Results 36,181-36,200 of 51,299 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----and its Members come in here then and attack the Government.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: It is thousands of houses.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: The party opposed 1,200 units in Donabate. I am answering Deputy Ó Snodaigh's question.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is not displaying sincerity.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy and his party are not displaying credibility when they come in here and attack, attack and attack. Their solutions are absent.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: I argue, and I have said it about all parties, that if we are all agreed housing is the number one crisis then Members opposite must ask themselves the question-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----as to how they can in good conscience-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----object to projects that have been years in planning with the councils and involve social, affordable and cost-rental housing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: How can they continue to oppose them?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: I make the point that I did not interrupt anybody when they were speaking.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. What I said yesterday and today is not blaming people. It was to underline the importance of the booster, especially in light of the arrival of the Omicron variant. I was talking to the President of the European Commission and others. There is still a bit to go on interpreting the data, research and science. The science seems to indicate we are...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: The HSE acknowledges that it has to improve systems, but it is more than that. In my conversations with all the principals yesterday, there was a sense, to be frank, that the same urgency that applied to getting a first and second dose was not quite there for the third dose. That is not to cast blame or anything like that, but to urge everybody that the booster has very significant and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: It is good to see the Deputy back. I thank him for raising these questions. He called the re-enactment of the public health laws last week "draconian". These laws have been debated in the House on a number of occasions since the pandemic started. Public health comes to the forefront during a pandemic and laws are brought in for its duration. These are not laws one would use in ordinary...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: First, it is not possible to have prelegislative scrutiny. Prelegislative scrutiny in the Dáil is now taking up to six months in some cases----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: In some cases, it is taking up to six months. There is no way one can deal with a pandemic, going through the luxury of-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: It is. It is very rational.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: It is taking six months for prelegislation on many key Bills, never mind a public health emergency. Is the Deputy seriously suggesting we could do it?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: We cannot do it. Unfortunately, the experience has been that it takes too long. We are extending the timeframe for the operation of the legislation that is expiring, in essence, and consolidating-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----the existing powers that were there in different Acts and so forth. I accept the point that people are war weary of this pandemic. Of course, they are. It has gone on much longer than people may have anticipated.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: On the other hand, we are in a different position this year compared to last year in terms of the where the economy is and the degree to which it has bounced back. There are 30,000 job vacancies in quarter 3, compared to 19,000, two years ago. The hospitality sector, entertainment and tourism have been hardest hit and we will do everything we can to support those sectors.