Results 1,201-1,220 of 49,960 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is telling a falsehood, yes. I challenge Deputy Bacik-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----to find any statement where I said I would end RPZs and replace them with nothing. That is what she just said. I challenge her to find that statement for me and present it because it is a deliberate distortion of what I said. The Housing Agency began a review of RPZs last year - not me, the Housing Agency. The expiry date is the end of this year. The Housing Commission says the same...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt the Deputy and I did not finish my statement but, again, the heckling starts because the Opposition does not like what it is hearing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: Is it possible to have a serious debate, which the people deserve, on housing without the name calling and attempts to politically undermine and distort what is being said? I do not think it is possible to have such a debate with the Opposition, given the Deputy's contribution just now and her misrepresentation of what I said publicly. I will say again that the last Government moved from...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: There is no laissez-faire. Níl sé sin fíor. We have a robust legal framework to deal with knife crime. As I said, in September we increased the maximum penalty. There is a proactive policing operation to seize knives. There has been an increase in the number of knives being seized each year and that proactivity will continue. Again, we have to support the Garda. We have...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: For the record of the House, I offered to intervene-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: ----- and I have been refused.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: Ar dtús báire, is mian liom a rá gur uafásach ar fad é an méid atá tar éis tarlú, ní hamháin in Stoneybatter ach i rith an deireadh seachtaine. Déanaim comhbhrón le clann Quham Babatunde a fhuair bás agus leis an duine a bhí gortaithe mar aon leis sin. Níl sé sásúil gan amhras in aon chor....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle, I am taking issue with what has happened here today.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: I have not been allowed to address this in any shape or form-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----and I have offered.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Citizens' Assembly (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: A Citizens’ Assembly on the Good Friday Agreement constitutional provisions / Irish unity is not planned and is not included in the Programme for Government. In the event of a future referendum within the consent provisions of the Good Friday Agreement, the Government would make all necessary preparations in accordance with the terms of the Constitution and the procedures of the...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach did not receive funding support for any projects from the United States of America International Development during the time period given, nor did any bodies under the aegis of the Department.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: The COVID-19 Evaluation, led by Professor Anne Scott, is completely independent in its functions. It decides on all matters relating to its operation, including its procedures and its programme of work, guided by its publicly available Terms of Reference: www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/311344/0d5cbf2c-3 8e3-4931-befb-93ed3925cf1b.pdf. Information on its planned phased...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of established civil servants working in the Department of the Taoiseach is contained in the table below: Grade Total No. Male Female Secretary General 1 1 0 Assistant Secretary 6 2 4 Principal Officer 18 ...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Properties (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 118 together. The Department of the Taoiseach does not own any buildings or sites. Accommodation used by the Department is provided and managed by the Office of Public Works.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Artificial Intelligence (18 Feb 2025)
Micheál Martin: The National Cyber Security Centre and the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform have published guidance on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the public service which has been made available to all staff in the Department of the Taoiseach. While staff engage in conferences/webinars to explore and better understand the potential for and impact of AI, the Department...