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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----in this country, and not go on with endless prevarication and clouding of the issue so the hospital does not get built. That will be the outcome, if the Opposition wants it its way. We do not own that land and we cannot dictate what happens to it. If people do not want to cede ownership, they do not want to cede ownership. By the way, I do not see the logic of a compulsory-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----purchase order, costing a significant amount of taxpayers' money, being better value than a 300-year lease at €10 a year. I do not understand why the resources that would be wasted on a CPO would not go into the hospital instead. I do not get the logic of the proposition around the CPO five years on. The church is not involved in this, good, bad or indifferent. Surely the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----but for politics and for fighting other battles-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Other battles are being fought here through this hospital issue. I am concerned and focused entirely on women and premature babies who will be born in the future.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: They need the best healthcare we can give them. This is the best opportunity we can take to give them that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that it is ownership by the State of this hospital. The Deputy just refuses to accept that and is creating an issue that does not merit the prioritisation she has given it in the context of this debate. A 300-year lease at €10 a year is ownership by any other name. That is a fact. Anybody who understands anything about property law knows that. The real issue...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----and all of the legal guarantees that are there in terms of clinical, financial and operational independence of the hospital. Deputy McDonald knows all of that but it suits the Opposition to delay this project, it seems at this stage.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I do not know, other than politics. The Deputy is playing politics with every issue that comes before the House. Whatever the issue, she just wants to weigh up how she can undermine the Government of the day.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: It does not even have to be the maternity hospital. She cannot have it both ways all of the time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: We have to get moving. We should get the hospital built. It is the best thing to do and we have the guarantees to underpin it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The one thing that undermines public debate on this issue is honesty of approach. I genuinely say we need honesty and we need a full focus on the facts. We should not play politics with this because it is too important. It is too important for women's health and for premature babies who will be born into the future and need a first-class neonatal facility. That is what the new hospital...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----but there is only so much nonsense that can be accommodated here in respect of the ownership question. The ownership is not an issue here. If Deputy McDonald does not listen to me, that is fine, but listen to the senior midwives at the hospital, who have asked all politicians, Government and Opposition, to listen to the clinicians in the hospital. I have the letter here from the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----but the bottom line is this: it is not our land and never was our land. We now have a gift of the land, essentially, for 300 years at a tenner a year. That is the reality. Deputy Cullinane understands leasehold too. He knows damn well what I am saying is the truth. What I am saying is the truth-----

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Public Service, Justice and Policing Reform Unit is part of the Social Policy and Public Service Reform Division of my Department. The work of the Unit: - Supports me, in my role as Taoiseach, on policing reform, criminal justice, public service reform, social affairs and other related matters; - Incorporates the Policing Reform Implementation Programme Office which oversees the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I met Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal in Shannon on 20 April. Prime Minister Shmyhal gave me a first-hand account of events on the ground in Ukraine, of the appalling killings in Bucha in particular, and the continuing attacks on civilians and on towns. The Prime Minister outlined some clear objectives, around financial assistance to enable the Ukrainian Government to keep essential...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Prior to the consideration by the Government of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation on Mother and Baby Homes, certain information relating to matters in the report was disclosed in a newspaper report. In that context, I requested that an investigation be carried out. I also asked that the investigation be done in the context of a broader consideration of the arrangements in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Bodies (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Ordnance Survey Ireland is a body under the aegis of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and I have asked the Minister to respond directly to the Deputy on the matter raised in her question.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Social Media (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 155 together. The tables below contain the information requested by the Deputy on my Department's social media posts. Channel Total no. of posts (1st May 2021 – 30th April 2022) No. of posts exclusively in Irish % of posts exclusively in Irish No. of bilingual (Irish and English) posts % of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Social Media (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The table below contains the information requested by the Deputy on videos posted by my Department on social media. Channel Total no. of videos posted between 1st May 2021 and 30th April 2022) No. of videos posted with subtitles/closed captions % of videos posted with subtitles/closed captions Facebook 174 46 26.44% ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: My Department has not awarded any contracts outside the standard procurement process to assist people fleeing the war in Ukraine. The Government Information Service in my Department has undertaken a procurement process, in line with standard Office of Government Procurement guidelines, for the translation of text into Ukrainian and Russian for the gov.ie/Ukraine website which provides...