Results 39,761-39,780 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: What do we do? We bring the GP and the primary care service to the homeless centre or we at least provides it in an accessible way. In my view, there is a way of dealing with this, we are committed to doing it and unprecedented resources have been allocated to it. It was done very well during the Covid period, and we want to try to maintain that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is getting loans.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I stand open to correction, but the ban on exploration came about as a result of a recommendation from an Oireachtas committee of the previous Dáil.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The previous Oireachtas committee on climate decided, by majority vote if I am correct, that we would ban oil and gas exploration. Why? Because we wanted to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels. Why? Because we wanted to deal with the issue of climate change, because climate change is existential and we have to start. The danger was that if we kept on doing oil and gas exploration, we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Ryan, with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities, EirGrid and the Department, form a board to try to accelerate the offshore wind initiative. The desire of the State is to do this in a controlled and organised way, not in a wild west sort of way. It is a natural resource. It is a national resource that belongs to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----that we need to up our pace and speed up the rate at which we can get these projects in place, certainly before the end of the decade. We have already increased our target in respect of offshore wind, hydrogen and so on for the end of the decade. Be in no doubt of the Government's commitment in respect of the funding. I think the Deputy is talking about loan facilities. Given the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Sorry?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: They get to their destination.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: On the prepaid meters issue, I would argue we have had significant clarity on that in the Government’s response, both in the budget in respect of all the payments that are being made between now and the end of the year, together with the energy credits, something I have outlined to the House on numerous occasions, and in the work the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, CRU, has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We have been very clear from the outset that the law applies from the date the law is passed, by definition. In any event, these are issues and there is time for that amendment to be taken.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: On Deputy Healy-Rae's point, my understanding is that the Business Committee met in respect of the various timings for debates this week. The Deputy has asked for a debate. I take his point about services. I pay tribute to the health services and to our education services, where a great number of personnel have given a great deal of help and assistance outside of their normal work hours-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----pro bonoto many Ukrainian refugees, and I thank them for that. Many people across the community in education, health and other services have done that and we should acknowledge that. With the greatest will in the world, I do not believe we could ever dismantle Kerry tourism or Kerry hospitality.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is an impossibility. It cannot happen. I have been there too often, including last summer, and there is not a hope that it could be dismantled. It is so strong and robust. There are genuine issues in certain towns. We have a list of towns that have gone way beyond the call of the duty when compared to other areas. We saw that recently in Killarney, where the community responded very...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I will ask the Whip if we can have a debate at some stage. I do not know whether that will be possible but I will ask the Whip if something can be done.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: On the alleged rolling closures of early childhood care and education, ECCE, services raised by Deputy Tóibín----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----there is nothing that would please him more than to have as many protests as he can get on the back of.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has said that €1 billion will be invested in childcare in 2023, an increase of €346 million on last year. ECCE services will benefit from this funding.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Minister can engage with the Deputy on this matter.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy should do a bit more homework than just one article because articles can get things wrong from time to time. My understanding is that the article in today's Irish Examinerthat was critical of the level of delivery against our national retrofit targets incorrectly referred to a target of 62,500 retrofits in 2022 when the actual target was 27,000. The latest projections from the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Some 35,000 applications for support have been received, which represents a 150% increase on the same period last year.