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Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: The report is still working on the mechanism in terms of Cabinet confidentiality and more general Cabinet documents and also the degree to which, in the modern era, many documents or many proposals are aired well in advance. There is, therefore, a fairly complex piece of work required to come up to pace with where we are today in terms of what happens with the briefing of a whole variety of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: In relation to the thalidomide issue, the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, has met the thalidomide organisation, as have I in the context of the parliamentary party. We are anxious but again there is a whole range of issues there. It is also the subject matter, I understand, of litigation but we would like to resolve this with the thalidomide organisation on a range of issues...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: What I said on the Deputy's second question was that I did not know. On the third question, I said I would come back to him in respect of the separate investigation and the details of that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: On completion, I do not have a date or timeline but I hope it is soon, certainly before the end of the year.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 to 27, inclusive, together. I attended the World Economic Forum in Davos on 25 May. During my visit, I participated in a panel discussion, attended a lunch hosted by The Washington Post, had a number of political and economic meetings, and attended a dinner hosted by IDA Ireland. The panel discussion I participated in was on the theme of European unity in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: What was that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy asked if I would be attending what?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputies for raising these issues. I do not think Deputy McDonald raised any issue around the Davos meeting but instead raised an issue about An Bord Pleanála and the energy issues. Energy is a big issue at European Union level at the moment, as it is globally, across the board. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has initiated an inquiry into An Bord...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: I see, but the Deputy does want me to learn from France in respect of issues.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: That said, we have brought in many measures in terms of rent protection zones, including the 2% limit. We brought in six pieces of legislation to protect renters and we will have to continue to do more in that regard. Deputy Murphy is probably one of the more anti-European Union Members of this House. He has a consistent negativity about Europe and the LNG coming in. They have no choice;...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: Russia has caused a crisis, and the Deputy ignored the fact the European Union has brought forward a timetable for renewables.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: The European Commission is driving on renewables. However, People Before Profit, Sinn Féin and others just constantly have to have a go at the European Union - always attacking.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Haughey raised a very important point and he is absolutely correct. There is a real crisis emerging in the Horn of Africa. Deputy Haughey highlighted that. We will take steps for working with the European Union to see what we can do. I am extremely worried about it. It is a combination of the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis along with four successive years of drought. It is...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: I move: That Dáil Éireann reaffirms its confidence in the Government. I welcome the opportunity to move the motion that Dáil Éireann has confidence in the Government and I welcome the opportunity to discuss the Government’s record and our plans for the rest of our mandate. This is a good time to take stock of the past two years. More importantly, it is also a...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: I did not realise, apologies. Addressing climate change and protecting our biodiversity is not about any one sector.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thought the Leas-Cheann Comhairle said I had 20 minutes.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: My apologies. In this and in every element of government, in spite of unprecedented challenges because of the pandemic, the Government has worked to implement the programme that will over our full mandate deliver real and sustained progress for the Irish people. When we hear the loud and aggressive speeches of the Opposition that nothing is being done, that the people are being ignored,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy said it is a failed state.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: I express my deepest sympathies to the families involved who, having experienced the tragedy of losing a beloved child or loved one, have that grief compounded by the wrong and inappropriate disposal of organs. It is unacceptable and very distressing for the families concerned. In many respects, it is incomprehensible given that there was a major inquiry nearly 20 years ago which covered...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2022)

Micheál Martin: Aontaím leis an Teachta. Tá sé dochreidte go bhfuil sé seo fós ag tarlú sa lá atá inniu ann. Déanaim comhbhrón arís leis na teaghlaigh go léir atá ag fulaingt de dheasca an mhéid a tharla. Caithfimid dul i ngleic leis seo agus an scéal a réiteach. On the review being shared with the families in Cork, I have...