Results 39,181-39,200 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: I gave the Deputy specifics.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: I gave the Deputy specifics on beds-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: I gave you specifics on ICU and home care hours-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: I gave you specifics on a whole range of issues in terms of preparing and upgrading the health service. The number of college places has been expanded for all of the professions over the past two years. The Deputy cannot just shake her head. They have been increased-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----and in terms of career progression. The winter preparedness plan has adopted a bottom-up approach. It has gone to every hospital group and local plans have been sought. Sanction has being given to hire emergency consultants if the groups so wish. In the plans that have come from the various hospital groups, flexibility will be applied in sanctioning the teams they want to hire. As...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising a very important issue that is affecting quite a number of people. I have tremendous sympathy for those suffering from long Covid. It is one of the reasons that during the height of Covid, when we had the lockdown, I was insistent on taking strong measures. It was not just about mortality. This was a deadly disease. When a person got Covid, it could lead to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: I do not disagree with the Deputy. There were clinics on HSE sites that were operational before the model of care was rolled out. The intention is to align all of them towards a national service. It is intended that the interim model of care will be expanded to put in place eight post-acute Covid clinics and six long Covid clinics within hospital groups nationwide. Additional aspects of...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: First, the Government is not a business.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: That is an important point. The Government is not a business-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: We are facing the worst global energy crisis ever. It surpasses the 1970s.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: It was fundamentally brought about by the war on Ukraine; there is no question about it. The price today for United Kingdom gas on the wholesale markets is 287 pence. By the way, it was 463 pence last week.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: This day two years ago, the price-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----was 40 pence a therm.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: That also illustrates what has happened in respect of gas prices and other energy prices.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: The future markets do not look good, either, as a therm of gas to be delivered in January will cost 533 pence and March deliveries are priced at 506 pence. That all indicates the enormous crisis not just Ireland but every country in Europe and, indeed, across the world by and large is currently facing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Government has taken measures and we have reduced the excise duty on petrol, diesel and green diesel until mid-October. We will deal with issues in the budget relating to all of that. People save between €9 and €12 each time they fill their tank. We have also given energy credits back to people to cut their bills. I refer to the €2.5 billion basically that was...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: Lots of people do use public transport.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: For those people we have reduced costs. We have also reduced costs of health services. The drugs payment scheme, DPS, monthly threshold has gone to €80, which is a significant decline on what it was two years ago.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: Through a variety of measures, including pay and tax reductions, we have taken efforts to reduce the pressure on the public and protect jobs. In the forthcoming budget and cost-of-living package we will take measures as well to alleviate the pressures on people who are feeling it heavily out there; there is no doubt about that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: Again, Government is not a business.