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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: There are established industrial relations processes to resolve issues of this kind. The transfer was done with a view to protecting the entitlements of workers who would transfer from local authorities to Irish Water. I had not heard of any attempts to undermine existing rights of existing employees of local authorities.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: I will raise this with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. What struck me when I was opening the Macroom bypass was the number of Kerry Deputies who arrived. That brought home to me the desire of Kerry Deputies and Kerry people to get closer to Cork and to have greater access to Cork. When the Deputy arrives in two weeks' time, he will see that we have lovely active greenways and a lovely park developed...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: Senator Eugene Murphy has consistently raised this me with me as well and has asked that I would meet the family. I made that commitment to Senator Murphy and to Deputy Kerrane as well. The issue, as the Deputy has outlined, is that the Australian Government has been leading in the discussions but we have also been making representations. It is a very difficult and sad situation for the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: To me, that would suggest that a bit of pragmatic common sense-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: -----facilitate a resolution of this particular issue.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: I cannot get involved in every individual issue but I take the Deputy's point.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: My understanding is that the Department of Transport is aware that Dublin Airport is facing significant car parking challenges on foot of the temporary closure of a privately owned long-stay car park, QuickPark, and that there is potential for that to have a very significant impact on passengers over the coming summer peak period. The numbers travelling overseas for holidays and various...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: I do not have the precise figures here, but my understanding is that 11 out of 19 maternity hospitals are providing services. The Minister has been informed by the HSE that that number will increase significantly, certainly by the autumn. If a referendum is passed and a law is passed by the Oireachtas, State agencies have to adhere to the law. That is my view. It is very basic. Every...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: From time to time we have very creative diplomacy in terms of exchanges, learning of expertise and so on. The next thing could be a parliamentary trip to Disneyland. It could be cross-party.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: We might get very valuable insights into how things operate. It has been a long time since I have been in Disneyland, so opportunity beckons.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: In a more serious vein, I think the broader issue of crime which the Deputy introduces-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: A very significant resource allocation has been made to recruit a thousand more gardaí. That will continue year on year, and applications have been received and so on in that respect.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: I would have to get the context of the visit to Disneyland to understand the full policy wraparound as to why gardaí are there.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: Disneyland set me off.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: Last year we announced about €1.1 billion in tax cuts and about €6 billion in additional public expenditure in respect of a whole range of services. Shortly before the summer recess, in the summer economic statement we will give the financial envelopes as to how much more we can spend on services and how much we can do as regards taxation. That taxation will take many forms....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: -----and lead to investment flowing out of the country. His model is to kill enterprise. That seems to be his view.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy raises a very important issue, given that we have virtual full employment in this country, so the economic model the Government has been pursuing is working in respect of employment. We have never had more people working in the economy since surveys began in 1998. We have more than 2.6 million people now working in the economy. About 40,000 work permits were issued last year but...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I would say at the outset that there is no cap or ban on the granting of planning permission for new homes in rural Ireland.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: Planning authorities provide a target for new housing as part of their statutory development plan, including for rural areas outside of their towns and villages. There is one statistic that may not be well known, which is that it has generally been one quarter of delivery nationally for the last 30 years. In terms of overall house construction, one quarter has been new rural homes,...