Results 10,481-10,500 of 50,136 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: I did not get that question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: I did not hear it. I apologise.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 to 25 together. The Cabinet committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland operates in accordance with established guidelines for Cabinet committees and, where appropriate, substantive issues are referred to Government for discussion and approval. The Cabinet committee oversees implementation of relevant programme for Government commitments in the area of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: Who announced that?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: It has not been announced by the British Government.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Quinlivan asked about the minimum wage. We have an independent Low Pay Commission that deals with the minimum wage. That was agreed in the House.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy talked about the minimum wage as well.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy talked about the minimum wage as well.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: I want to make the point that the minimum wage is determined by an independent commission, which also then-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: I know but the value of the independent-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: The reason we set up an independent commission was to avoid, every single year, having partisan perspectives on it. We wanted it professionally done and well researched with a balance of considerations taken into account. That commission also assisted the Tánaiste and did some work on a living wage. The Tánaiste has published the details of that and has given a timeline for us to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----with tenants in situ. The vast majority of tenants were in situ. This was done with a view to ensuring they are not evicted. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has conveyed this policy to the local authorities that they may do this. In every given situation local authorities must have some discretion. The dramatic change since July has seen a significant increase in the activity...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: It was not ignored. The Minister has implemented it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: We are building substantially more social homes through approved social housing bodies and local authorities. We are doing everything we can to increase the number of social homes, primarily through house building, with some through acquisitions and some through leasing in respect of immediate urgency around homelessness, which we want to prevent. The State is the biggest actor in housing...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: Have we time to go through the questions from Deputy Paul Murphy and others, with the agreement of the House? There are two or three others.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: On data centres and TBESS, we must have a general scheme that catches as many people as we possibly can because we do not want to lose jobs.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: On another day, we can debate whether we think we should get rid of all data centres or if there is a function or a role for data centres in a digitalised economy. I would like and appreciate hearing the Deputy's perspective on that. Nevertheless, TBESS is an emergency scheme being brought in as a temporary state aid framework under the auspices of the EU to ensure companies do not go to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: I have.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: I said that where there is systemic non-payment of rent, people can still be evicted. In situations where people are in difficulty or trouble, a whole range of measures is in place to intervene to prevent people from being evicted, in terms of additional needs-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)
Micheál Martin: I do not know the detail of the individual case the Deputy has brought to my attention.