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- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (4 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on Irish wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46204/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Philanthropy Initiatives (5 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: 30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on philanthropy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50122/13]
- Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: Listening to RTE Radio's "Liveline" programme the other day was a harrowing experience for many people. The broadcast featured Louise Mac An tSaoi, the mother of Liam Mac An tSaoi, a young child who is spending his fourth Christmas in Crumlin Children's Hospital. This is as a result of the failure of the health authorities to provide the necessary supports and funding to enable Liam to go...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: These are shocking cases. No mother should have to go on "Liveline" to highlight such a case, which has shocked many people. Will the Taoiseach ensure that the Government provides the requisite resources to enable Liam Mac An tSaoi and other children in similar situations to return home this Christmas? Will the Taoiseach change his policy direction on the health service? He is ploughing...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Health is aware of the case of Liam Mc An tSaoi and promised two years ago that he would not have to spend another Christmas in Crumlin children's hospital. Liam's family are from Galway and will require the support of Galway University Hospital. Liam's mother Louise is a trained nurse. The issue is one of funding and an inability to put together a package to allow for...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: I referred earlier to morale in the health service. I invite the Taoiseach to speak to the nurses and doctors on the front line, those who work in the disability services and to clerical workers. When one meets anybody working in the health service, the message consistently is that morale is at an all time low and that patient safety is and will continue to be compromised if the health...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: Four years.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: A promise was made two years ago to effect a transfer.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met religious leaders recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39247/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: The policies of the past two to three years implemented by the Minister for Education and Skills, which are designed to increase the pupil-teacher ratio for small rural schools in general, has caused great anxiety across rural Ireland and in two, three, four and five-teacher schools in particular. The policy was announced three years ago as a phased increase in the pupil-teacher ratio and an...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: I asked about the embassy to the Vatican. The issue about small schools is the phased increase in the threshold for the retention of teachers. That was announced two to three years ago but it is having a negative impact on rural schools.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: I asked whether the proposal for a multi-faith teacher training college for primary school teachers on the campus of DCU was discussed.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: No, it is not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: We will take supplementaries.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: I put the issue of small rural schools and religious diversity to the Taoiseach earlier. The Government policy on school patronage runs contrary to the maintenance of diversity and pluralism. That is manifest in the policy regarding small rural schools and the deliberate targeting of the pupil-teacher ratios in small rural schools. It began two budgets ago and is progressive. It did not...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: There is.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government changed the PTR.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: However, the Government changed it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is another argument, but the Government worsened the PTR.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government-Church Dialogue (10 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach does not seem to be acknowledging that the Government did that.