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Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: The President of the European Parliament does not have an executive function in this regard.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: We know the rules-----

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----and I think it would be a very dangerous move in some respects. I think there are other ways to reduce the impact of this on people. That is the key point. I think I have dealt with Deputy Boyd Barrett's points.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are a country with a policy of military neutrality, and that is scrupulously observed by us as a country. It is not inconsistent, by the way, with military neutrality that military aircraft of-----

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I do not think NATO is being aggressive here. As for the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO, there is a reality.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: Countries eastwards have opted to join the European Union; many more want to do so.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: How do you mean, what about Cuba? I have been to Cuba-----

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----as Minister for Foreign Affairs, and as for the situation with Cuba, I would support-----

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I think we are running out of time for Cuba, you are saying to me, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. All right. I hear you.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I think that what happened in Kazakhstan is absolutely wrong and shocking.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: First, I again commend and pay tribute to the Women of Honour for their courage in coming forward to tell their stories and also to effect fundamental change in terms of the culture and behaviour in the Defence Forces in respect of any violence against women in the Defence Forces, or against vulnerable males as well. The Minister for Defence is acting, and has engaged, very sincerely with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I do not know if the Deputy asked through my office or what-----

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: National Risk Assessment (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 8, inclusive, together. The national risk assessment has been prepared annually since 2014 and provides an opportunity to identify and discuss significant risks that may arise for Ireland. The experience of the past number of years has brought home the importance of work in the area of risk management and preparedness. By promoting an open and...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 to 19, inclusive, together. The Government's shared island initiative is working to realise the full potential of the Good Friday Agreement, to enhance co-operation and connection on the island, and to engage with all communities and traditions to build consensus around a shared future. We are working on an ambitious and whole-of-government basis, and...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 20 to 31, inclusive, together. As the House will be aware, Chancellor Olaf Scholz took up his office on 8 December as the head of the new German coalition Government. Ireland and Germany are close partners and friends, and I was therefore pleased to have the opportunity to talk to him by phone on 1 December, prior to his formal appointment. I also...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I was intrigued by Deputy Ó Murchú's comments. He said we all agree that Russia is ratcheting things up. I do not know what that means. To be fair-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising what I have repeatedly raised in this House, and since I became Taoiseach one year and a half ago, that housing is the single most important social issue facing our country at this time. It is an enormous challenge that goes to the heart of cohesion within society and above all of giving younger generations, in particular, the opportunity to own their homes, to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----that the most recent attempts, which started in 2008 and attempts were made in 2015 to get that project off the ground, was defeated by politics-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----on a consistent basis.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: What the Irish people cannot afford and what the renters cannot afford is Sinn Féin and others - I apply this to everybody - consistently opposing housing projects that will increase supply.