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Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----the Russian Federation was attacking fascists in Kyiv. That is on record in statements made at the time. The attacks in Salisbury and in London are signs that many countries tolerated the Russian approach across the world for far too long. It will pose significant challenges over the next number of years to the rules-based order and the capacity to engage in free trade and to have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: We have to be very strong on that and we cannot become complacent in this country or in any European Union country. There are constant attacks through social media and a range of fora to undermine democracy. I just do not share the Deputies' anti-Americanism to the same degree that they articulate it. We have to agree to disagree.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: It invariably finds manifestation in attacking the US more than anywhere else.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is always whataboutery with the Deputies.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: If there is any attempt at all to attack the Russian Federation or others, the Deputies' immediate response is whataboutery.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Barry raised an important point which did not form part of the discussion with the President. That is fundamentally a matter that the American Legislature will have to get to grips with. The Deputy is correct that it will pose significant challenges for many working class people in the USA.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 to 15, inclusive, together. I was pleased to have the opportunity to visit London ahead of St. Patrick's Day. It was a positive opportunity to engage with Irish community representatives and business leaders. I met with Prime Minister Johnson during my visit. We discussed the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine and the profound global security,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputies for their comments. Deputy Ó Broin raise the issue of the Nationality and Borders Act, and the recent leaks or articulation around Brexit and the protocol. We decided not to take the bait entirely, given that people in Northern Ireland are in the midst of an election. I was anxious that we would allow the election conclude without us wading in, so to speak,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take questions Nos. 16 to 22, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on housing has met three times to date in 2022. The most recent meeting took place on Monday, 4 April, and the next is planned for Thursday, 12 May. This committee oversees the implementation of Housing for All and the delivery of programme for Government commitments regarding housing and related...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I disagree with the assessment made by Deputy Ó Broin regarding housing policy, and I have not seen from him or his party a substantive policy response to Housing for All. It just does not exist. Housing for All is a very comprehensive and substantive document, with a suite of measures that will take time. There is no doubt Covid-19 has been a key factor over the past two years, which...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change last met on Monday 21 February, and is next scheduled to meet on Monday 9 May.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: No staff of my Department have been seconded to the university third-level sector over the past two years.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Research Funding (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Government’s Shared Island initiative is working to take up the full potential of the Good Friday Agreement to enhance cooperation and connection on the island, and engage with all communities and traditions to build consensus around a shared future. To support development of a more ambitious agenda for cooperation and connection on the island, the Shared Island unit in my...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Directives (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the transposition of EU legislation into Irish law rests in each case with the relevant Minister. There are no EU directives that fall under the remit of my Department.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The one thing that undermines public debate on this issue is honesty of approach. I genuinely say we need honesty and we need a full focus on the facts. We should not play politics with this because it is too important. It is too important for women's health and for premature babies who will be born into the future and need a first-class neonatal facility. That is what the new hospital...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----but there is only so much nonsense that can be accommodated here in respect of the ownership question. The ownership is not an issue here. If Deputy McDonald does not listen to me, that is fine, but listen to the senior midwives at the hospital, who have asked all politicians, Government and Opposition, to listen to the clinicians in the hospital. I have the letter here from the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----but the bottom line is this: it is not our land and never was our land. We now have a gift of the land, essentially, for 300 years at a tenner a year. That is the reality. Deputy Cullinane understands leasehold too. He knows damn well what I am saying is the truth. What I am saying is the truth-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----but for politics and for fighting other battles-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Other battles are being fought here through this hospital issue. I am concerned and focused entirely on women and premature babies who will be born in the future.