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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: In the broader scheme of things, compared with other increases that have happened because of pressures in the market and so on, the impact of this is not similar in scale. However, the Deputy has rightly raised issues about payments to farmers. A third of that revenue goes to farmers in terms of environmental schemes. A third goes to retrofitting. The Deputy will come in to me another...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: At the weekend, I said very clearly that I did not believe Ireland should allow an imperialistic aggressor nation a veto on Irish troops' participation in peacekeeping missions. That is essentially our position. That is why the triple lock needs amendment in the context of how the world has evolved geopolitically and of the stance taken by permanent members of the Security Council. In our...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: To go by the Deputy's figures, it is now April and I find it difficult to comprehend how €20 million has already been allocated in three months. There is a need to bottom this out more and for ongoing engagement between the officials in the Department of housing and those in Cork City Council. The refinement of the tenant in situ scheme was to make sure funding would be allocated for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I would definitely be inclined to agree with the Deputy. This is a new area of development. When you endeavour to comprehend the idea of drones flying left, right and centre performing various functions, the question of regulatory and safety frameworks to govern all of that activity arises. That point is well made. I suggest that the relevant Oireachtas committee take this matter up with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I met with Uisce Éireann recently. It is conscious of challenges and difficulties with water supply and quality in the Cork area, particularly on the north side of Cork, extending into Ballyhooly. It is my understanding that remedial works are taking place to progressively improve the situation. I will again raise the issue with Uisce...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: Will the Deputy bring the details of the case to me after this session? I will then deal with it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I am only a phone call away. I will talk to the Deputy afterwards.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: There has been a very strong performance in the scheme since it was introduced in 2023. More than 1,800 social homes were acquired in 2023, of which more than 1,000 were for properties where tenants received a notice of termination. This year the Minister has allocated €325 million to the tenant in situ scheme. It was announced for this year. There are issues and the local...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: The scheme is open and the bottom line is that the programme for Government commits to the continuation of the tenant in situ scheme. The allocation of resources has been made. There are issues in terms of numbers, refurbishment and all that kind of thing. These are issues that will still have to be resolved between officials.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: As articulated very clearly by the Minister for Education, Deputy McEntee, the Government is in favour of parental choice in respect of school choice. I have been a strong supporter of multidenominational education. Way back, I was involved in providing for the first time 100% grant aid. The Ranelagh school benefited from that decision. The late Mary O'Rourke was the game-changer in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: We are, and have been, very clear and the investment shows it. There have been some first-class multidenominational schools built. I have opened one or two of them in the last two to three years. These are first class, state-of-the-art provision. It is likewise in Catholic voluntary schools, Church of Ireland schools, Gaelscoileanna, Gaelcholáistí and a variety of schools....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: The tenant in situ scheme has not been closed at all, as the Deputy knows.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: There is five hours of debate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: You have made an assertion that there are-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----and there are not. I respect the Deputy a lot and I respect her good faith on these issues to a point, but I often get the sense the debate on Palestine in this House and elsewhere is more about trying to create division between the public, the people and the Government of the day.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: That is my genuine sense.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I have been through this since the beginning of the war and that is a genuine takeaway I have from some of the protestations and interruptions from certain people on the far left in particular-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----who have interrupted various meetings we have had, endeavouring to disrupt.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: That is fine if people want to do that but it is not advancing, in my view, sensible, logical and rational debate as best we can.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: What is going on is appalling. No one has a monopoly of virtue on the question in this House, nor should one seek to assert it.