Results 49,261-49,280 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: In my view, she did not ask it in an honest, upfront or truthful manner either.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I have no truck with the-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----masculine toxicity of Mr. McGregor, but he is not a Member of this House.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to give him any-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I just want to say on the peace front, I genuinely believe that we need an end to both wars. I have said this repeatedly. It is a fact of record that President Trump's envoy did act very effectively in terms of getting the ceasefire in the first instance. That is documented, along with the work of President Biden's envoy. On Ukraine, it is-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Now, I am disappointed with what happened yesterday. It is not sufficient at all what happened yesterday in terms of a ceasefire, but Europe needs an end to the Ukrainian war on a sustainable and fair basis and all of us in Europe are pursuing that end.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy has raised a fair point, although some planning permissions do get through in west Cork, as the Deputy acknowledges. I think the guidelines do need some review, especially concerning people on farms and the children of farming communities, to maintain a sustainable community in certain areas. This is particularly the case with the improvements in technology, wastewater and so on....
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I appreciate the concerns of and pressures on the parents in his constituency. At the moment, the school transport scheme sees about 172,000 children transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes. It is a very complex scheme. It includes over 143,800 pupils travelling on primary and post-primary services. There are also...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. There will be a decision made before the end of the month and clarity and certainty brought to this topic. I think it needs to be said, though, that it has been a very generously resourced scheme by the Government. It has played a very significant role in accommodating Ukrainians fleeing from war. Originally, it started out at €400. It...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I pay tribute to the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Moynihan, who has spent a lot of time over the past number of days meeting parents and schools-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy asked a question.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: People need to learn.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: All I want to say is the Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, met schools, the ETB and parents. He is fully on top of this issue. He realises the challenges. He is fully determined, along with me and the Government, to get this issue resolved for parents before September.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The technology is one thing. The use of the technology and who uses is the issue.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: That technology, I understand, was used to solve a murder case. It is very positive-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----that the person was found out by proper utilisation of this technology.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I think it is a Japanese-owned company now but my understanding is that the technology is Israeli. In respect of any State agency, the Garda or the Defence Forces, there is a legislative basis by which there has to be a request to the Ministers and there is a judicial overview of how any surveillance-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: On behalf of the State, in terms of national security. That is well known. It is documented before the House.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Yes. It is well known. There is a set procedure. The Deputy knows that, in terms of national security. That is the only area where the State comes in. Obviously, the Garda tries to solve crimes and we have to trust in-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----An Garda Síochána.