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

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising a range of issues. I did not quite catch the first couple. By the way, salads are good for you.

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

Micheál Martin: I do not think it is weird to enjoy a salad. I also do not think it is weird to cycle, for that matter. We need a sense of perspective and a bit of calm too.

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

Micheál Martin: Nobody wants to wipe anybody out.

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

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, does not want to wipe anybody out for that matter or any private transport operator. They will not be wiped out either. The fullness of time will show that. The Deputy was up in this House advocating for measures to reduce the cost of living. In the budget I thought it was a very imaginative and good move to reduce fares on public transport for young...

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

Micheál Martin: We should be doing more of that into the future. It is the way to go.

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

Micheál Martin: There is public transport all over the country.

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

Micheál Martin: Sorry, there is public transport in rural communities.

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

Micheál Martin: The private transport operator is very important in rural Ireland but there is also public transport and the Deputy should not pretend there is not. It is not just Dublin, either, and the Deputy knows that too. Rural Ireland has Local Link and a whole range of initiatives that the Minister has supported and put funding into.

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

Micheál Martin: I can because I went on public buses to west Cork.

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

Micheál Martin: I can name all of them - Clonakilty, Bandon and the whole way down. It is for the whole country and the Deputy knows it well.

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

Micheál Martin: I did.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thought the aromatic flavour of wine was more berry-like and that whiskey was more peat-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputies all need to relax a bit.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: People will not be stopped from using their own turf. I do not know how many times I have to say it in the House. It disappoints the Deputies-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----that I say it because they want to believe people will be stopped. It is a great campaign; it is fantastic. Keep running it on, lads. Keep jumping up-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Let us tell the people of rural Ireland they are being deprived and will having nothing, and that they are being destroyed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is a great line. The Deputies have played it over and over and continue to do so because it kind of works for them now and again.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy keeps saying the Minister for Health has refused. The Minister for Health this morning said publicly that there is no question but that he will go before a committee.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Yes, including the finance committee.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputies are interrupting again. The truth is simple. I repeat it for them again. The Minister for Health has said there is no question but that he will go before the finance committee or any other committee that asks him to go before it.