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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: That is an innovative idea-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----in terms of Bogotá and so on. A local authority should initiate a pilot. Up to two to three years ago, cars were being driven up and down the Marina in Cork. Now it is a promenade. That was beautifully done as part of the active travel programme. Bar one or two residents who have to use cars there, it is a walking area. The transformation has been quite amazing. People still...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy very much for raising this issue. I always marvel at the scenic beauty of County Kerry. I was down there on Monday at Fossa-----

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: No, at the economic summit. I had a very good few days in Kenmare early last summer when I was preparing for the general election. It sorted me out fairly well. Of course, we are all inspired by that beautiful ballad, "As I Leave Behind Néidín". It was written by a Corkman, Jimmy McCarthy, and made famous by Mary Black.

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is right to highlight the strengths and assets of Kenmare. He has been very clear about the need for funding for Kenmare pier. Local authorities have primary responsibility for the maintenance and development of the piers, harbours and slipways they own. As the Deputy knows, as part of the annual fishery harbour centre and coastal infrastructure development programme, the...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I will certainly talk to the Minister of State with responsibility for the marine and Kerry County Council to see what we can do in order to put something together. The funding might have to come next year, I do not know. It would be good even if the planning was done and there was an assessment of what is required. The Deputy is correct that Kenmare is a beautiful town. I like the way...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: That is an extraordinary number of people, and it is a wonderful project. We will work with the Deputy on that.

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: As I have said repeatedly, before the previous Government came to office, approximately 19,000 to 20,000 houses were being built per annum. It is now well over 30,000 houses, which is a significant change in momentum. This is mainly because of State investment at an unprecedented scale. We have a clear focus in terms of what we need to do. It is in terms of maintaining and increasing...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I want to put the focus on-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: When we bring proposals, however, to the House-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: We will be bringing forward a series of proposals - the decision yesterday on planning was a good one - and further initiatives on housing. I hope we will get the support of the House as we implement those decisions.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and the cases of Emilia and Hannah. Will the Deputy confirm that Hannah did not get the surgery?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: Okay. I do not want to put too much of a burden on the parent, but the issue should be formally referred to the Medical Council, for example, or to the authorities in CHI. It is important now that the Medical Council takes a role here in terms of the professional regulation of its members.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: There is an onus on the Medical Council to be proactive in respect of this issue. I am conscious that it is a random, anonymised sample, although, to paraphrase, the author says there is a preponderance to smaller number of surgeons in this context. I do not know who the clinical director at Cappagh is, by the way, but I know who the clinical director was at that time. That in itself is a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Minister has said already in response to that the last evening that she is not ruling out going beyond 2010, but that the priority right now has to be followed through-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: Let us be sensible about it. The Minister has to deal with those where skeletal maturity applies in terms of the cases that have been the subject matter of the external review, which is about 15 years. For those over that, they are in a transitional programme of care already as they transition to adult care. However, the Minister has said that this can be looked at in the context of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the Deputy's acknowledgement of certain measures the Government has taken. The Government has acted, as indeed has the Opposition. The Deputy made a very fair point about the State of Palestine today and the question of how one reconstructs a pathway to a two-state solution in the context of the appalling war and genocide being waged by Israel. I am very conscious of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: It is at that level-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----and at the level of the United States Government that the real leverage can happen to get Israel to stop.