Results 49,201-49,220 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The fundamental point I am making is that the figures the Deputy is making a big song and dance about were published, not by the Department of Finance, but by the Central Bank in September. The Deputy and I knew them, but we had other figures saying they would be higher. The Central Bank-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Doherty was not asking the question. It was the Social Democrats.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The point I am trying to make to the Deputy is there were different estimates and so on about targets.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The previous year, the Central Bank underestimated what we would increase by.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: In terms of the individual summaries Ministers get, many were referring to the Central Bank's reports.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: Others were referring to EUROCONSTRUCT-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The bottom line is this-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----the only way you ultimately find out is in the first quarter of the following year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The first quarter of the following year, you get the data.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: In previous years, people said we would not reach our targets.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: We actually exceeded them. Some of the estimates, even from official circles, were wrong-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----for the previous year. There was no-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: I repeat this-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: There was no attempt to knowingly mislead the people on any of this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: We have worked extremely hard on the housing question. It is our number one priority. It will remain our number one priority.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The focus has to be on how we get those numbers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: I pay tribute to An Garda Síochána and its members for the outstanding work they do in a much more complex society than in previous decades in protecting our citizens and working with our citizens every day of every week. They do exceptional work. Our overall Garda workforce is larger than it has ever been. I know the Deputy slipped in the per capita number. It is the highest it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----it is at approximately 18,000 as we speak. The budget was increased by €500 million last year. That is a 27% increase in the Garda budget since 2020. On another day, Deputy Tóibín will come in speaking about value for money, wasteful Government expenditure and all of that. No one can question the fact that very substantial resources have been allocated, far above...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: There was a Garda Inspectorate report in respect of domestic abuse published earlier today. The Deputy has a habit of going back-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: I mentioned a public order report. The Minister today updated the Cabinet on the progress we have made in terms of public order units, public order resources and a suite of improvements that have happened.