Results 27,221-27,240 of 50,772 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: According to responses to freedom of information requests which Deputy Barry Cowen submitted to each local authority, there are still 2,751 vacant units in local authority ownership nationally. It seems incomprehensible given the fact that so many families are still in hotels with their children and that there is so much homelessness nationally that there could be 2,751 vacant units. Has...
- Order of Business (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: The programme for Government is very strong. It is clear that the housing and homelessness issue is one of its centrepieces. Can the Tánaiste indicate to me when the strategy is going to be announced? Can she give me a timeline in that regard? Can she refer this to the Minister to ensure that the vacant unit issue is to the fore? A disastrous decision was taken to cut the...
- Business of Dáil (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: Absolutely. It is common sense.
- Business of Dáil (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: We should do that by agreement. It is common sense. Otherwise, legislation cannot pass-----
- Business of Dáil (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: -----and the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill is particularly important in regard to crime.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: "Bridge Over Troubled Water".
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: We do have a major trauma network.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: There is Beaumont and Cork, as the Minister knows.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is unfair. This is in the public domain.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: Tomorrow morning he will be told what is in the pipeline. That is what happens normally. The bottom line is that somebody here must push back. Tallaght hospital will not be able to take everything; the hospital in Galway cannot cope with what it has to deal with, not to mind close down another facility, while Cork University Hospital cannot take any more, given the numbers who are...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: -----but the experience of the acute hospital in Limerick has been very difficult and challenging for all concerned.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: I know that.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: I put it to the Tánaiste that the bottom line is that there needs to be a fundamental rethink of where we are going. Common sense and a bit of balance need to be brought into this equation in terms of best outcomes because best outcomes also mean morbidity and fatality because of overcrowding itself. Doctors have estimated that people are dying because of overcrowding in our emergency...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: I asked about the emergency departments, rather than the waiting lists. I asked about the waiting lists last week and they have got far worse since then.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: Some of the waiting times are very poor. The Tánaiste has said that accident and emergency departments might not be closed down but I believe it is possible that there could be a dramatic change in the nature of what happens in them. The point I am making to the Tánaiste is that there has been no re-evaluation of the trend, or the model that is being driven incessantly by the...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Minister should brief himself on it.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: At the weekend, The Sunday Business Post, in particular, reported leaks from the recommendations of the trauma steering group that was established by the then Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, last year. It essentially identified nine accident and emergency departments that are under threat of being downgraded, being open for shorter periods or closure of some kind and the removal of...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: 161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all accusations or allegations of any political interference relating to a case (details supplied) have been or will be thoroughly investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20898/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: 162. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if all the participants in a recently broadcast documentary (details supplied) were interviewed by the gardaí who are conducting an ongoing investigation of the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20899/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (12 Jul 2016)
Micheál Martin: 163. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her Departmental officials are aware of a documentary (details supplied) and the allegations made therein; if any investigations or extra resources will be put into the ongoing investigation as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20900/16]