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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: That is the key. We are at levels now we have not been at for quite a long time. However, it will take a bit of time for that to have the cumulative impact we want. We will continue what we are doing through new social house builds and leasing and acquisitions. Combined, we will try get to approximately 12,000 units in 2025. This will help, particularly in the context of the housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I am absolutely committed and have articulated the need for a multilateral and rules-based order. The point I made yesterday was that for small open economies or states like Ireland, our ultimate security is not in optimal defence capability, it is in a rules-based order. That is our ultimate security. We support Ukraine because its territorial integrity and sovereignty were violated and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. It is not acceptable that so many people in our society are in emergency housing accommodation, particularly children. In respect of children or families with significant medical issues, there is recourse to local authorities in the interests of prioritising the housing of such families. I do not know the background to each of the individual cases,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I wonder does the Deputy reflect on the absolute contradictions within her presentation. Deputy Bacik is asking me to condemn President Putin and President Trump yet in the very same presentation she is suggesting they should continue to have a freeze on Ireland's participation in peacekeeping. That is exactly the Deputy's proposition.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: It is exactly what she has said.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: The reason we have consistently said that the triple lock needs to change is that the powers on the Security Council should not be able to stop or veto Ireland's participation in a peacekeeping mission. It is absolutely nothing to do with military neutrality as is asserted time and again in this House. Nothing. It is a pragmatic and sensible decision to take. We should control the destiny...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: No, it did not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I know it is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I should not say this. To be fair, members of the Deputy's movement have always valued art down through the years, in different ways. I appreciate her close scrutiny of the National Gallery.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Politicians in this House cannot be responsible - I say this genuinely - for how individual agencies, such as the National Gallery or an arts centre, procure and deliver. We create boards, which are established by legislation. There are responsibilities-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----on those who decide these things. That is said generally. Politically - the Deputy said let us have a debate - I remember, was it Deputy Ó Snodaigh who spent €50,000 on 200 cartridges? That showed a tremendous focus on value for money, did it not? That €50,000 worth of cartridges was expenditure in this House. Before the Deputy throws stones, she is wrong. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: The other point I will make-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----is that today I am publishing a report.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: How much was Project Eagle? It was €7 million. Will the Deputy discuss the €7 million? No, because she will be in hot and heavy for the next inquiry, which will cost another €10 million or €15 million. There was never a debate on those issues.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Ar dtús báire, aontaímid go léir gur institiúid an-tábhachtach é an Gailearaí Náisiúnta agus baineann muintir na tíre an-taitneamh agus tairbhe as an institiúid seo. Caithfimid é sin a chur san áireamh i gcónaí. Ach tá sé an-deacair ar fad é seo a thuiscint. Conas is féidir scanóir a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: There is an overall feature here, but the House in general needs to focus on the specific and, more generally, on public value for money. Deputy McDonald, please.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I attended an Informal Leaders’ Retreat on 3 February hosted by the President of the European Council António Costa in Brussels. The main focus of our discussions was European security and defence. The meeting was an important opportunity for Leaders to offer strategic guidance ahead of the publication of a White Paper on the topic by the European Commission in coming weeks. ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Programme for Government 2025 – Securing Ireland’s Futuresets out a number of commitments relating to national security. The Programme for Government acknowledges that this is a time of geopolitical upheaval and challenges to democracy, with threats and challenges arising from the rapidly changing geopolitical landscape across the world. In this context, the Government...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland was created on 18 February 2025 to oversee implementation of relevant Programme for Government commitments and ongoing developments in relation to Northern Ireland, Irish-British relations and the Shared Island Initiative. Its membership comprises the Taoiseach; the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence; the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (25 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: There are no agreements or lists, made or exchanged, to include projects in any constituency in the future National Development Plan and or the HSE Capital plan. The Programme for Government was agreed and entails all of the Governments priorities. There is currently a review of the National Development Plan ongoing and it is due to be completed in June 2025. Any Deputy in the House can make...