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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have been with Deputy McAuliffe on a number of visits recently where addiction is treated as a health and holistic issue, and not as a criminal issue.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I do not accept the basic premise that all people who are addicted are treated as criminals. I wish to put that on the record.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt anybody. I have met people who have been addicted and who have come through very good programmes provided with assistance from the State. It must also be said that there are community organisations working on the ground in many communities throughout the country. It is not as if everyone is out to criminalise all those who are addicted to drugs, alcohol or anything...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Please accept our bona fides in that regard. As I have said, we have to get through the Dublin Citizens' Assembly and the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, which are commitments. We will do this as soon as they are complete. I would like to think that early in the new year, we will have the citizens' assembly on drugs.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae raised the concrete levy. There was a debate on that matter last week on a Private Members' Bill. The Minister for Finance will publish the finance Bill on Thursday. That will contain proposals regarding the concrete levy, its application, timelines and so on.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: There will be a comprehensive debate on the finance Bill next week. It will give Deputy Healy-Rae and others ample opportunity to discuss that issue and to make their points. There were legitimate points on this all round. The Government is doing an awful lot for first-time buyers. That is evidenced by the fact that, this year, we have had more first-time buyers buying homes than in any...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, I am not finished. Deputy Boyd Barrett raised the eviction ban. That legislation will be published. The day after the Bill is enacted, anyone facing eviction-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Would Deputy Boyd Barrett listen? We have to enact the Bill as quickly as possible. People will be protected from that date - the day after the Bill is enacted - onwards.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. This is an important point. This is the Order of Business and we are ordering debates and so on. There will be a debate on the eviction Bill when it is published.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. The winter moratorium on disconnections for all domestic customers for non-payment has been extended to three months, from 1 December 2022 to 28 February 2023. Furthermore, the moratorium on disconnections of registered vulnerable customers for non-payment has been extended to six months, from 1 October 2022 until 31 March 2023. The Commission for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are not trying to make it look as if we are going after somebody, which is what the Deputy is saying we should do.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: He is saying we should try to make it look like we are going after the industry. That is not what we are at.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are not trying to make it look like anything.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: No, we are not going after the people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I know that there are campaigns, and political representatives will say things to ensure they are in tandem with those campaigns, but the Government has provided €2.8 billion.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, we have provided €2.8 billion to deal with this. That decision has been taken. The money has been bookended and financially provided for in the Government accounts and so on, so that is not rhetoric; it is real. As for the design of the scheme, the guidance documentation is substantial with respect to how the Housing Finance Agency, local authorities and all the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: What I would say through the Chair is-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have one final point. No matter how you apply any levy, and regardless of what the Deputy says about profits, nothing stops it from ending up on the very people he is saying would suffer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy knows that too. He must know that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2022)

Micheál Martin: He must know that is the truth.