Results 38,681-38,700 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I would very much appreciate transparent answers from the Deputy’s good self-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----on his party’s fundraising activities over the past 20, 25 or 30 years. I do not think it would bear too much public scrutiny. Anything Fianna Fáil has raised over recent years has been within the law.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy welcomed and endorsed the 2020 scheme.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Government has decided today to expand the scheme even further to include counties Clare and Limerick and to take on board the recommendations from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland, SCSI. It is time to move on this. One day, the Deputy will come in here and attack the Government for delaying. The next day, he will come in and - let us be honest about it - refer to scenarios...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I am just saying this straight up because the Deputy needs to be honest with people too. He should not come back to me next December saying the Government has done nothing on this because the legislation still has not been passed by the House. I am open to progressing this. I want honesty and transparency in the legislative process.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy knows and I know what pre-legislative scrutiny means.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I am simply saying that the Minister is very clear in what he has said to the homeowners. When I went to County Donegal and met people, they were complaining about delays in getting houses rebuilt.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: They wanted urgency in getting houses started. I understand 300 houses have been identified by Donegal County Council on which a start could be made. We need to get going, particularly on the houses that are most damaged and are not habitable at the moment. We need to get them demolished and rebuilt.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I genuinely think we need to get on with it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, together. I met with the Ukrainian Prime Minister, Mr. Denys Shmyhal, in Shannon Airport on 20 April. He gave me a first-hand account of events on the ground in Ukraine, including, in particular, the appalling killings and destruction in Bucha and the continuing attacks on civilians and towns. The Prime Minister, who was on his way to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: No.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: Yes, but it was the Prime Minister I met and not the Deputy Prime Minister, before he continued on to Washington.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. I share with Deputy Bacik her horror at this war and the extraordinary inhumanity visited on the people of Ukraine. Towns have been levelled to oblivion almost in respect of buildings. Civilians have been targeted consistently. The Deputy also correctly identified a range of volunteer organisations and individuals that have been extremely...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: Grain is not being allowed out of the ports. The strangulation of the ports by Russia is a significant problem. We support the provision of non-lethal weapons. That is the position of the Government. This has not held back the deployment of the EU Peace Facility, EPF. On the point made by Deputy Boyd Barrett concerning the IMF and the seeking of financial assistance, again, the IMF is...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----the financial wherewithal to enable countries like Ukraine, and others, in situations like this to recover. All of the western countries and democracies are working towards reconstruction and reconstruction funds to enable the reconstruction of Ukraine in the aftermath of the war. In terms of childcare and education, we have provided significant resources to Ukrainians who have come...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 to 9, inclusive, together. The international section of the Department supports my work at an international level, beyond the EU, to promote Ireland's foreign and economic policy objectives and to develop and maintain strong bilateral and multilateral relations. Working closely with other departments, especially the Department of Foreign Affairs, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: The decision to ban an EU delegation from entering Palestine is reprehensible and wrong. We have consistently, at EU level but, more significantly, at the UN Security Council, raised issues pertaining to Israeli policy within the West Bank, settlements and a range of other matters. We have been probably one of most consistent and proactive countries in that regard, most recently in respect...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: Am I over time?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: Europe is committed to creating that capacity within Africa to produce medicines into the future, particularly in respect of mRNA technology, which would be very significant. I think Deputy Boyd Barrett has taken issue with the fact that I met the President of Israel.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I do not believe it is a double standard. What Putin is doing in Ukraine now is a bit much.