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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: First, we will implement the recommendations of the HIQA report. Second, there is a task force on the broader issue of paediatric spinal surgery headed by Mark Connaughton with which the Minister will meet tomorrow. In terms of governance issues, we will engage with those from now on. Instead of waiting for further investigations we will proactively look at the structures and governance...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: There has been significant progress in this area. That has to be acknowledged. More than 200 new patients were seen in Cork's endometriosis service from May to December last year. About 94% of women on the waiting list in that region are now seen within six months. As I said, more generally we are seeing improvement in terms of the Tallaght centre also. The Government is listening. In...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: It is important to get the framework.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: There are a number of issues there and I thank the Deputy for raising them. I fully understand the trauma that the family of Daniel Collins is going through in respect of the delay in getting surgery carried out. I do not want to go into the background of every individual case in terms of complexity of the case and so forth. My understanding is that there has been engagement. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: First, I thank Deputy McDonald for raising the issue and for reading out Nikita's letter to her, which clearly illustrates the very debilitating impact endometriosis can have on women. It is extremely debilitating, painful and the span of impacts are very wide. Regarding a phased response, this can be at GP, gynaecology or indeed specialist centre level. There has been progress for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: With fossil fuels 20 to 25 years ago, there was no Carnsore Point for fossil fuels.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: That was a different kettle of fish.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: It is an interesting point. It ends up that fossil fuels are one of the reasons we are where we are with climate change. Anyway, that is a philosophical point but that is where we are. Deputy Shay Brennan is revisiting the great work his dad did, and he now wants to bring the metro to Sandyford, with his dad having done the initial work. Fair play. It is at the design stage and there...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: That is being worked on. It has not been mothballed or anything like that. It is being progressed and we will come back to him on that. Deputy Seamus McGrath made an excellent point about new active travel facilities. The facilitation of participation by people with disabilities should be built into public infrastructure, full stop. We were both at the opening of the marina promenade...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: Quite a number of issues have been raised. Deputy Ó Murchú started with housing, Uisce Éireann and the medical device sector. In the past week, I have spoken to a number of CEOs in the medical device sector as well as in the pharmaceutical sector about the challenges that are arising. The discussion was more on the medium-term and longer term impacts of the tariffs and other...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: How high?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: There was a need to target that too because it was being used by some local authorities as a catch-all and maybe not targeted at those who were about to become homeless or in danger of becoming homeless.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: It was never meant to be a scheme to just buy second-hand properties. The Minister is engaged in refining and targeting that. I will talk to the Minister in respect of that case. It is not that the person was not two years on HAP but that the house was not in HAP for two years----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: Again, the idea of being in HAP means you are within the social housing provision and the prospects of homelessness are higher there, so the idea is to target the resources there. I will talk to the Minister in respect of that case and come back to the Deputy. In response to Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, in fairness, "a lot done, more to do" is correct. There needs to be more focus on...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: Whatever, we should do so. They regularly do refer people to London.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: In response to Deputy Coppinger, I have dealt with the public inquiry. I have views on that. I think there might be better ways of getting to it. Again, we will assess it fully when we have the other two reports - the one on dysplasia and the Nayagam report, which is the overarching report. When we have both of those with this report, we can progress it. I have answered Deputy Cian...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 to 36, inclusive, together. The first meeting of the new Cabinet committee on infrastructure took place on Monday, 24 March, and the next one will take place on Monday, 28 April. Membership of the Cabinet committee consists of the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Minister for Finance, Minister for Public...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: There are a number of questions there. Deputy McAuliffe started on the model that has been developed in the north east, and there is something similar in Ballymun. I have asked my officials to look at broadening that model out to certain areas, as we had before. In previous times, under the former Minister, Pat Carey, or Noel Ahern and others, going back to Pat Rabbitte’s time, the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: This is no consolation to any parent or child seeking a place now but there has been an exponential growth in the number of special classes in the country over the past four years. Over a five year period we now have 19,000 children attending special classes. Five years ago that number was 9,000. There has been constant expansion of the provision of special classes. In the past four years...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Ministers is not here. However, I will raise this issue with him. I can well recall there was a determined attempt nearly two decades ago to create a financial services presence, hub and footprint in the south east, in particular in Waterford, Wexford and Kilkenny. State Street opened in Kilkenny. To a certain extent that got traction. It is disappointing that BNY has made the...