Results 101-120 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Overall, the Irish people are very angry.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: We have taken action.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Significant work has been undertaken in respect of endometriosis. It has been recognised as part of the work of the women's health task force. It was included in the women's health action plan 2024-2025. The previous Minister, Stephen Donnelly, did exceptional work on this issue. Regional hubs have been established in the Rotunda and Coombe hospitals, the National Maternity Hospital,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I certainly do not. Over the last number of years, I have taken a direct interest in the work of the NPWS and the biodiversity issue. We doubled the staff of the NPWS and we bought additional lands to transform into national parks. We now have a biodiversity officer in every local authority. When he was Minister of State, Senator Malcolm Noonan, did a lot of good work and I worked very...
- Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. Prior to and during, the general election, I included a number of issues regarding disability in our party's manifesto. I was very clear in putting in to the programme for Government the need to increase the DCA. The previous Government increased it by €20 per month. It is a very important allowance and it helps the families of those with...
- Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I accept that up to a point, but of course if we compare the most recent census to the previous one, we see that the number of people, including children, identifying with a disability is increasing exponentially. This can be seen from both censuses. The DCA was originally introduced for severe impacts on children, resulting from disabilities. I expect the numbers to continue to increase....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Sorry?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy started by saying it is very difficult not to interrupt. I respectfully suggest-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy said it was with great difficulty he could not but interrupt. He has never had any difficulty interrupting from my experience in the House. There is a prison overpopulation issue. That is accepted by the Government. The Minister has brought forward proposals which will result in about 960 additional prison spaces. That can be done as quickly as possible. Opposition is...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: There has to be a balance. I suggest that the Deputy's basic assertion is wrong and flawed.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I agree with the Deputy this must be a priority to reverse the pollution of Lady's Island Lake. A specific action plan should be developed for the lake and so forth. That will have to involve a number of stakeholders. It will not just be agricultural stakeholders, but, obviously, they will be key. The Minister of State responsible for biodiversity should lead on this in conjunction with...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Who said that?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The power to remove or cancel a registration is there.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Eight nursing homes had their registration removed last year. It has happened and can happen. Looking at the protected disclosures and the list of complaints in respect of these nursing homes, one could argue that the case merited that type of intervention. However, I think the interim report contains an argument made by HIQA that the profile of one of the nursing homes was completely...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy's juxtaposition of the migration issue with the genuinely serious problem of overcrowding in prisons is stretching credibility.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is a false juxtaposition.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, I did not interrupt the Deputy. I just want to make the point. The Deputy said there are more than 5,000 prisoners. He is saying that if a number of asylum seekers are imprisoned, for whatever reason, they should not be, irrespective of what the reasons might be. That is what he indicated. His suggestion that it is all about some performance for the optics that we just want to get...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: In recent years the push has been towards home care but home care also involves privatised nursing care. People contract in people to help. I will come back to the final point I was going to make.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The interim report outlines a whole series of measures that were taken to enhance and strengthen the measures and powers of the chief inspector of HIQA, in terms of the legal timeframe for decisions by the chief-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: You are interrupting again, Deputy. I have had enough of that now. I have the floor now.