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Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: There they go again. The "whataboutery" is a constant. The Deputies are against the pro formabut then they attack America. The bottom line is they attack America far more than they do Russia.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: My point is, without interruption, it is not tenable that this situation continues. There has to be reform of the UN and the Security Council. When we were on the Security Council, Ireland put forward a good proposal linking climate change with security. India and China were sceptical at the beginning. Both of those countries abstained. One country stopped what the overwhelming majority...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: The question is in the context of my meeting with Vice-President Šefčovič. It is important to put on the record that we did not discuss the Apple case. The updates are there to be had in terms of the proceedings of the court and the court's timetable. I can get the update for the Deputy and communicate that to him. Deputy Conway-Walsh raised a separate issue on the...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Departmental Offices (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 to 14, inclusive, together. The climate action unit is part of the economic division of my Department. The unit was established in 2019 and it supports me and the Government in dealing with the challenges of climate change and driving the necessary transition to a climate-neutral economy. The unit assists in co-ordinating a whole-of-government response...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: On the reference to Ukraine by Deputy Bacik, that would be more immediate than the Magnitsky legislation. I discussed the matter with the Minister for Justice. The view was that the Bill, as tabled, would have no real effect. The Prime Minister of Estonia first mooted the idea of confiscating Russian foreign reserves in respect of rebuilding Ukraine. There is a lot of merit in that...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: Someone asked me to confirm whether I was lobbied.

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: To the best of my knowledge, I was not lobbied in respect of the tax. I do not know whether an email was sent. I was not lobbied in any way. I met the company some months ago regarding its plans for the field in terms of carbon storage and a renewable future post extraction, something that is currently under way. That is the position on that. Deputy Boyd Barrett referenced the Fine...

Report of Committee of Selection: Motion: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Minister referenced the triple lock more in the context of the need for reform of the United Nations, in particular the veto Russia has at the Security Council. Let us be straight about it. The outrageous attack on Ukraine is, by any objective yardstick, an appalling, inhuman and immoral attack on the people of Ukraine, yet the country that is doing that is on the Security Council.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: I will engage with the Minister on that. I ask the Deputy to send on the details of the specific cases to the Minister's Department and to copy it to me as well. We will certainly follow up. We have raised issues of this kind and the Minister is very clear that every effort is being made to accelerate payments on a timely basis. That is obviously very important for those providing these...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: Is this in the yard?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: With regard to Deputy Smith's question, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science is examining the situation of repeat students. This is a cost-of-living measure. We are examining that and will come back to the House in respect of it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: Yes, that is what I am saying. I will talk to the Minister about it again. He raised it over a week ago. The community car scheme is a very commendable scheme. Many community schemes are doing great work like that. There is a variety of localised funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development that people could tap into. We will follow up with both Ministers to see...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: You should not be burning at all in the yard anymore.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is bad for you.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: I am not; I am serious about this.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: I will talk to the Minister in respect of the issue the Deputy has raised. I just want to get clarity as to what-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: Some fine day the Deputy will stand up and raise biodiversity and the need to restore it with me. I await that day.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: We will come back to Deputy Costello on the energy charter treaty.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are putting more money into rural Ireland than ever. The Deputy knows that-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----and he welcomed it as well.