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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: That would take another year and a bit to establish.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: It would take another year and a half to get it established and up and running. We have established the Land Development Agency through legislation, which is dealing with a lot of development, to try to get social and affordable, as well as other housing, going using State lands. We already have an agency as an engine to get housing built as fast as we possibly can.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Again, the measures introduced by the Government are substantial on the income side in respect of providing funding to people to meet electricity bills, with substantial monthly payments from now until the end of the year. They should not be so lightly dismissed as the Government doing nothing. The scale and volume of those payments is unprecedented. In addition, there are other measures...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----de dheasca na bpraghsanna ag dul chomh ard agus atá siad. Coimeádfaimid súil ar sin chun cabhair a thabhairt do dhaoine i rith an gheimhridh ar fad agus táim muiníneach go mbeidh an tAire, a bhuí leis an méid atá déanta ag an Rialtas go dtí seo, in ann daoine a chosaint.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I do not disagree with her that there are serious societal issues on O’Connell Street, as shown on “Prime Time” yesterday evening. One is struck by the extraordinary wanton violence perpetrated by people against others on our streets late in the evening. There is no question that the free exchange of drugs on the streets is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We all share this view and objective. The Minister has met with the companies and suppliers, with MABS, with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and with other non-governmental organisations that are at the coalface in respect of challenges that certain families or people may experience, particularly during a winter like this. The Government has taken a number of measures. We are not...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I visited New York for UN High Level Week from 21-23 September. While there, in addition to delivering Ireland’s National Statement, I had the opportunity to engage with a number of other Leaders in roundtable discussions, bilateral meetings and in the margins. I had formal bilateral meetings with the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres; the President of the UN General...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: United Nations (19 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I visited New York for UN High Level Week from 21-23 September. In delivering Ireland’s National Statement to the General Assembly, I said that all countries, no matter how small, have a contribution to make to international peace and security, and to economic and social development; and that all people have the right to live in dignity; to have their human rights and fundamental...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: When I said "I met", I think we getting too literal about this. I met the people concerned in Derry. It was not a meeting around a table. We discussed the matter. I am not into nitpicking about the issues, nor should the Deputy be. Rather, we should approach these things in good faith and not try to create advantage.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Subject to my schedule. My officials have met them. We are anxious to properly analyse these issues. When I said there should be no hard border, there is no one stopping anyone on the Border and saying they cannot come in because they are a migrant. That is a hard border.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: A hard border is someone stopping people, as is happening in many borders around Europe. That is the point I was making in responding to the Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: On the issue raised by Deputy Quinlivan, of course the British and Irish Governments are key in underpinning the Good Friday Agreement. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has been working with the new Secretary of State and engaging with the political parties on this. I met with political parties yesterday and I have met with the British Prime Minister about the restoration of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Alliance Party have been on this topic for about ten years, if not more.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: To be fair to the Alliance Party members, they are right in terms of how they are being treated in the new situation in which they have 17 seats. It is a demonstration that the existing structures do not work, but that said, the existing structures are there under the electoral framework for which people voted. Therefore, the results must be vindicated. I do not think we can do reform...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: There are serious issues here in that people voted in a certain way and you cannot change the will of the people. The people have voted and their votes should be reflected in the institutions. I would be very serious about that. What the Deputy is suggesting could have real implications that could be negative. Reforming systems is done best through proper engagement. The Deputy referred...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy was surmising through the electoral commission but he cannot make a declaration that the election will take place on 15 December. That may have been unintentional on his part but it might give the wrong impression to people. Deputy Brendan Smith made an important point and he was correct. All parties still believe in access to the Single Market, which is an important point....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We have a State transport company.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I was honoured to be invited last week to address the National Bus and Rail Union annual conference, given that my father was a founding member of the union.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Ireland has a different attitude to this. We have not nationalised water. Sorry - we have not privatised water.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We have nationalised water, unlike the UK. We are in a far different situation here. I would argue the propaganda sound bite does not work in the comparison Deputy Barry made. I happen to agree with some of what Deputy Ó Murchú said. We can modify and make changes. Over time, people are becoming more comfortable with some aspects of how we monitor trade. If the EU gets the...