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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change last met on Monday 21 February, and is next scheduled to meet on Monday 9 May.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: No staff of my Department have been seconded to the university third-level sector over the past two years.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Research Funding (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Government’s Shared Island initiative is working to take up the full potential of the Good Friday Agreement to enhance cooperation and connection on the island, and engage with all communities and traditions to build consensus around a shared future. To support development of a more ambitious agenda for cooperation and connection on the island, the Shared Island unit in my...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Directives (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the transposition of EU legislation into Irish law rests in each case with the relevant Minister. There are no EU directives that fall under the remit of my Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Is pribhléid dom a bheith i láthair anseo, mar Thaoiseach, chun labhairt leis an gcoiste. Táim buíoch den choiste as ucht a gcuid suime sna hábhair seo. It is good to have the opportunity to meet with this committee today to discuss the Government's shared island initiative. Cuirim fáilte roimh spéis agus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the kind comments that have been articulated on this. Senator Blaney spoke about the shared island creating a space that is not a threatening. It is important that it is creating a space where people, respecting each other's views on the constitutional question, can participate without fear or favour. It is not a Trojan horse; it is designed to pragmatically create...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: We look forward to cementing the Derry-Donegal initiative with city deals where we would develop complementary enterprise parks. There will be funding from the shared island fund for that. However, enterprise has been ahead more so on the indigenous base than the foreign direct investment, FDI, base. There is a kind of guarding-of-the-domain approach from the FDI agencies. I pay tribute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Chairman for his comments. Reconciliation is key but trust is important. What we find is that people from civic society are participating in the dialogues and are engaging. I am conscious there is an election on and so on. No one is putting up barriers to the shared island programme. It is important that people feel free to participate irrespective of what community they come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Yes. More than 7,000 supporters came down and it was a big occasion. We forget those moments. That shows the progress that has been made. The sport aspect happens naturally but in short, reconciliation and trust is about continuing to meet and people learning over time that we can do X, Y and Z with others.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have one point, although I have made it already. Politicians need a bit of advanced leadership and to go beyond our comfort zones. That is what I meant to say. The people are ahead of the politicians. That can happen from time to time. That applies in the Republic as well as the North.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: To respond to Ms Gildernew, there are different forms of participatory democracy, if we can call it that. To refer to my earlier remarks, citizens' assemblies tend to be a set group of people meeting on a specific topic with specific terms of reference. As we discussed earlier, for me the building of reconciliation and trust between North and South and different traditions is an entirely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: A massive number came from the north-west development area. We were up there recently and that emerged in the work. The Senator is right in saying it is no wonder because there are major issues with connectivity there. Funding is there for the A5. Everyone I speak to seems to say there are planning processes and public inquiries. We are ready to go and the money is there to progress the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: We will engage with this matter. From our perspective, it is hard to comprehend how this could get to the table. It runs contrary to the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement. It is clearly an issue in respect of which we are very much on the case. I also agree the Stormont House Agreement is the template for dealing with legacy issues. All of us have a role to play. The Government stands...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Will I come back in on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank Ms Hanna for her commentary and the best of luck in her endeavours. She is probably in transit. The commitment is to infrastructure and to how we can advance services. Her point about Covid is very well made. I did not say so earlier, but there is huge potential for public health collaboration on outcomes in health and public health, such as Covid, infectious diseases and a whole...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank Dr. Farry. I agree there are significant opportunities through the shared island initiative for co-operation and getting projects off the ground. The all-island rail feasibility study is a particularly important one. It is comprehensive by nature but we would be anxious to get going on the more practical initial jobs that could be done fairly quickly after publication. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: My view is the UK Government and the European Union have within themselves and within what has already been discussed the landing zones to reach a resolution of all those issues. I am convinced of that. We have been helpful in that regard. People have raised legitimate questions about the protocol. I do not dispute that at all. We have actually sensitised the EU to work on those issues...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: That is a very subtle way of asking me to shorten the answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Will Deputy Tully repeat that?