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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Employment Rights (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The only State body under the aegis of my Department is the Army Pensions Board. The Board is an independent statutory body established under the Army Pensions Act 1927. The Act specifies that the Board shall consist of a chairman and two ordinary members. The secretary to the Board is provided from my Department’s staff. Therefore, I can confirm that there have been no cases of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: An applicant to the Defence Forces must either be a citizen of the State or be any other person who has a lawful entitlement to reside and work within the State for the period of time required for the purpose of any such appointment. I believe it is critically important that the Defence Forces reflects the modern demographics of today’s Irish society. To that end, the Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: All civilian employee vacancies are filled in accordance with the agreed approach for appointment to positions in the Civil and Public Service; circulars from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; and central agreement(s) at National Joint Industrial Council for State Industrial Employees (under the auspices of the Workplace Relations...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Advertising (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I wish to advise the Deputy that the total costs relating to the placing of advertisements in print media incurred by my Department from 2019 to date are as follows, as requested in tabular form. Year Type Amount Paid 2024 Independent Newspaper. Be Winter Ready Campaign €7,995 2023 Independent...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the situation in UHL. My understanding is that the Minister will announce a HIQA review of urgent and emergency care in Limerick. A wide range of issues there need to be reviewed, including the need to determine whether a second emergency department is required in the mid-west. The Minister will announce a wider review and a HIQA review of emergency care in...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: If the scheme started last year, books were purchased by schools on behalf of pupils. As those in first year move on to second year, schools do not have to buy an entire supply of first year books again. That is the case across the country. The idea is to retain a lot of books for the next year, keep them in working condition and so on. I suspect and surmise that is the context for the...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue of section 38 and section 39 organisations and parity. We are close to full employment in this economy and one of the biggest challenges in the health service has been, notwithstanding funding being provided, recruiting sufficient staff in certain categories. More than 28,000 extra people have been employed in health service in past four years and...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: He is absolutely correct. It cannot just drag on year to year and a fundamental reappraisal is required, in my view.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I want to appreciate the number of Sinn Féin Deputies who have called me Taoiseach this morning.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Which sanction?

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: My understanding is that about €40 million was spent on the summer provision scheme last year.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: They can get it wherever people have a service to provide. The Minister has improved-----

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Minister has added further incentives. I will ask the Minister for Education to come back on this issue to the Deputy but my understanding is that the Minister has recently brought forward proposals for this summer, again with more incentives to try to encourage the provision of summer schools and participation in summer schools.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Yes. There may be potential financial incentives to facilitate that. I will ask the Minister to communicate with the Deputy.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Go raibh maith ag an Teachta as ucht an cheist thábhachtach seo a ardú. Beidh mé ag caint le hAire na Gaeltachta, Thomas Byrne, go háirithe i gcomhthéacs na ceiste seo. Admhaím gur áis thábhachtach é seo do mhuintír Chorca Dhuibhne. Níl cúlra an scéil agam ina iomláine ach déanfaidh mé an cheist a fhiosrú....

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: A situation containing any exploitation of workers, especially international workers who are lured into particular jurisdictions and then are not given any rights and exploited in terms of their labour, is absolutely unacceptable. I will refer this to the Minister for Justice in terms of the legislation and the timeline for that. We will perhaps get the background to the wider story in...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Not all material has been supplied to date to the Irish Government's inquiries in the past------

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: We have made this point consistently to the UK Government.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I apologise.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Children's Health Ireland has produced a strategy and there is a national strategy for accelerating genetics and genomics medicine to build a strong national genetics service. It was launched in December 2022. It is important. It is key to improving the evidence base and infrastructural support in genetic testing. The HSE is currently examining national testing capacity and developing a...