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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The full discussion on this will take place when the Bill is published but I stated earlier that, specifically, the Bill will defer certain notices of termination served on tenants for the period beginning on the day after the passing of the legislation and ending on 31 March. I could not be clearer.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy and everyone else knows the legislation has to be passed, for God's sake.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: That is a straight answer.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I did not say that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have a similar sentiment as the Deputy has. You are felon-setting, Deputy. That is what you are doing.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: You are felon-setting.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I find it difficult to comprehend in the sense that most employers I meet at the moment are trying to make the situations and conditions attractive to employees. All employers are saying they are finding it difficult to recruit people. Therefore, having an imposition on employees going to work is a difficult one to comprehend. In the first instance, that is an issue between the shopping...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: These are issues that should be resolved through the normal partnership arrangements that take place.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising a very important issue. That report outlines the group’s key findings with regard to the complex challenges affecting the recruitment and retention of care workers. Those recommendations will be progressed immediately via a dedicated implementation group which deals with pay and pensions for home support workers, healthcare assistants and private and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising that matter. I wish that gentleman the very best also. There is a flooding scheme in terms of supports that can be applied for and made available. I will talk to the Minister in respect of the issues that the Deputy raised.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: As I have said before, I accept it is a pressing issue. On 29 July, the Minister received the report of the working group to examine defects in housing constructed between 1991 and 2013. That was a programme for Government commitment. It outlined the scale of the issues, with up to 100,000 apartments impacted. It has a potential overall total remediation cost ranging from approximately...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have been with Deputy McAuliffe on a number of visits recently where addiction is treated as a health and holistic issue, and not as a criminal issue.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I do not accept the basic premise that all people who are addicted are treated as criminals. I wish to put that on the record.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt anybody. I have met people who have been addicted and who have come through very good programmes provided with assistance from the State. It must also be said that there are community organisations working on the ground in many communities throughout the country. It is not as if everyone is out to criminalise all those who are addicted to drugs, alcohol or anything...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Please accept our bona fides in that regard. As I have said, we have to get through the Dublin Citizens' Assembly and the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, which are commitments. We will do this as soon as they are complete. I would like to think that early in the new year, we will have the citizens' assembly on drugs.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae raised the concrete levy. There was a debate on that matter last week on a Private Members' Bill. The Minister for Finance will publish the finance Bill on Thursday. That will contain proposals regarding the concrete levy, its application, timelines and so on.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: There will be a comprehensive debate on the finance Bill next week. It will give Deputy Healy-Rae and others ample opportunity to discuss that issue and to make their points. There were legitimate points on this all round. The Government is doing an awful lot for first-time buyers. That is evidenced by the fact that, this year, we have had more first-time buyers buying homes than in any...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, I am not finished. Deputy Boyd Barrett raised the eviction ban. That legislation will be published. The day after the Bill is enacted, anyone facing eviction-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Would Deputy Boyd Barrett listen? We have to enact the Bill as quickly as possible. People will be protected from that date - the day after the Bill is enacted - onwards.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This is an important point. This is the Order of Business and we are ordering debates and so on. There will be a debate on the eviction Bill when it is published.