Results 12,081-12,100 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: I will engage with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, who has responsibility for energy, regarding the specific issue the Deputy has raised in terms of district heating. The Government will have a whole series of measures to try to reduce pressures on households and protect jobs, as I have said. We have already allocated about €2.5 billion over the past...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: They acknowledge the intervention the Government made in an unprecedented way-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----to keep jobs and enterprises intact.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: The proof of the pudding-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----is that we kept them intact.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: We kept them intact. Do you know what? We will do everything we possibly can to protect jobs again in this unprecedented crisis.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: It is an unprecedented energy crisis. What I find shocking is the inability of the Deputy’s group ever to acknowledge the war in Ukraine-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----as having any impact-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----on the crisis that we are currently experiencing. The Deputy never acknowledged it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: For some reason, he does not want to acknowledge it.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: First, again, in the Maskey report, Dr. Seán Maskey, who carried out the lookback review at south Kerry CAMHS, previously reviewed not just files in south Kerry but also a small number of files in north Kerry. Dr. Maskey included 35 files from north Kerry CAMHS in his review. For completeness and as matter good practice, the HSE is currently screening files in north Kerry so it can...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: Every effort should be made through the normal industrial machinery mechanisms in this State to resolve this issue. The HSE believes this industrial action will significantly impact on the children’s disability network teams and other multidisciplinary services, potentially leading to appointments having to be rescheduled and so on. I acknowledge the important role that section 39...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: That also illustrates what has happened in respect of gas prices and other energy prices.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: The future markets do not look good, either, as a therm of gas to be delivered in January will cost 533 pence and March deliveries are priced at 506 pence. That all indicates the enormous crisis not just Ireland but every country in Europe and, indeed, across the world by and large is currently facing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Government has taken measures and we have reduced the excise duty on petrol, diesel and green diesel until mid-October. We will deal with issues in the budget relating to all of that. People save between €9 and €12 each time they fill their tank. We have also given energy credits back to people to cut their bills. I refer to the €2.5 billion basically that was...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: Lots of people do use public transport.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: For those people we have reduced costs. We have also reduced costs of health services. The drugs payment scheme, DPS, monthly threshold has gone to €80, which is a significant decline on what it was two years ago.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: Through a variety of measures, including pay and tax reductions, we have taken efforts to reduce the pressure on the public and protect jobs. In the forthcoming budget and cost-of-living package we will take measures as well to alleviate the pressures on people who are feeling it heavily out there; there is no doubt about that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: Again, Government is not a business.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2022)
Micheál Martin: Does the Deputy understand that point?