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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy knows.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: All of you know that anything being proposed will have no impact this winter.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: No, but you keep on saying this is not the right time. Has it registered with you that it will not impact this winter-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----in any shape or form? It is not being stopped right now.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: In the first instance, in a wide ranging presentation, Deputy McDonald said the Government had been doing nothing on the cost of living. I need to disabuse her of that statement. That is a completely false statement to assert because the Government has worked extremely hard and consistently in easing - not by any means mitigating in total - the cost of living increases that have occurred in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: We reduced the caps for multiple children on school transport fees and have cut public transport fares by 20% until the end of the year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: We will introduce the young adult card next month which will reduce fares for young people under 24 by a further 50%. We lowered the threshold for the drug payment scheme to €80 per month, benefiting over 70,000 families. We brought forward the working family payment increase announced on budget day from 1 June to 1 April.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: We launched a national retrofitting programme with unprecedented grant supports for home energy upgrades and increasing numbers of free energy upgrades for those at risk of energy poverty. Today the Government approved a proposal for the abolition of inpatient charges for children under 16 from July, to alleviate the financial burden of statutory hospital charges. There is much more in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----Deputy McDonald said it herself, in her opening remarks, that a minority now uses turf in our country in respect of their energy needs. It is important that we protect the rights of people in rural Ireland in terms of turbary rights, people utilising turf in their own bogs and traditional practices in turf sharing. They are not being banned at all.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: There will be no restrictions on people who own their own bogs and use turf in their domestic fire or share it with neighbours. There is no ban on the gifting of peat by those with rights to harvest sod peat. What Deputy McDonald needs to be very careful of is the fact that the big issue here is the coal industry; that is the big villain of the piece here. Back in the early 1990s, the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Civil Service (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Civil Service Renewal Plan, published in October 2014, included the establishment of an Accountability Board for the Civil Service to strengthen accountability and performance across the Civil Service by introducing greater oversight of delivery. It also recommended that the Board focused on providing oversight of a limited number of priorities actions including; - overall governance...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: My Department does not have any roles based in the European Union in Brussels. However, staff of my Department regularly avail of the opportunity to work in the European Commission under the National Experts in Professional Training (NEPT) and the Seconded National Experts (SNE) programmes. At present two officers of my Department are working in Brussels, one on the NEPT programme and one on...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Defibrillators Provision (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: My Department has two defibrillators installed in Government Buildings. The National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO) which is the only body under the aegis of my Department has one defibrillator installed in their building.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: No consultancy contracts have been awarded to the organisation in question by my Department or by the National Economic and Social Development Office which is the only body under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Meetings (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. As the Deputy will be aware, the period concerned was very unusual in that the management of the State response to the Covid-19 pandemic was the absolute priority, while public health restrictions also had a significant impact on the convening of meetings. Groups Dates of meetings from June 2020 to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169, 174, 177 and 180 together. My Department utilises secondments to fill roles that are temporary or time-bound in nature and roles that require specialist knowledge. My Department also facilitates Departmental staff availing of secondment opportunities in other Government Departments and in the European Commission as such arrangements provide staff with...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Civil Service (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Civil Service Management Board (CSMB) was established to bring together all Heads of Departments and major Offices into a cohesive whole-of-Government executive management team and is chaired by the Secretary General to the Government. It meets collectively for strategic discussions on the shared issues and challenges that are common across all Government Departments and Offices The Board...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Neither my Department nor the National Economic and Social Development Office, the only body under the aegis of my Department, run apprenticeship programmes or are directly engaged in the training of apprentices. In the context of the Government’s commitment to grow apprenticeships across the Public and Civil Service, my Department is supporting cross-Government work led by the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The suggested living wage at €12.30 per hour based on the Civil Service 37 hour standard net working week equates to an annual salary of €23,747. Those currently on an annual salary of less than €23,747 may be receiving remuneration in excess of the suggested living wage through additional premium payments in respect of shift or atypical working hours or are on salary...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and Ministers of State in my Department in the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 are set out in the table below. Year Salaries Expenses Total 2020 € 1,796,838 € 1,679 € 1,798,516 2021 € 2,209,337 €...