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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I am still unclear as to the fundamental point the Deputy is making. Is he saying the Department of Finance-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Is the assertion-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: He has not articulated it. Is he asserting that the Department of Finance should take over the role of the Central Bank?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: What is the function? We have had this argument-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: This is an argument that is not from today or yesterday with regard to the management of banks. The Central Bank is there. There is a separation between the Government and the operation of banks. There always has been. I am interested in hearing the Deputy's ideas as his presentation was not clear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The rent index is designed to measure developments in rental prices faced by those taking up new tenancies. A tax credit would only add to the price of those rents. It would be inflationary. There is no guarantee it would result in a reduction of increasing rents for new tenancies, none whatsoever. The Deputy is wrong in saying the Housing for All policies are not working. By definition,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Níl an ceart ag an Teachta. Tá fianaise ann go bhfuil polasaí an Rialtais ag obair. Tá níos mó tithíochta á cruthú againn. Tá sé sin soiléir ó na figiúirí atá againn maidir le cúrsaí tithíochta. The Deputy is not correct in saying that the Housing for All strategy, launched last September, is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (27 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The next meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Housing is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 12thofMay. This Committee works to ensure a coordinated approach to the implementation of Housing for All and the delivery of Programme for Government commitments regarding housing and related matters. Progress of Housing for All is overseen by the Cabinet Committee on Housing and Government, with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Regarding Deputy McDonald's point, I will revert to the Tánaiste in relation to that. We all of course want workplaces that are free of violence and harassment. A whole raft of legislation is already in place on our Statute Book dealing with harassment and violence in the workplace and to protect employees. Sometimes the various declarations passed by international organisations have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: On the health front, we are moving to a situation where, increasingly, all of the tertiary hospitals and other model hospitals are State run, funded and controlled. That is where it is heading because of the complexity of health. In my view, that is the way it has to go on the health side. Deputy Paul Murphy spoke about his campaigning for People Before Profit in the election and said...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Is féidir liom bualadh le gach aon duine. Bhuail mé cheana féin le Conradh na Gaeilge.

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Braitheann sé ar an dialann ach beidh mé sásta.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 to 22 together. The Government recognises the importance of regular and open engagement with all sectors of society as we tackle the many economic, social and environmental challenges facing the country. In particular, the Government has been working to strengthen social dialogue in a range of areas, including the national economic dialogue which will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: To put the historical record correctly, the word “idly” was never used in that particular statement. Deputy McDonald raised the first question, although it was not specifically on the shared island and was on domestic violence and the statutory provision for paid leave. The Minister, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, is committed to that and has made commitments in that regard. He...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: On the health services, which were raised by Deputy Brendan Smith, I visited Altnagelvin recently. The work that has gone on between North and South has been very effective, in particular the huge funding that went into the capital provision for the comprehensive cancer care centre there. With regard to Deputy Smith's point, when I was in Altnagelvin I met an individual who had travelled...

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: There is no need to be so catty or cynical about it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: North-South Implementation Bodies (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is not dropping. I have been involved since I was Minister for Health. I want to be positive about this. We need others to participate in this. We need the Northern health authorities to participate in this. We had participated in this through investment and, likewise, the Northern Executive in the past agreed on a cardiac service for children and that there would be one national...