Results 34,601-34,620 of 51,089 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----cover the housing policy of the Government for the next five years. That will make it very clear that the focus will be on building houses, owning houses-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I will deal with it. I am entitled to reply and not to have this constant heckling which seems to have become a feature. If Deputy Shortall wants me to respect leaders, reciprocity is called for. I am simply making the point that when the housing for all strategy is published, it will reflect my views on the optimal way forward for local authorities. I believe the best value for money is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is saying that. She is implying that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: That is exactly what she has been doing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: That is what she has been doing. She has been trying to undermine Government policy because the bottom line is that she does not know where her own policy is at the end of the day. We are clear that we have a suite of measures. The largest social housing programme in the history of the State will be part of that housing for all strategy which will involve direct build and building up the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: Is the Deputy asking about first-time buyers? They will not be buying social housing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: First-time buyers will be assisted by a comprehensive range of measures in the housing for all strategy, but also in terms of the help-to-buy scheme and-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----the shared equity scheme-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I get what the Deputy is talking about but the point I am making is that-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----we will be doing more to incentivise first-time buyers. The Deputy, or certainly the party opposite me, opposed the 22,000 people who gained from the help-to-buy scheme-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: That is helping first-time buyers-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----and we will be building far more-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: ----affordable housing through the Land Development Agency legislation-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----which is going through the House this week.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle, is it regular that heckling is facilitated?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: No, a Cheann Comhairle, on a point of order, it is going on a lot.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle, it has been remarked to me for quite some time that this is a growing trend and it is being facilitated, which was not agreed on Leaders Questions and is certainly not my understanding of Leaders Questions.. My understanding was----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: That is a cop-out-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I do not accept that, a Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I do not accept that, a Cheann Comhairle.