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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: The number of licensed vehicles is at 19,212. What the Deputy is suggesting flies in the face of existing frameworks for licences and so on.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is not as simple as the Deputy has presented and he knows it.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: There is an appeals process for this and the Deputy said they have appealed. We will have to await the outcome of that process and see what emerges. I will raise the issue with the Minister.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is truly awful for parents to get that phone call when everything has been prepared to make the journey to Crumlin. Many of us as Deputies encounter families where are significant health issues and I always recommend that a child would go to Crumlin because I would always be concerned that there may not be sufficient local expertise to deal with a rare condition. The issue is they should...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. Capacity in the construction industry and the economy more generally has expanded significantly in the past year. Some 416,000 more people are working in the economy now than in 2020, so the bounceback from Covid was significant. Many people lost jobs as a result of Covid but it is still an extraordinary figure. We set a target of 2.5 million...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are committed. The important thing about the Donogh O'Malley-Fianna Fáil Government was that school transport was a key implementer of the free secondary education initiative. It was radical at the time but-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: Sorry?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: As a former Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the Deputy will understand why he did not tell his colleagues. They may not have been forthcoming.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have to be sensitive to my Green Party colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. He put meat on the table. We need to have the vision but we also need to put flesh on the bone. We need to follow through with resources. I also take the Deputy's point on the organisation of childcare. We need universal access to childcare and we need to make sure...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. It is a very serious issue for young Michael and his parents, Jean and Teddy. The objective is, and should be, that this young child gets the very best of treatment for that young child that guarantees the best outcome and enables him to live a reasonable quality of life. From what the Deputy has said, that has not materialised from the health...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: The expert review group report, which was published two years ago in 2020, is very clear on how programmatic audits should be carried out - properly and professionally. In the most recent report, Dr. Scally stated the CervicalCheck programme was greatly enhanced because Vicky Phelan and others raised very serious issues pertaining to how the programme and audits were conducted. The expert...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is imperative we get this through-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----as we collectively committed to. Remember, this amendment is not being rushed. It is the outcome of a considered analysis by the expert group in 2020.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising what is an important issue. It has always been my view that, historically, Ireland has been slow in respect of the early years sector. So rapid is the development of a child, human beings learn more from birth to the age of three than they will in the rest of their lives. From birth to six years of age, we need to provide the best of education and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate Deputy McDonald raising the issue and the manner in which she has raised it. We did all agree that we would commit to getting the legislation through the House before the recess, particularly in light of Vicky's passing and her strong exhortation that we would fulfil all of the recommendations arising out of the Scally review and the expert reference group that dealt with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (6 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach ensures that there is an appropriate focus on the implementation of best practice in respect of purchasing and procurement and has procedures in place to ensure compliance with all relevant guidelines and regulations. The Department also liaises closely with the Office of Government Procurement on all matters related to public procurement and monitors all areas...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Strategies (6 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: Our national security is a priority concern and the Government is carrying out very substantial work in building and sustaining our security and resilience across sectors, including justice, defence, the economy, energy and cyber. Work is ongoing in my Department in drawing up a national security strategy. While necessarily constrained by the COVID-19 pandemic, planning, consultation and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Sector Staff (6 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Croke Park Agreement encompassed all civil and public servants under my Department. No distinction was made between categories of civil servants under the Agreement.

Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (1 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: A Cheann Chomhairle, a Chathaoirligh, a Bhaill an Oireachtais agus a Uachtaráin von der Leyen, cuirim céad míle fáilte romhaibh chuig an gcomhshuí speisialta seo de Dháil agus de Sheanad Éireann tráthnóna inniu. Is pribhléid agus onóir mhór dúinn, a Uachtaráin, go bhfuil tú anseo linn ag ceiliúradh 50 bliain de...

Seanad: Comhshuí de Dháil Éireann agus de Sheanad Éireann - Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas - Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (1 Dec 2022)

Micheál Martin: A Cheann Chomhairle, a Chathaoirligh, a Bhaill an Oireachtais agus a Uachtaráin von der Leyen, cuirim céad míle fáilte romhaibh chuig an gcomhshuí speisialta seo de Dháil agus de Sheanad Éireann tráthnóna inniu. Is pribhléid agus onóir mhór dúinn, a Uachtaráin, go bhfuil tú anseo linn ag ceiliúradh 50 bliain de...