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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The shared island dialogue series we have developed, which has had a different form altogether, has been long-standing and impressive. Up to 2,000 people in the North and South have engaged in different teams in that dialogue. We should always be open to different approaches and models and to learning lessons from what has gone right and wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: That is a fair point but we would say we have responded to a number of the recommendations of the specific Citizens' Assembly on Gender Equality already in terms of childcare and so on. Also, this committee represents a response. There is a degree to which we want this Oireachtas committee to come back to the Executive and the full plenary gathering and say this is how we think this should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: There no issue for me on that. It is all Article 41.3. I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Yes I am committed to them. I fully accept that for a long time the definition of marriage was too restrictive in the context of the understanding of that article. Many legal people might have a different perspective legally on that but I am very clear that the family is a very broad concept as far as I am concerned. I look at it in the broadest way. I am very committed to changing that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: On Senator Doherty's points, I ask her to come back to me with the full report as quickly as she possibly can because there is a process there. The role of this Oireachtas committee is to consider the citizens' assembly report on gender equality and bring forward recommendations for Government to bring forward and implement. That is where we are. The final report will be published on 1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: When I reference referendum commissions, I have been through it in the past. Once an allegation is made that a referendum commission is not allowed to do its job, that increases suspicion about what they are at and what the elite are at by putting a referendum on citizens when it has not been fully explained, and whether they are covering something up. That is my point. We have improved...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Programme for Government commits to establishing four Citizens’ Assemblies, on the topics of Biodiversity Loss, the type of directly elected mayor and local government structures best suited for Dublin, Drug Use and the Future of Education. The Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss and the Dublin Local Government Citizens’ Assembly were formally established in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) advises me on strategic policy issues relating to sustainable economic, social and environmental development in Ireland. The NESC work programme, in 2022, include five main areas: - To carry out a major piece of research and consultation on climate, biodiversity and how to achieve a just transition in agriculture. - To continue to help us deepen...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: A Policing Service for our Futureis the Government’s Plan to implement the Report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. As recommended in the Commission’s report, implementation of the Plan is being overseen by a dedicated Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach. The Policing Reform Implementation Programme Office monitors progress on A Policing...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Human Rights (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I visited New York for UN High Level Week from 21-23 September. In delivering Ireland’s National Statement to the General Assembly, I said that all countries, no matter how small, have a contribution to make to international peace and security, and to economic and social development; and that all people have the right to live in dignity; to have their human rights and fundamental...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Programmes (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: A Policing Service for our Futureis the Government’s Plan to implement the Report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. As recommended in the Commission’s report, implementation of the Plan is being overseen by a dedicated Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach. The Policing Reform Implementation Programme Office monitors progress on A Policing...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 158 together. The Programme for Government commits to establishing four Citizens’ Assemblies, on the topics of Biodiversity Loss, the type of directly elected mayor and local government structures best suited for Dublin, Drug Use and the Future of Education. The Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss and the Dublin Local Government...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Judicial Reviews (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: My Department has identified the below four cases where leave was granted for a judicial review and where the Taoiseach is named as a respondent during the period in question, two have concluded and two remain active. Record Number Parties Status Costs 2020 No. 547 JR Ryanair DAC v an Taoiseach, Ireland and the Attorney General ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: My Department implements a security-by-design and defence-in-depth approach to cyber security. The same approach applies to the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), the only body under the aegis of my Department. ICT services and support for NESC are delivered by the ICT Unit in the Department of the Taoiseach. For operational and security reasons, we are advised by...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach continues to leverage technologies available from cloud service providers in line with the stated advice of the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and has increased the amount of services provided via the cloud since 2019. In some instances the cloud service may be provided by another Government Department or Agency and in some instances the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The details of all Special Advisers formally appointed by Government, including associated Minister and sanctioned pay rate, are published by the Department of Public Expenditure on gov.ie at the following link www.gov.ie/en/publication/9ad159-special-advisers-pay/. This list includes all the current advisers employed by this Department in respect of the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Office of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I attended an informal meeting of the members of the European Council in Prague on 7 October. Leaders discussed Russia’s war against Ukraine and the impact it is having on energy prices in Europe. We were joined in this discussion by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy via video conference. We welcomed the adoption of an eighth package of sanctions against Russia adopted on...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I visited New York for UN High Level Week from 21-23 September. While there, in addition to delivering Ireland’s National Statement, I had the opportunity to engage with a number of other Leaders in roundtable discussions, bilateral meetings and in the margins. I had formal bilateral meetings with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres; the President of the UN General...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: United Nations (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I visited New York for UN High Level Week from 21-23 September. In delivering Ireland’s National Statement to the General Assembly, I said that all countries, no matter how small, have a contribution to make to international peace and security, and to economic and social development; and that all people have the right to live in dignity; to have their human rights and fundamental...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We all share this view and objective. The Minister has met with the companies and suppliers, with MABS, with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and with other non-governmental organisations that are at the coalface in respect of challenges that certain families or people may experience, particularly during a winter like this. The Government has taken a number of measures. We are not...