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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: That is why we want to get this resolved. We believe it can be if we can get a proper basis for engagement with the WRC or the Labour Court.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Tá ról faoi leith ag na heolaithe leighis sa chóras sláinte. Bhí an ról sin soiléir le linn na paindéime. Admhaím go bhfuil ceist ann agus go bhfuil siad ag lorg parity idir iad féin agus na clinical biochemists le fada an lá anois. Is í an chaoi is fearr chun na ceisteanna seo a réiteach ná trí cainteanna laistigh...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Records (24 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Circulars are written statements that provide information and guidelines to departments and public bodies on laws and procedures. Civil Service circulars are in the main published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and mainly provide guidance and information covering Civil Service finance and human resources policy. My Department's corporate functions are guided by all...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Investigations (24 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: My Department has not commissioned any investigations, internal or external, into instances in which Departmental documents or Departmental information was leaked to the media during the period in question.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputies for raising these issues. Deputy Ó Laoghaire asked about the issue of childcare. In the last budget, very significant additional funding was allocated for childcare with a focus on enhancing pay and conditions for those working in the area. Discussions are to take place between employers in the childcare area and representatives of workers with a view to reaching...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The articles in the lease are not in any sense an imposition on the State, nor could they be described as such whatsoever.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are where we are in terms of ownership, voluntary hospitals and so on, which is historical. The idea was to co-locate a maternity hospital with a neonatal centre of excellence, adjacent to a tertiary hospital. That is what gave rise to Holles Street teaming up with St. Vincent’s hospital into the future.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are looking forward to, I hope, working with city deals and regional enterprise parks in the north west, between Derry and Donegal, to be funded through the shared island initiative. The all-island economy has done very well and is doing quite well under the protocol. The protocol has proved to be advantageous for Northern Ireland and we are very anxious to maintain that economic...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 to 20, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality oversees implementation of the programme for Government commitments in the areas of social policy, including sport, equality, arts and culture, as well as children and youth affairs and public services, including matters relating to justice, policing reform and community...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Durkan and a number of Deputies raised the issue of the British Government decision yesterday and announcement of an intention to bring in legislation to circumvent and undermine the protocol. That is unacceptable. I made it very clear that unilateral action is not the way to progress issues pertaining to the protocol. We have always accepted that legitimate issues have been raised...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Often an aspect of the war that is missed is the number of Russian citizens who have raised concerns about this war and who have been jailed for, literally, voicing dissent against the Russian Federation Government. It is quite shocking in terms of the anti-democratic impulse now going through Russia. On Deputy Tóibín's question, first of all, action will be taken against...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I apologise.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Good Friday Agreement (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 to 16, inclusive, together. Through the Government's shared island initiative, we are engaging with all communities and traditions to build consensus around a shared future and to deliver tangible benefits for the whole island, underpinned by the Good Friday Agreement. The Government wants to see a new power-sharing Executive formed in Northern Ireland as...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Bacik raised the issue of buildings in the medium term. We will have a look at the Jurys Hotel site and we have been examining any other sites that Deputy Bacik and others have flagged to us. The International Protection Accommodation Service, IPAS, has been notified of the availability for use of a range of buildings. Local authorities have identified in excess of 500 vacant...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The reconfiguration of buildings is important. The real issue here is to get scale and volume through existing buildings that are not being used, to get them refurbished, if necessary, and back into use. In response to Deputy Paul Murphy, I met the Prime Minister of Ukraine recently at Shannon Airport but he did not ask me for a declaration of support for debt relief. He indicated to me...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: There is no doubt but that there are significant pressures at UHL. Overall, despite all of the negativity around health services, the bottom line is that in the past 20 years, Ireland has moved from 16th to first in the European Union league table of life expectancy. That is due to a whole range of public health measures but it is also due to investments in our health services, including...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: However, we have real issues with emergency admission. Population growth has also played a role. The Deputy is correct. The problem is that the recruitment of senior clinicians tends to be in tertiary hospitals. All the various colleges, including anaesthesia, talk about the need for high-volume activity located in the tertiary hospitals. We have had this debate for 25 years.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: There are two aspects to the expert group. One is to have an immediate impact in terms of systems and flow through the hospitals. I will come back to the Deputy with details of the report.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: That is a very fair point. I will talk to the Minister for Foreign Affairs about the point the Deputy has raised. There is validity in what the Deputy has said. I would like to hear the counterargument. The Deputy makes a very fair point.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy has made an eloquent case for the retention of Piper's show wagon in Kinsale. I ask Cork County Council to have a heart. We will engage on the matter. We must have a community-based response and if 2,000 people have signed a petition relating to something that has stood in Kinsale for 90 years, it merits a warm-hearted response from the authorities.