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

Micheál Martin: I do not know the background to this case so it is very difficult to respond. It is my view that the service should make every effort. If a date is given for surgery, the child in question should have that surgery and every effort should be made to provide wraparound services. I do not know why that is not the case here. It should be.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Fianna Fáil did not open the door to anybody-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----and the Deputy should not absolve people who have their own responsibilities, namely, those who build. There is always responsibility-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: That is just classic politicking-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----by the Deputy and political spin. I am more interested in getting this issue resolved for the residents.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The bottom line is, as the Deputy knows, the Minister brought a memorandum to Government in September and informed us of the content of the report he had published in July, outlining the scale of the issue, where 100,000 apartments have been impacted with a potential cost of approximately €1.56 billion to €2.5 billion - within that range. The Minister will bring proposals on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are now well into October and it is not too long until the end of the year. No one is kicking any can down the road. This is a very significant issue. We have already allocated up to €2.8 billion for the mica scheme and a further €1 billion for pyrite. These issues have to be taken seriously. They involve a great deal of expenditure on behalf of the taxpayer. We take...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and for the constructive manner in which he has approached it. From what the Deputy has outlined, I have suggested to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, that he should go up to County Louth for the weekend, where the Deputy could take him around to a few more sites. The Deputy's points are well made. Housing is the biggest issue facing us as a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The regulator has powers in respect of these issues. This is the worst energy crisis we have had. It surpasses even that of the 1970s. By definition, it is feeding into the price in the market and that is why the Government has taken unprecedented moves in the recent budget to provide substantial payments across the social protection system between now and the end of the year. The energy...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: No one has been more proactive than the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, in dealing with issues in respect of defective blocks and apartments. He has commissioned the largest and most significant survey of apartment defects in this country. He has the results of that report. He has indicated repeatedly to the House that he will be bringing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: First of all, we want the institutions restored, and I make that plea to the DUP. The Good Friday Agreement provides for meetings of the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference to promote bilateral co-operation on matters of mutual interest and to consider non-devolved Northern Ireland matters. It makes provision for the Irish Government to put forward views and proposals, recognising...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: First of all, I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue, and by prefacing her remarks by referring to some good news. It does not normally happen in exchanges between the Opposition and the Government sides. However, I do take the point made by the Deputy. Today's price is the lowest since June, and it is down more than 70% from the record level of 640 pence hit in August. That...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Ar dtús báire, déanaim comhghairdeas le Príomh-Aire nua na Breataine, Rishi Sunak, as é a bheith tofa mar phríomh-aire. Guím gach rath air agus é ag obair ar son mhuintir na Breataine. Beidh mé ag caint leis níos déanaí, mar a luaigh an Teachta, agus inseoidh mé dó go bhfuil géarghá ann anois le tús a chur...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (26 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 to 19, inclusive, and 22 together. The first meeting of the European Political Community on 6 October was a welcome development in wider European political engagement. It was hosted by the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala, with the support of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel. 44 States were invited to participate,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are not doing that at all. I reject the claim in its entirety. The Deputy will hate me for saying this, but over the 45 minutes we have been here this afternoon, he has done what he does, which is to attack everyone else and to attack Ireland. He is attacking us now in the context of the Government and the Ukraine war. He is not attacking Russia.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Murphy says it and then he speeds on quickly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The point is the Deputy spent the past three or four minutes saying the Government is trying to breach neutrality. That was of more concern to him than the fact Iranian drones are raining down on Ukrainian civilians. Why did the Ukrainian Government ask us for help in regard to training? I met the Prime Minister the week before last at a meeting of the European Political Community. What...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I suggest we have a citizens' assembly in the fullness of time but not now in the middle of this war.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The point I am trying to make is that, where we can help and where we should help, is with what Prime Minister Shmyhal said is a real problem for Ukraine, which is that as Russian forces vacate areas, there are mines left behind.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (25 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We knew this when we were involved, with Norway and the Vatican, in leading on the Convention on Cluster Munitions more than ten years ago. We know armies like the Russian army leave stuff behind them, which will lead to children having their legs amputated when they step on mines and so on. Ukraine has asked us for help with demining. I think we should train Ukrainians if they seek help...