Results 38,781-38,800 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I understand the HSE has been involved at national level in respect of governance and has sent a team to the hospital to monitor and review it.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: That has happened. We are acutely aware of the challenges and pressures on the hospital. The HIQA report identified, for example, that even though there has been a substantial increase in beds in the past number of years, it did not in itself alleviate the pressures on the emergency department. There are issues other than resources. More resources will be required for acute beds but that...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: One can understand. Covid is having an impact on health. Everyone wants to forget about it and pretend it is not happening but it is happening and having a significant impact on the operation of hospitals.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Does the Ceann Comhairle want me to answer?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I will talk to the Minister regarding the specifics. I do not have the specifics of this case. I do not know why anybody would want to delay matters, if the funding and resources are there, but I will follow it up.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: As I discussed earlier, that matter is ongoing as part of the public pay talks. We are doing everything we can to try to bring them to a conclusion.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Or maybe divine intervention. In a more serious vein, it is very distressing for the family, to be fair. Normally, passport applications for children tend to be the difficulty and not those for the mother. I will raise this with the Department. It is no fault of the Deputy's because she contacted my office yesterday at around 8.30 a.m., as she did others. It is very distressing for the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I think I dealt with Deputy Danny Healy-Rae's question when I responded to his colleague, Deputy O'Donoghue, earlier in terms of the Government needing revenue to spend on services and to improve all those roads in Kerry that Deputy Danny Healy-Rae has so consistently articulated for. For improvements to the roads and so on-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----one needs revenue to do that now and again. Deputy Bríd Smith raised the issue of the retired workers Bill. I will come back to her on that specifically.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I know, but I do not have the details to hand today. Regarding the issue raised by Deputy Dillon, we can look at that. The Minister for Rural and Community, Deputy Humphreys, can look at it. Six years was originally a concession at the time. I would have been involved in introducing it under the job initiative and the community employment scheme. We can look at that. Regarding the...
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Is mór an onóir domsa é, mar Thaoiseach, a bheith in ann m'ómós agus ómós mo pháirtí a chur in iúl maidir le Austin Currie. Níl aon amhras ann ach gur fear agus polaiteoir den scoth a bhí ann. D’oibrigh sé go dian dícheallach, Domhnach is dálach, ar son muintir na tíre, sa Tuaisceart agus sa Deisceart...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Beidh cruinniú Comhairle na hEorpa ar siúl an tseachtain seo, ar an 23 agus 24 Meitheamh agus beidh cruinniú an euro summit ann ag an am céanna. An t-ábhar is tábhachtaí ná an t-iarratas ón Úcráin chun a bheith mar bhall den Aontas Eorpach. Tá gach aon dealramh ar an scéal anois go dtarlóidh sé sin ag an...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commemorative Events (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The person referred to has been issued an invitation to attend the National Day of Commemoration taking place in the National Museum of Ireland, Decorative Arts and History, Collins Barracks, Dublin 7, on Sunday, 10 July 2022.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 80 together. The delivery of effective, quality customer service is a priority for my Department and forms an integral part of my Department's Strategy Statement, Corporate Governance Framework and the business plans of individual Divisions within the Department. While my Department and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), the...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The table below shows the amounts paid to counsel by the Chief State Solicitor’s Office in actions where the Minister for Education is a named party for the years requested. I am advised that a full breakdown of counsel paid by name cannot be given for GDPR reasons. It should be noted that fees paid in a given year may relate to work carried out in earlier years. Year...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I join in welcoming and congratulating our boxing heroes, Amy, Dearbhla and Evelyn. Boxing has brought great honour to Irish sport throughout the decades and continues to do so. We pay tribute to the coaching fraternity and our boxing community. Well done to Jim O'Neill and his team. It is fantastic the degree to which young people are encouraged and nurtured through the great sport of...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin's motion does say what the Deputy says it does not say. It "condemns...the hardship, anxiety and desperation being felt by households across the country, as a direct result of the Government's refusal to introduce measures to support workers and families".
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: That is what Sinn Féin's motion states. Deputy McDonald knows that that is not true. People are feeling anxiety and pressure, correctly, because of Putin's war.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: There is no "come on" about it. The Deputy needs to call this out consistently and not, for electoral and political reasons, replace Putin with the Irish Government, because that is what the Deputy is doing. The Deputy may not want to do it, but that is what she is doing.