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- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: First, in terms of Deputy Naughten's question, the carbon budget is provided for in legislation. In fairness, he would have heard Deputy Bacik say earlier that we are not moving fast enough. We have to move too. There are three and a half hours tomorrow for the debate. The more substantive debate could be on the actual sectoral budgets, which will come later in the year-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----but it is very important that we set this overall limit. Let us be under no illusions, however. This will be very challenging. I anticipate more pushback from the Dáil. As I said earlier, as the UN Secretary-General said, there will be a lot of doublespeak on this. Many people will be saying that we need to do this and that but not yet, not now, not that way or to do it some...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: That is what is going to happen in this debate; of that I have no doubt. We have got to move ahead, however. There are three and a half hours for the debate tomorrow. In terms of Deputy Mattie McGrath, I am nowhere near as a good dancer as he is. I have to put that on the record.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I would never attempt to emulate the Deputy in that regard.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I want to say this to Deputy McGrath, however-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I do not mind a meaningful debate at all. We should have a meaningful debate. I am not on the Business Committee. Only so much can be done on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in terms of Dáil time. Again, there is Private Members' time, which people have-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----if they want to put forward issues for debate. In terms of Deputy Mac Lochlainn's question, the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, is very well aware of the issues. In fact, I was with him in counties Donegal and Derry on Friday and Saturday. It is clear that he has engaged with the fishers on an overall package of measures, which are obviously connected to Brexit as well, to try to...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: No, there are actually other factors, which are quite significant in terms of emergency accommodation we have to provide, which has nothing to do with Ukraine but in terms of normal inward traffic to the country. That is a factor as well.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: No, I simply said that the Deputy would have been involved himself in preparing the agenda.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I will talk to the Minister again about that. I would just say that Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment advised that it only received 12 applications for hospitality manager positions under the newly introduced quota, which I referenced earlier. That might indicate that demand for those type of positions is low. Processing times are not what they should be, but the Department...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: You would find some way of doing it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and acknowledging the strong support the Government has given to the hospitality sector because, without question, it was a major victim as a sector as a result of Covid-19. It had a horrendous time during the two years of Covid-19. The Government allocated a record level of funding for tourism in budget 2022, of €288 million in total, which...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: He did not mention it at all. He believes strongly and passionately-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----in energy efficiency, which is a legitimate pursuit and a good policy across the board, war or no war, and one of the most effective is to equip ordinary working people with the wherewithal to retrofit their homes so they can reduce their bills in the long and medium term. It is important that we do that work and that we are not deflected from it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: The only three-card trick I saw attempted in this House in the last month was from yourselves when at one stage, prior to the war, they had us believing the Russians were not going to start any war-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----and that NATO was the warmonger. That is what the Deputy and others said in this House.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: That is the only three-card trick I saw attempted in this House. I did not mention Deputy Boyd Barrett at all; he has been consistent enough but Deputies Barry, Paul Murphy and others had us believe that the warmongers in Europe and NATO were going to be the cause of this war. Now we know the truth of who caused the war. Less of that kind of trickery from the Deputy from time to time-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: In terms of the ESB and any price gouging there is a Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in place to investigate all of that. The Deputy should present the evidence-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----on that and I will have no issue with that being pursued.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: There should be no price gouging or exploitation of the situation. The ESB has a huge capital debt on the other side of that balance sheet by the way. It has that debt from investing in making sure we have energy security and supply, which are also very important. I did not get an opportunity to make that point in response to Deputy Bacik's question. There is a balance in the short term...