objectives and public policies and services which help create a socially inclusive and fair society. Specifically, the Division assists the work of: - the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality and the associated senior officials'...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Economic and Social Council (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115, 116 and 118 together. The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) is an independent statutory agency operating under the aegis of my Department. It provides advice on strategic policy issues relating to sustainable economic, social and environmental development in Ireland. The Council's 2020 work programme comprised the following five themes –...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: Government has been working hard to implement the commitments in the Programme for Government across a wide range of issues in all Departments. The ten Cabinet Committees established by this Government reflect the full range of policy areas that it will work on during its lifetime as set out in the Programme for Government. Cabinet Committees meet regularly, consistent with the provisions in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: There is not a dedicated Cabinet Committee that deals with Transport, but rather transport related matters arise in a number of Cabinet Committees, most particularly the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment and the Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met on 12 April 2021, and is scheduled to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change last met on 1 April 2021 and is scheduled to meet again on 10 May 2021. It is chaired by the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and Transport, Eamon Ryan. This Cabinet Committee oversees the implementation of the ambitious Programme for Government commitments in relation to the environment and climate change. These...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: First, I have to say that the Government is ten months in office. During those ten months, we have been dealing with an unprecedented global pandemic which has had a huge impact on the people and, indeed, on sectors of our economy. It has also had an impact on the construction industry. Notwithstanding that, the Government has committed to, and provided the funding for, the largest...