Results 21,401-21,420 of 50,453 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is a crisis across the disability services sector in providing access to full-time residential care, particularly for adults with disabilities, as well as to respite care, home care and shared services. Parents of both adults and children are exhausted and stressed and have been beaten down by the system and the absence of services. There is a particular problem for children with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: In other words, if anything happens to the mother, the HSE will look after her son, but while she is there, it will not because it cannot. I can illustrate more cases, as I am sure other Members also can. It is a crisis. I do not want to hear global figures for what is being spent and so forth-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach aware of the crisis? Does he appreciate that there is a crisis? What is the Government going to do about it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: Again, I will refer to a report. These are not scattered individual cases with which we must all deal. This is systemic, but the Taoiseach does not appear to understand that. This is a systemic problem, particularly in adult intellectual disability services. Parents who are growing old are extremely anxious and scared about what will happen to their sons and daughters and the Taoiseach...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: There are 471 children with a disability in foster care. A year after the report Molly's foster parents have had their home care funding reduced from €240 to €100. The Taoiseach appears to be unaware of the systemic crisis. That is very worrying for all of the parents who contact us and want something to be done on a multi-annual basis to ensure there will be a multi-annual...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: There is no complexity. They just do not have the resources they need.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: A total of 39 will take us nowhere.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (6 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there will be tweaks or legal interpretations put on the backstop in the withdrawal treaty as reported in an editorial (details supplied). [10593/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a three bedroom house vacant or void at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10981/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: The UK Attorney General has been to Dublin and met our Attorney General. That is not internal negotiations.

Ceisteanna - Questions: All-Island Civic Dialogue (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: I asked questions about business preparedness.

Ceisteanna - Questions: All-Island Civic Dialogue (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: Yes, we can continue to the third group.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Portuguese Prime Minister; the issues that were discussed; and the officials who accompanied him on the visit. [9374/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach clarify what he means by an informal meeting with the Portuguese Prime Minister? What were the circumstances? Was the meeting organised in advance or did the Taoiseach happen to be in Portugal and just call in to see him? The media were not informed in advance and not brought along. It was published via a tweet afterwards, which caused some surprise at the time. Why...

Ceisteanna - Questions: All-Island Civic Dialogue (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the all-island civic dialogue held on 15 February 2019.. [8465/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: All-Island Civic Dialogue (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: Some of the most consistent themes we heard at the all-island civic dialogue are the frustrations of people about the lack of detail on potential aid programmes and the clarity from the Government about what people will be faced with on 29 March, or whatever date Brexit kicks in. Many businesses have told me about how slow everything has been to move from calling on people to be prepared and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the role of his Department in contingency planning for Brexit; and the number of meetings that have been held since September 2018 on same. [8464/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: Since the beginning of the year I have been asking the Taoiseach on every sitting day to outline what will happen if there is a no-deal scenario in the coming months. Every time, the Taoiseach has replied that he is not contemplating or planning for a hard border but he has steadfastly refused to actually answer the specific question. Even for him, this has been a remarkable display of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: 3 o’clock In the context of justice legislation and the "Claire Byrne Live" programmes last week and this week, there is a need to progress legislation to ensure those who commit homicides will not benefit from their actions, particularly in cases of familicide. Deputy O'Callaghan tabled the Civil Liability (Amendment) (Prevention of Benefits from Homicide) Bill 2017 just over...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Micheál Martin: Aontraím leis an rún atá curtha os comhair na Dála ag an Rialtas. Táimid sásta comhaontú leis an Rialtas i gcomhthéacs an Bhille seo. Go bunúsach, tá sé i gcroílár an Bhille seo go mbeidh an tír seo réidh má fhágann an Bhreatain an Aontas Eorpach gan aon chonradh ag leibhéal na hEorpa. Is é sin...