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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I would make the point that every child attending that primary school now has free schoolbooks, which those children never had before, because the previous Government took really decisive actions to make life better for kids in all schools.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: Hot school meals is another initiative that was taken, but Deputy Murphy ignores all of that and makes assertions of neglect or whatever, which is not the case.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: First of all, no school should be in that position. I do not believe there was a necessity to write that letter to the parents at that time, to be frank about it. I have a long-time involvement in education. I have a lot of experience with the education world. In the past, any time a school was in difficulty, dialogue opened up with the Department and the Department always came in to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his question. The response has to be on an number of levels. First, within the European Union, we will be consulting with and inputting into the Commission. The design of countermeasures is important - that it is not a knee-jerk tit-for-tat-type of response. It has to be calibrated, it has to be strategic, to make sure that whatever do, we do not damage ourselves...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----on the grounds of the investor clauses and all of that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: Dáil Éireann has not been in a position to ratify the CETA deal even though it has been in provisional operation since 2018. What does that say about Irish legislators in terms of what matters to the Irish people, what matters for Irish jobs and what is essentially the bread and butter of people's lives on the table?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: This works for workers. The trade deal works for workers. That is the point.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: It is far too early to make decisions in relation to that right now. We have to see where this lands. I do not believe the capacity to reshore pharmaceuticals in the short term is there. The issue in the short term is more the pausing of investment decisions for the future. That is what would concern me. American companies have grown strong in Ireland. This is a point we are making...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: This is a different potential economic upheaval than the previous one. It is of a different structure and a different nature. We have provided for the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund, which are providing substantial funding. We will have €16 billion by the end of this year in the Future Ireland Fund. Whatever we do, we should try to maintain that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: Níl aon amhras ach gurb é seo an t-ábhar is tábhachtaí a bheidh os comhair na Dála seo agus os comhair na tíre sna blianta atá romhainn. Bunathrú atá faoi chaibidil ag údaráis na Stát Aontaithe agus Uachtarán na Stát Aontaithe maidir le tariffs agus cúrsaí trádala. Without question this is a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: It had concerns. It was against it, and that was wrong.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: Our bread and butter is trade deals-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----and we should support CETA. I would appreciate the Labour Party's support when we bring the legislation to ratify that deal before the House. I will come back later in the next reply.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: First of all, no one is being asked to wait and wait. There has to be a proper audit done of this and then there has to be a proper look back to cover as many children as possible who would have had this surgery to have completeness and to do a comprehensive look back on the specific surgery. In my view, that is the correct thing to do. Yes, correspondence is going out to parents; that is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I do not have the precise timelines on that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I gave the Deputy the date in terms of the Department. Tá sé dochreidte ar shlí. Níl aon amhras ann go bhfuil tuismitheoirí ar fud na tíre an-bhuartha faoin méid atá tar éis tarlú. Caithfidh muid dul i ngleic leis agus tuarascáil chuimsitheach a chur os comhair na dtuismitheoirí agus an phobail i gcoitinne.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: It is very traumatic for any young child to go through surgery, irrespective of the gravity of that surgery. Equally, it is very traumatic experience for parents. In that context, to have a clinical audit established at CHI and Cappagh hospitals on the surgical management of children with the condition known as developmental dysplasia of the hip is deeply traumatic and compounds the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Poverty (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: We are retaining the Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach because we know we need to continue to build on the work to break down silos between departments and drive delivery. We will not be able to make a decisive impact on child poverty without a whole of government and whole of society response. From Poverty to Potential: A Programme Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Poverty (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: We are retaining the Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach because we know we need to continue to build on the work to break down silos between departments and drive delivery. We will not be able to make a decisive impact on child poverty without a whole of government and whole of society response. From Poverty to Potential: A Programme Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Child Poverty (1 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: We are retaining the Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office in the Department of the Taoiseach because we know we need to continue to build on the work to break down silos between departments and drive delivery. We will not be able to make a decisive impact on child poverty without a whole of government and whole of society response. From Poverty to Potential: A Programme Plan for...