Results 34,361-34,380 of 51,089 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Government and I are very clear in prioritising the needs of children. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, will be to the fore in advancing the issues that fall within his remit. The same applies to the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley. We will be working together. We work collaboratively through the sub-committees on social...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: I take responsibility as Taoiseach, as I do all the time in respect of advancing policies that are beneficial to children-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----and that is what we intend to do. There is no question but that Covid-19 had an unprecedented impact on children and we accept that. It was a damaging impact.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: We need action across the board and I am keen on that. We are doing that. We have already published the economic recovery plan, which focuses strongly on children and young people in terms of the allocation of resources to support them in the time ahead.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising an issue that is very close to my heart, to be honest, in terms of what I see as an historic gap in the allocation of funding to community facilities. Whereas we have historically and traditionally allocated grants and lottery funding for sports facilities, there has never really been a dedicated capital fund nationally for community centres. It is my view...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: I commend the Deputy on an audacious move to secure a pilot project for Newcastle. I will talk to the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Humphreys, and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, again to see what we can do in conjunction with the local authority and to discover whether we can provide some supports for what has clearly...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: First, I want to say to the Deputy that the health service has performed heroically during Covid-19 in dealing with the impact of the disease. The front-line workers right through to the administrators and senior management have worked very hard, night and day, to protect the people of this country. No services were restricted or closed down without the most serious consideration being...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: Does she mean stopping the project in its entirety? That is all done. The site was chosen independently a long time ago. Obviously, the objective now is to build a first-class paediatric hospital for the children of this country and for future generations. There have been very significant challenges in the context of the site and that is no secret. There have been significant issues and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: I appreciate the Deputy's concerns. By the way, I know Professor O'Reilly and he is an exceptional oncologist, if it is the same person we are talking about. Covid has had this impact, not the Government. Governments do not want to close down services willy-nilly. There is no agenda. We have allocated more resources to the health service in 2021 than ever before. Historic amounts have...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: I do not know what that means.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: I am aware of the airstrikes overnight in response to the incendiary balloons launched from Gaza. We want all sides to respect the ceasefire. It is important that the ceasefire is made permanent and is long-term in nature, for the benefit of all the people across the entire region. All efforts must be made to ensure that is the case and we will be communicating that to the new Israeli...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: I will certainly engage with the Minister on the issues the Deputy has raised. I have been a long-standing supporter of CE schemes, which have had a huge impact on communities the length and breadth of the country. I will certainly revert back to the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: First, I do not support or accept the Deputy's assertions in terms of-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt Deputy Cairns. I am entitled to the right of reply. I answer people as they ask questions here. I do not accept the assertion the Deputy made. I make the point that the commission was established by this House. Her party supported the establishment of the commission. Her party supported the legislative framework that governed the establishment of the commission-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: This is the key. This is the core of the issue. The more fundamental point-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: What is important here is we do not have the wherewithal. We created these commissions of investigation into a whole range of issues. The Mother and Baby Homes investigation was under the aegis of a commission of investigation. It is independent of the Oireachtas and of the Government with respect to its findings and its content. We may disagree on the content of any given report-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, is going to deal with this in terms of ensuring a voice for the survivors in respect of those testimonies contained in the confidential report.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: No, the Deputy is being disingenuous on this. That is what I have to say now on that.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: I do not want any conflict on this. We want to try to get to a solution-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Jun 2021)
Micheál Martin: ------and we are going to implement the key recommendations which we have already made great progress on------