Results 38,181-38,200 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. It has been of concern for quite some time. Many in the medical and health community do not treat it separately from other conditions. I will engage with the Minister for Health in relation to the representations the Deputy has received on this and come back to the Deputy on it.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. There are challenges and pressures at Sligo General Hospital, as the Deputy outlined. Of that there is no doubt. The HSE is working actively with sites of concern, including Sligo, to mitigate the situation. Key actions include reviewing discharges and egress options, liaising with smaller hospitals in the group to facilitate transfers, as...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: It is good that we have been in a position to reduce public transport fares as part of the cost-of-living measures. The Deputy raises a fair point and the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has engaged with commercial operators and will continue to engage to see if some resolution can be found to this.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: To be fair, reform of the carer's means test has been an ongoing issue. In budget 2022, the Government announced significant improvements in the means test for carer's allowance in recognition of the vital role carers play. The general weekly income disregard for carer's allowance will be increased from €332.50 to €350 for a single person and from €665 to €750...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----it has been estimated a universal carer's payment would cost in excess of €1.2 billion per annum over and above current spending, so we have to weigh everything up in terms of all the various schemes we provide.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: I do not have the background to the individual case and it is very difficult in that scenario to respond but we will certainly talk to the authorities and highlight the issue the Deputy raised with them. The Deputy may be in a position to give details of the individual case to them.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his comprehensive presentation. The Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and his officials are engaging with the banks that have indicated their intentions to leave the market, in particular, KBC and Ulster Bank. They have recently confirmed they will provide their customers with six months' notice to close their accounts. The Minister and his officials are also engaging with...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, together. I visited Washington DC for a programme of engagements, arriving on the evening of 14 March. On Tuesday 15 March, I met the editorial board of The Washington Postto share the Government's priorities and exchange views on current events, including the ongoing war and suffering in Ukraine. I attended a lunch for Congressman Richard...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: We consistently raised the issue of the undocumented with the President and with many political leaders in the US. I was somewhat taken aback by Deputy Ó Broin's use of the word "shallow". This has been a consistent approach by the Irish Government with different levels of the American Administration to get a change in what is fundamentally a policy issue for Capitol Hill, for Congress...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: I did not------
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: Can I take a few minutes?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: The courts have taken their decision about the two gentlemen Deputy Boyd Barrett referred to. On the Solomon Islands, Deputy Paul Murphy has outlined his distaste for the Chinese authorities getting a presence there. Again, it is a far cry from what is going on in Ukraine.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: From our perspective, the world is becoming a more dangerous place because of the work of authoritarian regimes that do not subject themselves to elections on a regular basis.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: On Deputy Bacik's question, we did not receive any US intelligence regarding operatives operating in the embassy during my conversation with the President. We discussed cybersecurity and the threat that represents for Ireland and for both private and public sector entities working in Ireland. We also discussed the need for a collaborative approach in order to repel cyberattacks and develop...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: When Crimea was invaded-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: I remember raising the issue of the invasion and the partition of Crimea in this House. There were very few takers here, particularly among Sinn Féin or among People Before Profit.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: I mean generally. People indulged and were soft on Russia for too long-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----across the House. I accept that it was maybe not Deputy Boyd Barrett.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: I accept that about Deputy Boyd Barrett.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)
Micheál Martin: It was interesting that people at the time, including Sinn Féin, believed that-----