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Ceisteanna - Questions: Industrial Relations (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: The question is about the LEEF.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Industrial Relations (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: I think Deputy McAuliffe was the first contributor. He raised pensions and pensioners' input into their pension issues. It has been an ongoing concern for pensioners generally across the economy, particularly for public sector pensioners or those in agencies and so forth. There is a sense that once they leave employment, they lack any real influence over their pensions in the future. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Industrial Relations (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: There is going to be a flow and a fluidity in this from year to year, but the overall picture of investment in the south east and in Waterford has been positive and will continue to be in terms of Government commitment to the county. Deputy Moynihan raised the very important issue of SMEs, and that is covered by the LEEF. Divergence in employment standards and taxation issues between...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 to 20, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on health last met on 4 June 2025 and is due to meet again on 17 July 2025. It oversees implementation of programme for Government commitments in relation to health, receives detailed reports on identified policy areas and considers health reforms, including Sláintecare and the reform of public...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: There is not a huge shortage. Thousands of people have been recruited. Let us be straight about it. The seven-day use of hospitals is something that should happen. It should not be dependent on more and more staff. The assets were not being used. Expensive diagnostic equipment was not being used optimally and the hospitals themselves were not being used optimally when there were...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: That is very unfair of Deputy Tóibín. He arrived late himself.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: I am normally very generous, Deputy. Come on. I am normally very generous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: In the first grouping, there were many questions answered. I accept there are several questions in the third grouping. A lot of people did not turn up at all at the beginning. It cuts each way. All of the Deputies wanted this session------

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----but the number of Deputies who were absent at the beginning of this session left me surprised.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Government's response to the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council's Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge report 2024 was published on 5 November last. The Government's response was co-ordinated by the Department of the Taoiseach, drawing together material from relevant Departments. This was the fifth year in which a formal response was issued by the Government to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in tabular form below and in the notes accompanying the tables. Department of the Taoiseach - As at 31/12/2022 As at 31/12/2023 As at 31/12/2024 As at 31/05/2025 No. of full-time employees who applied for blended working arrangements (% of total employees*) 98 (46.9%) ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 to 186, inclusive, together. All procurement within the Department of the Taoiseach and in the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) - the only body under the aegis of the Department - is conducted in accordance with applicable EU and national regulations and Office of Government Procurement (OGP) guidance. The Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Reports (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: The article the Deputy has supplied refers to a technical issue affecting some links on Gov.ie, resulting from a major system upgrade completed in April 2025.The Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) manages Gov.ie and completed the system upgrade. During the migration of content to the new system, a small number of links became broken and were replaced with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: Policy development is concerned with the enactment of Government priorities to deliver valued outcomes for the public through the provision of high-quality advice and a steadfast focus on implementation. The development of policy derives in the first instance from the Programme for Government. My Department supports the Cabinet Committee structure to provide for the discussion of key...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Communications (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: There are no agreements or lists, made or exchanged, to include projects in any constituency in the future National Development Plan and or the HSE Capital plan. The Programme for Government was agreed and entails all of the Governments priorities. In the coming weeks, a review of the National Development Plan will be published. A public consultation process was recently launched by the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach does not oversee any infrastructure projects and has no capital allocation in its 2025 Revised Estimate.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (1 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: All procurement within the Department of the Taoiseach and the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) - the only body under the aegis of the Department - is conducted in accordance with applicable EU and national regulations and Office of Government Procurement (OGP) guidance.  The Department of the Taoiseach has completed two procurement processes for contracts with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: Ní aontaím leis an Teachta. Níl aon amhras go bhfuil méadú faoi leith tar éis teacht ar líon na mac léinn atá ag freastal ar oideachas tríú leibhéal sa tír seo thar na blianta. Tá sé sin soiléir. Tá infheistíocht stairiúil curtha isteach againn le blianta beaga anuas chun tacaíocht a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Lawless, did not say what the Deputy attributed to him. This is a classic performance from her, in terms of saying something that is not true. He never said that. His Estimate that was provided last year does not allow it right now, just the exact same as last year. There is an Estimates process and a budget like there is every year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2025)

Micheál Martin: That issue will be addressed in that Estimates process and in the budget. SUSI grants and what we can do there will be addressed. Postgraduate supports will be addressed. Additional places in third level, which people are seeking in the areas of therapies, medicine, nursing and so on, all involve expense.