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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We need to be honest with ourselves. We keep saying this must happen and that must happen but when someone comes forward with a proposal and it goes on for ten years trying to get agreement from everybody and we get an outcome and then we start opposing-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: No, sorry. This has been long considered in great detail by everybody. Not me; I am not involved. I do get impatient at our complaining about everything for decades and not reaching a compromise to get something done to transform streetscapes and bring about an improvement. Improvements have been made in other parts of the country to good effect. We have transformed towns and cities...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Since this Government came into office, it has worked very well to get rid of a backlog occasioned by serial objections. This is a matter of which the Deputy will be aware. Those objections were not from his quarter, but there were-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----serial objectors across the board and this impacted on confidence in the forestry sector. A new strategy is being worked on by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, and the Minister of State, Senator Hackett. That strategy is nearing completion. Hopefully, we will be in a position to publish it very shortly. Meanwhile, huge resources have gone into...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: On the broader issue of staff recruitment, there has been substantial recruitment in the health service over the past two years. I have not seen the documents the Deputy referred to but every effort is being made to streamline the recruitment processes more and to have more effective recruitment programmes in the HSE. The last two years have seen record numbers recruited but we need more...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The latest projections from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland indicate that we are on track to achieve our target of 27,000 home energy upgrades this year. This compares with 15,500 upgrades last year. Many people are applying for the scheme, and it is up 150%.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Will the Deputy send a note to me on the specific house types he has identified? We want as flexible a scheme as possible.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I am trying to be helpful. If the Deputy sends on the details of the house types he has become aware of that are outside the scheme, we will see what we can do to include them in the scheme. Is that fair?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has this matter under active consideration. He made proposals-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The question is asked with remarkable precision.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Minister brought proposals to the housing committee. He will bring it to the Cabinet-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: It actually is for the Minister. I do not pre-empt him.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take questions Nos. 1 and 2, inclusive, together. The north-east inner-city, NEIC, programme implementation board, chaired by an independent chairperson, meets on a monthly basis to oversee and progress the implementation of the Mulvey report and the next strategic plan 2020-2022. Members of the board include representatives from relevant Government Departments and agencies,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I will talk to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris, about this. I would be an advocate for joining CERN. Obviously, there are competing priorities within the Department but I believe it would be advantageous to the country, particularly given our need and our desire to be at the forefront...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Given the work programme, it is my understanding from the Whip that it is a matter for the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform in respect of the facilitation of the legislation at this stage. That is my understanding. I will come back to the Deputy with a more comprehensive note.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. On a more general level, budget 2023 announced a record level of investment in the early learning and childcare sector. This will exceed €1 billion next year. Core funding is distributed to services based on the number of child places offered, the hours per week, the weeks per year that the places are offered and the age group of children...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The information I am receiving from the Department is that the Federation of Early Childhood Providers, FECP, is seeking an increase in capitation for the ECCE programmes to €76 per child per week. The argument is that capitation has not increased in line with inflation. Data from the FECP show that capitation rates from 2010 of €64.50 per child, adjusted in line with...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Does the Deputy mean the National Transport Authority, NTA?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I will talk to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, about this. Generally speaking, we are of the view that we should provide proper transport for people with special needs, including children with special needs and people with disabilities more generally. I will talk to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, to see what is the best model to do that and how best to do it through the NTA.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I will examine the proposal and will consult with Ministers on it. We have to move in a more proactive way. I am not saying we are not doing that already; there are moves being made on adaptation in general. We have to avoid the worst consequences of climate change through the actions we take but increasingly, we have to look at the adaptation side of the issue as well and take more...