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Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 7 to 9, inclusive, together. The Mulvey report, Dublin North East Inner City - Creating a Brighter Future, was commissioned by the Government and published in February 2017. It contained recommendations for the social and economic regeneration of Dublin's north-east inner city. This report has been supplemented by the publishing of the North East Inner...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputies for their comments. The national centre will involve a collaborative spirit. I will come back to that later. In terms of the review of the north east inner city initiative that Deputy McDonald has asked for, I have not gone cool on it but we wanted to work through it. We did the progress report, which in a way is a review of its own. I think the Deputy is looking for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Urban Development (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: The whole thing really should be about changing the cycle.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive, together. Since taking office, I have issued one formal apology in the Dáil, on behalf of the State, for the hurt experienced by many former residents of mother and baby institutions and county homes. I apologised for the profound generational wrong visited upon Irish mothers and their children who ended up in a mother and baby...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: First, Deputy Tóibín raised the Grace case. That commission has completed its work and there have been interim reports. It is a shocking case and I want to await the outcome of the full, compete report. I have not seen the Alice report. From what the Deputy has just said to the House, it represents a shocking situation. I will engage with the Deputy again on the issues and see...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: We support a referendum in that regard. It is important to note that we need more supply. Given the current crisis, not just in respect of housing but also in respect of immigration, including the arrival of Ukrainian refugees, which presents a big challenge to us all, I am still struck by the fact that, as a society, we take an inordinate amount of time to get projects through the planning...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Is it nonsense? I do not agree with the Deputy. I know I annoy people when I keep on saying that when we oppose projects with 1,100 units or 500 units-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: ----along with that, we still say there is a crisis. I did not mention Deputy Ó Broin at all but he interrupted. I am just saying that, generally, as a society-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy's party is a serial objector. He knows that. That is just the bottom line.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: The point is that we have a crisis in housing.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: The fallback position of the Deputy's party is to say everything is Government policy. It is more than just a question of the Government.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is more than just the Government. The Deputy did not ask a question so I respectfully ask him to respect the norms of the House. I am answering Deputy Boyd Barrett-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----who did raise a question about homelessness.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: Family homelessness is down 34%. I am simply saying there are too many objections to too many housing projects.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is about time people got real about the housing crisis.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I make no apology for saying that. The Deputy has form in this matter. I am making a general point because I believe we are in a housing crisis. Twenty thousand houses per year is not good enough. Covid was an issue last year. We want to get the number up but will not do so if we do not have more supply, get more planning permissions through and get the houses built in this country.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: We need to do that. We are aiming to have 12,000 provided this year. Again, we have given the local authorities and approved social housing bodies the resources to build social houses. On family homelessness and Housing First, we are 34% below the peak recorded in July 2018. However, we need to do much more. We want all children housed. That is my objective.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Apology (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are not going to do that, however, if we do not ramp up housing supply. We need to prioritise what we want as politicians and as a society. People want more housing, particularly for younger people, who need access to affordable rent and affordable houses. We are not going to give them that access if we object collectively, and if various parties object at council level, to various...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: The only Commissions of Investigation for which I am the specified Minister under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 are the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation and the National Asset Management Agency Commission of Investigation. Both Commissions are fully independent. The IBRC Commission of Investigation was established in June 2015 following...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Meetings (29 Mar 2022)

Micheál Martin: I attended a meeting of the European Council on 24/25 March. Our meeting was joined for a period by President Biden and, via video link, by President Zelenskyy. We discussed the situation in Ukraine from a range of concerning perspectives: humanitarian, migration, energy, nuclear security and safety and reconstruction. We agreed on the establishment of a Solidarity Trust Fund for Ukraine....