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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I apologise. The Minister for Transport is engaging with the private operators. I spoke to him last week about this. It is important we got public transport done. I acknowledge the implications for private operators, but the Minister is engaging with them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on education oversees implementation of the programme for Government commitments in the area of education. This Cabinet committee last met on 13 May 2021 and discussed topics including special education policy in schools and the increased demand for places at third level in 2021 and 2022. It will meet...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank all the Deputies for raising these issues. Deputy Boyd Barrett referred to the system for allocating special needs teachers and the broader issue around assessment, and so forth. My sense of this situation is that we have a more direct route to dealing with special needs in education through the National Council for Special Education. The allocation of resources happens much...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 to 13, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on health oversees implementation of programme for Government commitments in health, receives detailed reports on identified policy areas and considers the implementation of health reforms, including Sláintecare. The Cabinet committee last met on Thursday, 28 April and is expected to meet again...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I believe Deputy Boyd Barrett was the first to contribute on this group of questions, and he raised the issue of medical laboratory scientists. There are a number of labour relations mechanisms to deal with outstanding issues related to industrial relations pay claims and pay and conditions. It is not an issue that gets resolved in the Dáil Chamber. I appeal to both sides to engage...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Minister of State has met the school principals. There was a meeting with them recently in Limerick. It depends on how long one goes back. The programme for progressing disability services has been going on for ten years. I raised it with the disability organisations seven or eight years ago. Not too many of them raised this with the HSE at the time. Those are the facts. However,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 to 18 together. The Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland was formally established by the Government on 6 July 2020 and had its first meeting on 29 October 2020. The committee last met on 4 March 2021 and is scheduled to meet again on Monday, 27 June. A meeting scheduled for 29 November 2021 was postponed due to a Covid meeting. A meeting...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: What is his name?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank all of the Deputies for the points that have been raised. In response to Deputy Tóibín, this Government has been very active in terms of committing a whole range of research, through the shared island project, ESRI and NESC. The first systematic and comprehensive research into North-South systems, be that education, health, enterprise and so forth, is of broad use to all...

Europe Day: Statements (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Dáil statements to mark Europe Day have become an important fixture in our annual political calendar. This is not least a reminder of the democratic idea that is at the heart of the European Union and the shared values underpinning it. It was on 9 May 1950 that Robert Schuman set out his vision for a new form of co-operation in Europe. The historic Schuman Declaration invited a new...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Public Service, Justice and Policing Reform Unit is part of the Social Policy and Public Service Reform Division of my Department. The work of the Unit: - Supports me, in my role as Taoiseach, on policing reform, criminal justice, public service reform, social affairs and other related matters; - Incorporates the Policing Reform Implementation Programme Office which oversees the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I met Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Shannon on 20 April. Prime Minister Shmyhal gave me a first-hand account of events on the ground in Ukraine, of the appalling killings in Bucha in particular, and the continuing attacks on civilians and on towns. The Prime Minister outlined some clear objectives, around financial assistance to enable the Ukrainian Government to keep essential...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Prior to the consideration by the Government of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation on Mother and Baby Homes, certain information relating to matters in the report was disclosed in a newspaper report. In that context, I requested that an investigation be carried out. I also asked that the investigation be done in the context of a broader consideration of the arrangements in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Bodies (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Ordnance Survey Ireland is a body under the aegis of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and I have asked the Minister to respond directly to the Deputy on the matter raised in her question.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Social Media (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 155 together. The tables below contain the information requested by the Deputy on my Department's social media posts. Channel Total no. of posts (1st May 2021 – 30th April 2022) No. of posts exclusively in Irish % of posts exclusively in Irish No. of bilingual (Irish and English) posts % of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Social Media (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The table below contains the information requested by the Deputy on videos posted by my Department on social media. Channel Total no. of videos posted between 1st May 2021 and 30th April 2022) No. of videos posted with subtitles/closed captions % of videos posted with subtitles/closed captions Facebook 174 46 26.44% ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: My Department has not awarded any contracts outside the standard procurement process to assist people fleeing the war in Ukraine. The Government Information Service in my Department has undertaken a procurement process, in line with standard Office of Government Procurement guidelines, for the translation of text into Ukrainian and Russian for the gov.ie/Ukraine website which provides...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: My Department does not employ any persons or firms in regard to public relations. The newly established Citizens’ Assemblies, which are staffed by my Department, have engaged Q4 Public Relations to provide media liaison and communication services. Its remit includes raising public awareness of the Assemblies' work and supporting communication and media outreach. Q4 also provide a press...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Ar dtús báire, tá na geallúintí dleathacha ann ionas go mbeidh gach seirbhís atá dleathach sa tír seo faoi láthair agus sa todhchaí ar fáil san ospidéal nua. Níl aon amhras faoi sin agus tá comhairle dhleathach faighte agam féin agus ag an Rialtas gur sin an scéal. Is turas fada a bhí ann go dtí an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I am not talking to you, Deputy. It is going to be built as a hospital. I have read it all. There are no impositions in this. It is basically saying "Go and build a maternity hospital". Let us for the sake of clarity accept that. Let us not try to cloud in terms of the conditions of this. None of these are an imposition on the maternity hospital. In fact, it is a co-location. The...