Results 721-740 of 49,960 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I will ask the Minister to brief the Deputy after the session on the progress that has been made.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: It has been significant, and so it should be.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy mentioned the Dublin riots. Again, we should always be conscious that we are not alone in this. I and four of my Ministers met with the British Prime Minister the week before last at the annual summit. Events that are happening now are triggered by how certain people behave, outside the House, obviously, in terms of provocateurs or whatever. I refer to people who are determined...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The exact same thing happened in the United Kingdom, with, as the Deputy knows, a devastating impact on particular towns. We have to be very vigilant about that and we have to protect gardaí. One of the most important things that we are keen on doing is accessing legislation in terms of facial recognition and the use of modern technological techniques and capacity, which some of the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I pay tribute to An Garda Síochána and its members for the outstanding work they do in a much more complex society than in previous decades in protecting our citizens and working with our citizens every day of every week. They do exceptional work. Our overall Garda workforce is larger than it has ever been. I know the Deputy slipped in the per capita number. It is the highest it...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----it is at approximately 18,000 as we speak. The budget was increased by €500 million last year. That is a 27% increase in the Garda budget since 2020. On another day, Deputy Tóibín will come in speaking about value for money, wasteful Government expenditure and all of that. No one can question the fact that very substantial resources have been allocated, far above...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: First of all, the 41,000 remains a target.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Just on the issue-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I am answering it. I am going to answer-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: On the data the Deputy is talking about, the Central Bank published the September figures-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Hold on a second-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Doherty is not answering the question. Sit down.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I am not misleading the Dáil at all.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Doherty did.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The fundamental point I am making is that the figures the Deputy is making a big song and dance about were published, not by the Department of Finance, but by the Central Bank in September. The Deputy and I knew them, but we had other figures saying they would be higher. The Central Bank-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Doherty was not asking the question. It was the Social Democrats.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The point I am trying to make to the Deputy is there were different estimates and so on about targets.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The previous year, the Central Bank underestimated what we would increase by.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: In terms of the individual summaries Ministers get, many were referring to the Central Bank's reports.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Others were referring to EUROCONSTRUCT-----