Results 50,521-50,540 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: You deliberately-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is interesting that in the exchange the Deputy acknowledged that it is new tenancies.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I have been saying since I came in that existing tenants would not have their rents increased beyond 2% as per the RPZ.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputies are interrupting because they do not like the facts. The bottom line in respect of new tenancies is yes, in respect of tenancies where the tenant has left so the tenant does not get exorbitant increases. The balance here is that we need more investment into the market. I know the Deputy does not really believe in that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy believes it should be the State in its entirety. That is a fundamental difference. I argue that if we were to take the Deputy's policies, we would have no new supply at all. That is a fundamental difference. I acknowledge that. The Deputy does not believe in a market-based economy. That is his position.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I happen to believe in a balanced economic framework where you have public sector investment, and we have unprecedented levels of State investment. However, you will need private sector investment to get the level of investment we require. I do not think the State can sustainably spend €20 billion per annum on housing alone. That will not suffice. I do not think the people want...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: These figures are serious and of concern but they are from 2023, the year the data was collected. The Government had not yet, at that stage, brought in free school meals for all primary school students or free schoolbooks at second level. I am sure the Deputy would acknowledge these measures have had a significant impact on many families and are making a real difference to children in...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: At the weekend, I was in Nice for the United Nations Ocean Conference and took the opportunity to meet with a number of people in respect of this issue. The crew of the Madleen deserve our recognition. I pay tribute to their bravery and courage for profiling and keeping in the public and international spotlight the shocking situation in Gaza and the deprivation and starvation there. It...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I hope we can leverage significant international support for pressure to be put on Israel.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Then there will be the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting after that and then an European Council meeting-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The reference to complicity in genocide is shocking and wrong. I genuinely mean that.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I do not in any way underestimate the Deputy’s sincerity on this issue. I respect it. She has been very consistent on this, but it is wrong to say others in this House are complicit in genocide when they most certainly are not.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The legislation last week would have done nothing to change that.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Central Bank may be in a position over time to do something.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: There may be a route there, but that in itself is not going to change what is happening now.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Excuse me, the Deputy’s time is up.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to be facetious but under the triple lock arrangements at the moment, it would not be possible for the Naval Service to go overseas. In any event, I applaud the crew of the Madleen-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----because they acknowledged themselves that it was a symbolic gesture.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is not a back and forth.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: As the King of Jordan said to me at the weekend, we need trucks and trucks of aid, not drops. We need absolute, unimpeded aid going into Gaza at huge scale. On the other hand-----