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- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputies all need to relax a bit.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: People will not be stopped from using their own turf. I do not know how many times I have to say it in the House. It disappoints the Deputies-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----that I say it because they want to believe people will be stopped. It is a great campaign; it is fantastic. Keep running it on, lads. Keep jumping up-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: Let us tell the people of rural Ireland they are being deprived and will having nothing, and that they are being destroyed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: It is a great line. The Deputies have played it over and over and continue to do so because it kind of works for them now and again.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: However, the substance of the issue is this: people who have their own bogs have no issue in terms of using turf. They can share turf with their neighbours. The traditional practices regarding turf will continue. This winter there is no issue at all. All of the arguments have been that now is not the time and it should not happen this winter. It will not happen this winter anyway in...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: Nobody wants to wipe anybody out.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, does not want to wipe anybody out for that matter or any private transport operator. They will not be wiped out either. The fullness of time will show that. The Deputy was up in this House advocating for measures to reduce the cost of living. In the budget I thought it was a very imaginative and good move to reduce fares on public transport for young...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: We should be doing more of that into the future. It is the way to go.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: There is public transport all over the country.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, there is public transport in rural communities.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: The private transport operator is very important in rural Ireland but there is also public transport and the Deputy should not pretend there is not. It is not just Dublin, either, and the Deputy knows that too. Rural Ireland has Local Link and a whole range of initiatives that the Minister has supported and put funding into.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I can because I went on public buses to west Cork.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I can name all of them - Clonakilty, Bandon and the whole way down. It is for the whole country and the Deputy knows it well.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I did.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising a range of issues. I did not quite catch the first couple. By the way, salads are good for you.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I do not think it is weird to enjoy a salad. I also do not think it is weird to cycle, for that matter. We need a sense of perspective and a bit of calm too.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Michael Collins welcomed, I think, the reduction in transport fares we have announced and now brought in - in the context of the cost of living - for public transport and for young people. It is very important that we reduce public transport fares, and the Minister for Transport can do that readily within the legal frameworks. It is not as easy with the private transport issue. We...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: They are not getting longer.