Results 12,161-12,180 of 50,136 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: They are not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: They are not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: Some 2.9 million extra hours were delivered last year. That is a KPI. The Deputy can shake her head all she likes but that happened. Some 55,000 people receive home care. Do we want to improve it? Yes. Do we want to do more? Yes. We will do more. Recruitment is a significant issue.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I want to make the point that in addition to that, there were increases in the carer's allowance in terms of the capital disregard and so forth. Many of the initiatives that were made were welcomed by the carers' association and carers' groups at the time of the budget. The bottom line is this-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: With all respect, the Deputy had her say. I respectfully suggest that the Deputy cannot decipher either. I accept that there is not a day in the week when someone will not be able to point to a particular case-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----but what one cannot do-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----using an individual case, is say there has been no increase or reduction, as the Deputy has said.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: There have been reductions. The Deputy has interrupted every second of my response. If she makes points, the least she can do is have the courtesy to hear the response. I have offered her-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----a meeting-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----with the Minister of State in respect of any individual cases-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----and to deal with those. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has been meeting people up and down the country about this. She has been more into action-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----than any Minister for elderly care whom I have seen in recent times. That is not to cast aspersions on anyone who went before the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. She is on top of her brief. She is working extremely hard to deal with this issue. She has secured the additional funding for home help hours. Recruitment is an issue. The Deputy should not try to dismiss that-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----because we have expanded so much in such a short space of time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I did not feel any backslapping yet.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: First, I appreciate the issues the Deputy has raised and the individual cases she has raised. It is not satisfactory that any person would have to go through that in regard to access to home care. The issue, as the Deputy knows, is not one of funding now because €150 million of additional funding was provided in 2021 to provide for 5 million more hours of home support, and that...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: First, I want to pay tribute to the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for her commitment and ongoing work on disability issues. I did not get a chance to deal with that issue in my first three minutes. Indeed, I work with the Minister of State and, in my view, there has to be a review of the progressing disability services programme. I will be meeting with the Minister of State and the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I made the point that in any event, it has been made crystal clear that people who have bogs and who normally cut their turf will be able to continue doing that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: They will continue to be able to share that with their neighbours.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: The traditional practices in rural Ireland will continue regarding turf. The Deputies just need a bit of calm perspective and balance in all of this. We can resolve this pragmatically.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Sinn Féin position is to get on any bandwagon it can to win a few votes. That is its position on a continuing basis.