Results 11,381-11,400 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: We have to build it. We have to get more supply into the market. It is as simple as that at the end of the day. We cannot magic up houses but they can be built. We have to work on getting them built as fast as we possibly can. We will work with the representatives of the residents and the county council to see what can be done.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: All works must be treated with respect and dignity and in line with our law and employment law. I made it very clear in the context of the Twitter announcement that I was not at all happy with the manner of it. Respect and dignity are very important in communication terms. There are established frameworks for communication and there are obligations on employers in proposing collective...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. He is correct that the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, was to cover Leaders' Questions today. I was not sure I would get back on time. I flew through the night to get here. I managed to get back for the Cabinet meeting and I then took the opportunity to come to the Chamber.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Shanahan is correct regarding an announcement on funding for the Waterford North Quays project. It is a fantastic announcement, which the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, brought to the Cabinet today. The Cabinet approved the decision to invest, along with the local authority, more than €200 million in what is a groundbreaking project for Waterford and the North Quays public...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I pay tribute to the local authority, the Minister and the Department for getting this development, which is the largest urban regeneration project in the country, to begin, paving the way for Waterford to enhance its offering as an attractive place in which to invest and enabling it to develop new transport solutions. This is great news and we are very pleased with it. I take the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: There were ridiculous objections and so forth. We have the Croí Cónaithe fund. Sixteen Acts have been passed in this House. The Minister has brought 16 pieces of legislation on housing through this Dáil. We have capped the rent increases in rent pressure zones at-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----no more than 2% per annum. There has been an extraordinary burst of activity over the last two and a half years under the Minister. That cannot be taken from him. It is real and substantial.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I am not going to play the Deputy's populist game.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin is essentially populist in its approach to issues. I have stated my position on housing. I used my definitions and I said it is the greatest and most important and urgent social problem facing this country. I have said that repeatedly. Deputy McDonald is not going to put words in my mouth.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: What I will say to her, through the Chair, is that we do not understate the seriousness for many people out there.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I listened to the Deputy for four minutes plus and not one single solution or one single proposal came from her in respect of this. When we put forward the first home scheme, for example-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----it was opposed by Sinn Féin.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: While the various schemes that the-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, this is the same tactic all the time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt Deputy McDonald when she spoke but inevitably now the tactic is to interrupt my good self or others when we are making comments.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: Saying I have dismissed-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: That is more of the populism.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: That is the classic populist trope that Deputy Ó Broin has just articulated.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: It absolutely is.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2022)
Micheál Martin: It is trying to suggest we are somehow not empathising people who are in difficulty with housing.