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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----which would only add to the anxiety and concern of parents.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: If I may, I did not interrupt. Experience tells me that when we ask someone to do an external audit independent of politicians and Government, we should just let them finish their work and have the totality of their work available for us to assess, and then take action based on that. Of course, that audit has to be shared with the public, the parents, in the first instance, and the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: At the outset, I also extend my deepest sympathies on the floor of the House to the family, friends and colleagues of Garda Kevin Flatley. Our thoughts and prayers are particularly with his wife Una and his daughters Aoife and Erin. He died in the line of duty, which is a reminder to us of the dangers that members of An Garda Síochána go through day after day as part of their...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Government has established Cabinet Committees across a range of policy areas: •Economy, Trade and Competitiveness, •Housing, •Infrastructure, •Climate Action and Energy, •Disability, •Health, •EU and International Affairs, •Justice, Migration and Social Affairs, •Water Quality, •Northern Ireland, and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cross-Border Co-operation (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 to 75, inclusive, together. On 10 April, I announced the new phase of the Government’s Shared Island Initiative in a keynote address to the 4th Shared Island Forum. Our Programme for Government sets out an ambitious agenda for building a shared island, backed by a further €1 billion commitment to the Shared Island Fund out to 2035. On...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: My attendance at the Munich Security Conference provided an important opportunity to discuss our many shared challenges and to set out our perspective on how best to manage them. I attended events with world leaders at the conference and had a number of bilateral meetings including with Maia Sandu, President of Moldova and Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Urban Development (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: As agreed by Government, the Department of the Taoiseach has convened an Interdepartmental Group (IDG) to examine the recommendations made by the Dublin City Taskforce. The IDG is currently preparing a Report which will be considered by Government in due course. In terms of criteria and mechanism of specific urban communities’ initiatives, any such policy will form part of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Government has established Cabinet Committees across a range of policy areas: •Economy, Trade and Competitiveness, •Housing, •Infrastructure, •Climate Action and Energy, •Disability, •Health, •EU and International Affairs, •Justice, Migration and Social Affairs, •Water Quality, •Northern Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cross-Border Co-operation (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: On 10 April, I announced the new phase of the Government’s Shared Island Initiative in a keynote address to the 4th Shared Island Forum. Our Programme for Government sets out an ambitious agenda for building a shared island, backed by a further €1 billion commitment to the Shared Island Fund out to 2035. On 25 February, the Government announced over €50 million from...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I attended the European Council meeting on Thursday 20 March where leaders discussed Ukraine and European Defence and Security. Other topics discussed were the Middle East, competitiveness, the next multi-annual financial framework (MFF) and new own resources, migration, oceans, multilateralism and the Western Balkans. Leaders were joined by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on Climate Action, Environment and Energy oversees implementation of Programme for Government commitments in relation to the environment, climate action, energy and emergency planning. It considers the wide range of issues that require action in Ireland’s transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and sustainable future: a future in which we take full...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Projects (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: Neither the Department of the Taoiseach nor the National Economic and Social Development Office - the only body under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach - have allocated funds in excess of €1 million to any IT projects in the specified time period.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Responsibilities (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: All Orders made by the Government delegating Ministerial functions to Ministers of State are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. In addition, notice of the making of these Orders is also published in Iris Oifigiúil (www.irisoifigiuil.ie) and they are published on the online Irish Statute Book (www.irishstatutebook.ie).

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Housing Policy (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: In December 2023, an Expert Group was established under Housing for All to review conveyancing and probate processes in Ireland from a user perspective, and recommend changes, implementable quickly and easily, to reduce costs and delays for home-purchasers. Following publication of the Expert Group’s Report, Government approved the establishment of an Implementation Group on...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategies (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Government is committed to driving our digital agenda, and to remaining a digital leader at the heart of Europe, in an increasingly competitive and uncertain global environment. The Programme for Government includes a commitment to harness the digital and AI revolution to deliver effective and modern public services and to grow the economy. This includes a commitment to update the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Energy Usage (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: The measures being taken by the Department of the Taoiseach to reduce its energy usage and meet its climate targets by 2030 are set out in the Department's Climate Action Roadmap which is published on gov.ie. at www.gov.ie/en/department-of-the-taoiseach/publications/depar tment-of-the-taoiseach-climate-action-roadmap-2024/.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: No agencies or quangos have been established by the Department of the Taoiseach in the last 10 years.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260 and 261 together. There are no non-governmental organisations under the aegis of Department of the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Responsibilities (7 May 2025)

Micheál Martin: There are two Ministers of State attached to the Department of the Taoiseach: the Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for Mental Health; and the Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence. Functions in respect of the Central Statistics Office have been delegated to the Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for Mental Health by the Statistics (Delegation of Ministerial...