Results 49,581-49,600 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The official record is the official record.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: It has not been voted on.

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: I attended a meeting of the European Council on Thursday, 20 March in Brussels. The agenda covered Ukraine, European defence, the Middle East, competitiveness, the post-2027 EU budget or multiannual financial framework, migration, oceans policy and multilateralism.

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: We can arrange that. In his contribution to today’s debate, the Minister of State for European Affairs, Deputy Byrne, will provide further detail on the multiannual financial framework, MFF, including the question of possible new own resources for the EU budget, as well as further detail on migration, oceans and multilateralism. I will deal with all other issues. I welcomed...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: That is so untrue. The truth never matters.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (25 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: During my visit to Washington D.C. for St. Patrick’s Day, I met with representatives from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC). It was a useful opportunity to listen to the concerns of these groups and to discuss how better to combat antisemitism which is sadly on the rise globally. I updated the representatives on the most recent actions taken...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The table below details amounts spent on all goods, services and works for the five years 2019 to 2023 (the last year for which audited figures are currently available) by the Department of the Taoiseach and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) - the only body under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach. All procurement by the Department of the Taoiseach and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (25 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: Section 2 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 explicitly provides that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) shall be independent in the performance of their functions. One of the ways that effect is given to this independence is that funding for the Director’s Office is provided through a separate Vote; Vote 5 – Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. While I...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (25 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Department did not have any secondments from consulting firms in the period specified.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (25 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: Neither the Department of the Taoiseach nor the National Economic and Social Development Office - the only body under the aegis of the Department - have awarded any contracts to, or used the services of, the hotel in question from 1st November 2024 to date.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Social Media (25 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to the Department of the Taoiseach and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) – the only body under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach - is set out in the tables below. Department of the Taoiseach Platform Total Videos* Videos with Speech** Videos with Speech that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (26 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: Neither I, nor any official in the Department of the Taoiseach, was made aware of the visit of the given person to the White House on St. Patrick’s Day before that visit took place.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Data Protection (26 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach is committed to protecting the rights and privacy of individuals in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Acts. The Department’s designated Data Protection Officer (DPO) liaises regularly with officials in the Data Protection Commission during the course of their work and also as a member of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (26 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 and 4 together. I was accompanied to my meeting with President Trump in the White House on 12 March by my Chief of Staff, the Secretary General of my Department, an Assistant Secretary General, a Principal Officer, the Government Press Secretary as well as by Ireland’s Ambassador to the US and the Deputy Head of Mission of the Irish Embassy. I was...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Weather Events (26 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: No additional funding is being provided to the Department of the Taoiseach this year in respect of expenditure arising following storm Éowyn.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: It is very traumatic for any young child to go through surgery, irrespective of the gravity of that surgery. Equally, it is very traumatic experience for parents. In that context, to have a clinical audit established at CHI and Cappagh hospitals on the surgical management of children with the condition known as developmental dysplasia of the hip is deeply traumatic and compounds the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: First of all, no one is being asked to wait and wait. There has to be a proper audit done of this and then there has to be a proper look back to cover as many children as possible who would have had this surgery to have completeness and to do a comprehensive look back on the specific surgery. In my view, that is the correct thing to do. Yes, correspondence is going out to parents; that is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I do not have the precise timelines on that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I gave the Deputy the date in terms of the Department. Tá sé dochreidte ar shlí. Níl aon amhras ann go bhfuil tuismitheoirí ar fud na tíre an-bhuartha faoin méid atá tar éis tarlú. Caithfidh muid dul i ngleic leis agus tuarascáil chuimsitheach a chur os comhair na dtuismitheoirí agus an phobail i gcoitinne.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: Níl aon amhras ach gurb é seo an t-ábhar is tábhachtaí a bheidh os comhair na Dála seo agus os comhair na tíre sna blianta atá romhainn. Bunathrú atá faoi chaibidil ag údaráis na Stát Aontaithe agus Uachtarán na Stát Aontaithe maidir le tariffs agus cúrsaí trádala. Without question this is a...