Results 50,961-50,980 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----long before there was any modern sort of increase in terms of different nationalities coming into the country.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: Again, as I said earlier, we are providing funding in the interim both to the HSE but also to private providers. Last year private providers cost about €6.8 million and we have allocated a further €10 million this year to deliver close to 3,000 more assessments and to boost capacity, with new assessment teams and so forth. Perhaps the Deputy could work with the HSE to identify...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: I will engage with the Minister in respect of this. It is my understanding that there is no cutback programme in place. We have been expanding services generally in the further education field but I will certainly bring this to the Minister's attention, with a view to reverting to the Deputy on it.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I do not know whether the person concerned has secured a personal insolvency practitioner because that is the mechanism to deal with this in terms of engaging with whoever has the loan now. Generally, the courts have been sympathetic to people in their primary family residence, in terms of not evicting. A process of engagement is required to see if...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: Given that the person has cancer, and I do not know the full background of the case-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: Over the last decade loans have been sold but that has not resulted in wholesale evictions, which was asserted at the time. If people engage, generally speaking-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: I do not know the background to this case but if people engage, cases can get resolved.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: My understanding is that the Minister for Transport, Deputy O'Brien, is finalising work on a draft policy framework for unmanned aircraft systems. He expects to publish it in the summer and will seek to identify and address any public, regulatory or legislative gaps. There is a comprehensive EU legislative framework in place to regulate safe drone operations that is directly applicable in...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: Is Ballincollig on the south side or the north side? That kind of argument was used 30 years ago but the bottom line is that light rail will be good for every part of the city. On the Cork city task force, there has been huge investment in Cork over the last four to five years. I have indicated that we will be setting up a Cork city task force but we have to get the terms of reference and...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: The scheme has been very effective. The targets were refined this year by the Ministers for housing and public expenditure with a view to making sure resources are targeted at those who are in immediate danger of homelessness. We do not want local authorities only doing acquisitions as part of their social housing programmes. We want local authorities building new social houses and to do...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: I will talk to the Minister. The abolition of town councils was a big mistake. I said that at the time, although I was in opposition. I think it was introduced by Brendan Howlin but he subsequently said it was a mistake. I am a great believer in restoring councils or creating new councils in line with the programme for Government. I will have a look at who is on the task force because...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: In my honest opinion, Dublin City Council could be performing better with regard to housebuilding and could have performed better over the last-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: I am just saying it. There are too many coming into the House asking for more and more. To be very frank about it, I have watched O'Devaney Gardens and Oscar Traynor Road over the years and it should not take a decade to get agreement on what we do to build houses on a massive site.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: There are grants available for derelict buildings and derelict houses.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: They are worth up to €70,000.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: The grants are available. Is there any proactivity there? I am serious. There is no questioning of anything. Members just come into the House. That is what happens in politics these days.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: We want a solutions-based approach.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: Any initiative on housing just gets criticised and opposed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: Alcohol is a contributory factor to cancer. The more fundamental issue is to reduce the levels of consumption of alcohol in the country. The significant story is that, from 2000 to now, there has been a very substantial and significant reduction in the consumption of alcohol----- However, it should not be too broad. As the Deputy will know, there is very significant investment in the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: The scheme has been very effective. The targets were refined this year by the Ministers for housing and public expenditure with a view to making sure resources are targeted at those who are in immediate danger of homelessness. We do not want local authorities only doing acquisitions as part of their social housing programmes. We want local authorities building new social houses and to do...