Results 38,001-38,020 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

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

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue but obviously these changes do not happen overnight. I am very familiar with Carlow College, St. Patrick's, which is an excellent facility. In my view it would serve the public interest well if it was incorporated into the South East Technological University. History shows that any facilities and land we acquire for educational purposes will be well...

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

Micheál Martin: I think it has already been announced that it is the intention of the Government to work in terms of domestic violence leave. That is something we are committed to doing but I will get further details on that for Deputy Farrell.

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

Micheál Martin: There are two elements. First, the Government is funding out-of-hours services comprehensively and has been doing so for quite a long time now. That was introduced to ease pressure on GPs generally in terms of weekend cover, rostering and so forth. Increasingly, however, there are issues in rural Ireland with access to GP care and the recruitment of GPs to serve. That is an ongoing...

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

Micheál Martin: Obviously the Minister will have proposals in the forthcoming Estimates for the budget. Phase one of the roll-out of the model of care has involved the establishment at secondary care level of regional fertility hubs within maternity networks in order to facilitate the management of a significant proportion of people presenting with infertility issues at this level of intervention. Phase...

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

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the issues the Deputy has raised. There has been significant investment in University Hospital Limerick but there are very significant issues there. It is my belief and the Government's view that we must look at further increasing bed capacity there in the short to medium term. I will talk to the HSE about the points Deputy Cahill has made about governance.

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

Micheál Martin: We need to act to see what we can do in the short and medium term to improve bed capacity. We can do all of the audits and inquiries from here on in but that will not necessarily improve the situation.

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

Micheál Martin: I am not going to step in and run every hospital.

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

Micheál Martin: My point is this-----

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

Micheál Martin: I believe we need additional bed capacity in the mid-west. We were able to move very quickly in some areas because the hospitals came forward with good proposals. For example, in Clonmel-----

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

Micheál Martin: -----through Deputy Cahill we got something done relatively quickly on bed capacity. There has been a fair degree of investment in University Hospital Limerick-----

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

Micheál Martin: -----and there are issues there that we need to address.

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

Micheál Martin: We can investigate ourselves to the end of the world.

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

Micheál Martin: With regard to the cable car I will again speak to the Minister, Deputy Humphreys. At least it is a start. I would like a whole new service there. I would like a whole new ferry. I am determined to do this. I believe it is being judicially reviewed at present as there is some objection to what I believe are good proposals to provide a proper modern cable car facility. There are great...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: To put the historical record correctly, the word “idly” was never used in that particular statement. Deputy McDonald raised the first question, although it was not specifically on the shared island and was on domestic violence and the statutory provision for paid leave. The Minister, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, is committed to that and has made commitments in that regard. He...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: On the health services, which were raised by Deputy Brendan Smith, I visited Altnagelvin recently. The work that has gone on between North and South has been very effective, in particular the huge funding that went into the capital provision for the comprehensive cancer care centre there. With regard to Deputy Smith's point, when I was in Altnagelvin I met an individual who had travelled...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: There is no need to be so catty or cynical about it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: On the health front, we are moving to a situation where, increasingly, all of the tertiary hospitals and other model hospitals are State run, funded and controlled. That is where it is heading because of the complexity of health. In my view, that is the way it has to go on the health side. Deputy Paul Murphy spoke about his campaigning for People Before Profit in the election and said...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Is féidir liom bualadh le gach aon duine. Bhuail mé cheana féin le Conradh na Gaeilge.