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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Minister brought forward proposals to Cabinet this morning in the broader area of the energy credit and is looking at certain categories that fall outside the framework that can facilitate the easy mechanisms to disburse the money. I would like to talk to the Minister about that and maybe the Deputy could engage with him again. I will talk to him and highlight that the Deputy has raised...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: These are issues that need to be resolved within the existing industrial relations mechanisms, and local authorities are tried and trusted now in dealing with these issues. Again, I will talk-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I take the Deputy's point.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I agree with the Deputy that this is a matter of hospital administration and management; let us be honest about it. It should never be raised on the floor of Dáil Éireann. It should not have to be raised on the floor of Dáil Éireann.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have been presented with a note that suggests a locum medical secretary has been assigned to dermatology starting today, 4 October 2022, until a permanent grade 4 has been appointed from a recently formed panel of applicants. The clinical administrative management met with the consultant yesterday to update him on the staff member being assigned to dermatology. A follow-up meeting has to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: When we are down to that level of operational detail in how a hospital is being run, there is an issue.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The HSE has put a team into UHL to assist with the management of patient flow within the hospital over the past two months. It has had some beneficial impacts in increasing patient flow and the management of patients within certain wards and so forth. Additional staff have also been recruited. We are very conscious of the pressures that are on emergency departments at the moment. The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I was in Shannon. I had a fantastic-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Yes. If the Deputy recalls Deputy Cathal Crowe and Senator Dooley asked me to meet the manager-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: They asked me to meet the manager on-site on the very same issue and the manager basically identified that there was a funding gap from his perspective. I have spoken to the Minister about it and the Minister is working on this with all the stakeholders to try to get this resolved.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I agree with what the Deputy said. An expert team is searching for the disappeared victims of the Troubles. The team has begun a sixth dig for the remains of a teenager, Columba McVeigh, who was murdered by the Provisional IRA in November 1975. He was from Donaghmore, Country Tyrone and was aged 19 when he was abducted, shot and secretly buried. The investigators from the Independent...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the Deputy's presentation but, as he knows, the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities, CRU, has functions regarding consumer protection as part of its statutory role, including around disconnections and protections for those on prepay meters. As part of the national energy security framework, the CRU announced enhanced consumer protection measures for implementation this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising these issues and I join him in paying tribute to University Hospital Waterford on its efficiency and its being the best model-4 hospital in respect of its emergency department and getting the waiting list down 20%. I will revert to him on the current status of the capital plan with regard to cardiology beds and the second catheterisation lab. We are committed...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Budget 2023 sees an additional €72.8 million in funding for mental health services in 2023. That will bring our total investment in mental health to more than €1.2 billion. The €14 million to which the Deputy referred is for new developments. There is an additional increase in the overall budget of close to €73 million. It will focus on reducing waiting lists...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that there is no difference in what the Deputy is proposing and the levy. There is a lot of politics going on about it, but in reality it comes down to the industry or the taxpayer. It is time people made up their minds.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I know, but there is no difference in the end.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: There is no difference.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Again, the Deputy is putting words in my mouth that are wrong. He should not do that. He is correct; this is a fund selling on to a fund. That is not how it was presented earlier in the debate, but that is exactly what happened. Since the nine houses, or perhaps a larger estate, were bought, the Government has introduced measures such as stamp duty on any fund that buys ten houses or more...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: What planners?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I am not going to pretend I am the most knowledgeable on these matters but I actually watched a video the other night of a farmer who did just that. He had created bird cover and he said that the impact on the production side was positive and beneficial. We need to keep an open mind about how we use land into the future. We have to broaden our horizons too in some respects. The 20-acre...