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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: Children are being slaughtered.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: Innocent civilians have been slaughtered.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: No one in this House should be looking for a pat on the back.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: No one in this House should be seeking some sort of moral superiority over others in this House.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: The focus must be relentlessly on the policies of Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli Government, which is made up of extreme far-right elements, who are committing genocide in Gaza right now. Let us call a spade a spade. The Deputy knows the most effective way is-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----to persuade as many member states as possible within the European Union and the United States to pull their support from the State of Israel as regards what it is doing now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I am speaking now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I have possession of the House now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: With respect, stop trying to bully your way-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I have the floor.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I am simply saying-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I will finally say this to you, Deputy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: We need to have rules here in the House and not disruption.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: There are particular rules about interruptions as well.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: The key issue in housing is supply. Everything the Government is doing is and will be focused on increasing the supply of houses right across the board. This includes an increased number of social houses. In the last four years, a record 48,000 social houses have been provided. Not since 2008 has that level of new-build social housing been provided. In addition, we brought in the tenant...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: Last year, approximately 1,500 houses were acquired in tenant in situ situations. This scheme has only been in place for a very short period of time. There has been a very rapid expansion of the scheme. I am not criticising local authorities. Many availed of the scheme and pushed forward with its delivery. We saw a record number of new social homes constructed in 2023, as well as local...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the Deputy's acknowledgement of certain measures the Government has taken. The Government has acted, as indeed has the Opposition. The Deputy made a very fair point about the State of Palestine today and the question of how one reconstructs a pathway to a two-state solution in the context of the appalling war and genocide being waged by Israel. I am very conscious of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: It is at that level-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----and at the level of the United States Government that the real leverage can happen to get Israel to stop.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: On the bond issue, the Central Bank of Ireland is part of the European Central Bank. It is a constituent member of the European Central Bank. We all know that.