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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: This will go on and on forever. I will talk to the Deputy again.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I will have to examine that. Presumably, they could have applied for more at the time if that is what they wanted to build.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: Anything will push you to An Bord Pleanála. That facility was created to enable them to get a faster permission and to go directly to An Bord Pleanála. I will check the background to this, but my understanding is 96-beds is what was sanctioned from an earlier bed review. I will check it out, because we want to provide beds as quickly as we possibly can in UHL. Obviously, it has...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the case of William Jonathan Moore. Normally, the treatment abroad section is very responsive to cases. I understand that the guidelines stipulate treatment should be within the European Union, although with the common travel area with Britain, we also send people with rare conditions to get treatment in the UK. If the Deputy can send me the full details of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: If it is only available in the US, we should do something about that. I will come back to the Deputy about it and will talk to the Minister for Health.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising these issues. If he could identify those schools with places that are, for some reason, not being filled, I will take that up with the Minister. I know the Deputy has been engaged with the Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy might provide them to me afterwards. Our immediate focus is on getting places for all children. I understand that in the Munster area more generally, that is more or less on track, and we just want to keep on top of it. As I said earlier during Other Members' Questions, there are still challenges in Dublin.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I do not have the specific timelines on that but I can revert to the Deputy. I fully support the concept of colocation. The absence of colocation is a sad indictment of many of the healthcare structures and some of the hospitals themselves. The most significant colocation happened in the early 2000s with Cork University Maternity Hospital because the two hospitals involved and the private...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising that. He is correct that there is an issue. Issues can always emerge. There are many older schools that had huge numbers in the past, which have declined significantly. They are in older buildings, are harder to heat and have issues. I will talk to the Minister about whether we could devise a bespoke solution that would help schools in certain circumstances...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. The multi-annual financial framework negotiations are starting. We had a first meeting last week, which was a general tour de table type of exploratory meeting. I made it clear that Ireland was interested in protecting the common agricultural payments system and the CAP, as well as investment in the Horizon research programme, which is important....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I will have to counter and say there has been significant investment in Waterford in recent times, particularly the €170 million north quays project. As the Deputy said, Waterford has been a good and attractive location for foreign direct investment companies, especially American multinationals in the pharmaceutical sector. The objective is to protect as many jobs as we possibly can...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank both Deputies for raising very important issues. I will talk to the Minister, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, with a view to trying to get the legislation to which Deputy Gogarty referred restored to the Order Paper. It has not come forward from the Department yet. The behaviour in question is very sinister and reprehensible. I do not understand why people do this sort of thing. We can...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Poverty (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: We are retaining the Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach because we know we need to continue to build on the work to break down silos between departments and drive delivery. We will not be able to make a decisive impact on child poverty without a whole of government and whole of society response. From Poverty to Potential: A Programme Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Poverty (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: We are retaining the Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach because we know we need to continue to build on the work to break down silos between departments and drive delivery. We will not be able to make a decisive impact on child poverty without a whole of government and whole of society response. From Poverty to Potential: A Programme Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Poverty (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: We are retaining the Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach because we know we need to continue to build on the work to break down silos between departments and drive delivery. We will not be able to make a decisive impact on child poverty without a whole of government and whole of society response. From Poverty to Potential: A Programme Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Poverty (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: We are retaining the Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach because we know we need to continue to build on the work to break down silos between departments and drive delivery. We will not be able to make a decisive impact on child poverty without a whole of government and whole of society response. From Poverty to Potential: A Programme Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47, 51, 52 and 53 together. The first meeting of the new Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure took place on Monday, 24th March, and the next one will take place on Monday 28th April. Membership of the Cabinet Committee comprises the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Minister for Finance, Minister for Public Expenditure,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 49 and 54 together. The Government has recently agreed to establish a number of Cabinet Committees including a Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Competitiveness, a Cabinet Committee on Housing, a Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, and a Cabinet Committee on Climate Action and Energy. Transport-related issues may arise at each of these...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69 and 70 together. The Cabinet Committee on Housing works to ensure a coordinated approach to the implementation of Programme for Government commitments regarding housing. The new Programme for Government sets out our ambition to accelerate housing supply, recognising housing as the biggest social and economic challenge. In the programme, we have set out...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Artificial Intelligence (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 82 together. I travelled to Paris for the AI Action Summit on 10-11 February, co-hosted by President Macron and Prime Minister Modi of India. The AI Action Summit gathered key stakeholders to explore how we can develop artificial intelligence technologies and uses globally while ensuring that nobody is left behind. It also discussed preserving our...