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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I will say more on that if I get a chance.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Could I say to the Deputy that if we take the three years combined, 2022, 2023 and 2024----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: ----we exceeded our targets by close to 5,000 houses. That is not of interest to the Deputy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: The bottom line of the general election is that the programme Sinn Féin put forward did not persuade people. It wanted to dramatically disrupt and change the Land Development Agency.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin wanted to get rid of the help-to-buy scheme and the first home scheme, which are so beneficial to first-time buyers. Its programme did not persuade.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: The platform as to how Sinn Féin was going to achieve a housing breakthrough or higher numbers simply did not persuade people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy has got to acknowledge that is the reality of it. We have exceeded targets in two years. In the third year, we did not. I am extremely disappointed with that. The estimates out there from the entities I have identified were clearly pointing in a direction which did not turn out to be the case.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Níl aon dabht ann ach gurb í an ghéarchéim is mó atá againn sa tír seo ná an easpa tithíochta. Níl a dhóthain tithe againn. Caithfimid gach aon dícheall a dhéanamh chun i bhfad níos mó tithe a chruthú chomh tapa agus is féidir linn. Housing is the number one social priority in this country. It goes to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: No, they were not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Clearly the targets-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----were realistic because targets are-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----assessed by a number of factors.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Need is a different question to target. Need relates to our population growth. We have to devise methods, mechanisms and policies that get us to what we need. I do not dispute what we need. Different parties had different programmes in the last general election.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thought the Deputy might grab the opportunity.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Action Plan (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, updates of the Climate Action Plan (CAP) are published on an annual basis. They detail climate policies, measures and actions required to reduce Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions in pursuit of statutory emissions reduction targets. CAPs detail specific actions that government departments, agencies and public...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 and 4 together. As the Deputy will be aware, Section 2 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 explicitly provides that the Director of Public Prosecution shall be independent in the performance of her functions. One of the ways effect is given to this independence is that funding for the Director’s Office is provided through a separate Vote; Vote...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and 11 together. The Department of the Taoiseach is supportive of staff availing of special leave or career breaks to take up roles within the European Institutions. Circular 04/2013 sets out the career break scheme for the civil service and is available to all eligible staff in the Department and in the National Economic and Social Development Office...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Responsibilities (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I was not provided with a ministerial briefing document following the recent formation of the Government. Since the Government was formed I have had a number of meetings with the senior officials in my Department dealing with a range of policy issues.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 21 together. I intend to put in place a team of advisers to support me in my role as Taoiseach and Head of Government. While I have not yet finalised the make-up of my Team, at present it consists of a Chief of Staff at Deputy Secretary level; a Deputy Chief of Staff at Assistant Secretary level; and five Special Advisers at Principal Officer level....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 19 together. Neither the Department of the Taoiseach nor the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), which is the only body under the aegis of the Department, currently outsource any service officer or security officer roles to private companies. While the Department occasionally engages cleaners on an ad hoc basis for carpet...