Results 361-380 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: As the King of Jordan said to me at the weekend, we need trucks and trucks of aid, not drops. We need absolute, unimpeded aid going into Gaza at huge scale. On the other hand-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: We will do everything we can to endeavour to get an outcome in respect of the EU-Israeli association agreement. It will be difficult, because a lot of countries in Europe do not have the same mindset that we do.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: These figures are serious and of concern but they are from 2023, the year the data was collected. The Government had not yet, at that stage, brought in free school meals for all primary school students or free schoolbooks at second level. I am sure the Deputy would acknowledge these measures have had a significant impact on many families and are making a real difference to children in...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: At the weekend, I was in Nice for the United Nations Ocean Conference and took the opportunity to meet with a number of people in respect of this issue. The crew of the Madleen deserve our recognition. I pay tribute to their bravery and courage for profiling and keeping in the public and international spotlight the shocking situation in Gaza and the deprivation and starvation there. It...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I hope we can leverage significant international support for pressure to be put on Israel.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Then there will be the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting after that and then an European Council meeting-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: When RPZs came in first, many people did not increase their rents. Quite a number did not. To keep momentum in the market and to keep people in the market, that is a balanced response to the current situation. We want to bring more investment in to build-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is capped at 2%. The second cap is CPI. Basically, there is a cap of whatever the inflation rate is. The inflation rate is forecast to be 2%, on average, for the next number of years. It is also the focus of the ECB to keep inflation at 2%.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: If we do not tie it to CPI and freeze it as the Deputy is saying, why would anyone invest in any new apartment block? Why would anyone build a new house or a new apartment for rent if effectively they would begin to lose money within a couple of years? No one is going to make an investment decision on the basis, as the Deputy is proposing, that we have a rent freeze for three years or...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: We are extending it, making it national and giving stronger protections than tenants had before this package, which will be legislated for, was announced.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: That is what I said.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: You deliberately-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is interesting that in the exchange the Deputy acknowledged that it is new tenancies.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I have been saying since I came in that existing tenants would not have their rents increased beyond 2% as per the RPZ.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputies are interrupting because they do not like the facts. The bottom line in respect of new tenancies is yes, in respect of tenancies where the tenant has left so the tenant does not get exorbitant increases. The balance here is that we need more investment into the market. I know the Deputy does not really believe in that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy believes it should be the State in its entirety. That is a fundamental difference. I argue that if we were to take the Deputy's policies, we would have no new supply at all. That is a fundamental difference. I acknowledge that. The Deputy does not believe in a market-based economy. That is his position.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I happen to believe in a balanced economic framework where you have public sector investment, and we have unprecedented levels of State investment. However, you will need private sector investment to get the level of investment we require. I do not think the State can sustainably spend €20 billion per annum on housing alone. That will not suffice. I do not think the people want...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Three points were made. I am going to deal with them. The second one was on institutional investment. Finland is a good example of where institutional investment had a huge impact on house construction and apartment construction.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Third, Germany is a bad example-----