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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: We should be united in this House. The interjections are not necessary. I want to make an important point.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: There has been unity. Ireland has been right up there in supporting all measures to help the Ukrainian people last week and this week.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: We facilitated the passage of the legislation without any opposition on Second Stage.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy knows we facilitated its passage.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: The relevant Minister will engage with the Deputy in respect of the passage of the Bill. Let us not make the Bill-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: Let us not make the Bill the centrepiece of our response to the Ukrainian people and what they need right now.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: We have, with our European Union colleagues, implemented unprecedented sanctions on the Russian economy. I ask the Deputy to please acknowledge that. It is a reality.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: I ask Deputies to acknowledge those sanctions. We have done that and we are willing to do more. We are willing to engage with the Deputy in respect of the Bill.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: I dealt with that issue transparently yesterday. Ireland has not been found wanting in any area in respect of our response to the crisis in Ukraine. We are getting legitimate calls from Deputies and Senators from across the Houses about helping Irish citizens in Ukraine and elsewhere. We are getting legitimate calls to which we are responding.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: We are working with people.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: On a better and different day, the Deputies opposite would agree with me. I regret to some extent the attempts to divide the House on this issue.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: It is wrong.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: That is what is going on.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: I have said to Deputy Howlin on a number of occasions that the Government is positively disposed towards the Bill.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: We are positively disposed to the Bill.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: That is very unfair.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the topical issue of the cost of living. In the earlier part of his contribution, the Deputy referred to the impact that rising costs have had on a particular company in his county. I acknowledge that. Inflation has risen significantly around the world in recent months, mainly driven by higher energy prices. Because of the Ukraine-Russia war, costs are...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: On 22 February, the Northern Ireland Minister of Health, Robin Swann, launched a public consultation on the introduction of minimum unit pricing there, with a closing date of 17 May.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: He said he has been greatly encouraged by the positive evidence coming out about the introduction of minimum unit pricing in other jurisdictions and believes its introduction in Northern Ireland has the potential to reduce the harms relating to alcohol consumption. It is a public health measure designed to reduce harms arising out of alcohol consumption.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2022)
Micheál Martin: I fully agree with the Deputy that the utility companies have to respond in a proper way to companies and households that are in difficulty. There are various mechanisms in place whereby households that are in arrears or are in difficulty in respect of paying bills and so forth can be switched off. The utility companies have developed policies in that respect. Likewise, in terms of the...