Results 12,721-12,740 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I do not know what the Deputy means by my "actions to date". I will park that for a moment. In the first instance, she raised an issue in respect of an individual she identified, Mr. Shane Corr. It is not appropriate for me to discuss human resource issues regarding individuals. There are many aspects to that entire situation that merit an objective assessment. I will say no more than...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I do not have the powers to appoint an independent investigator to a local authority. There are established structures, first of all, within local authorities to deal with this. The Deputy should engage with the council and councillors herself, meet all the parties on the council, if that is her view, and hear what they are saying.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy admitted it was cross-party.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy admitted it was cross-party. I have made it very clear I do not support what transpired.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: It does matter.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: It does matter. If it does not, why is the Deputy raising it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have responded to the Deputy on the principle of this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: When I went to Wexford, in the presence of the radio station, I made it very clear-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: We will develop a collective response to deal with it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Doherty did not once refer to the cause of the crisis in his original contribution to this House, which we all know, because his objective is to lay all of the blame on the Government, just like the Russian ambassador did yesterday. The aim is to blame the government of the day. The key point is that we have taken a lot of measures, which Deputy Doherty has ignored and has decided...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: The cutting of tax and the increases in social protection matter. We want to now explore with the social partners how we deal with this in a comprehensive, strategic way. The one thing we cannot do, which the Deputy wants to do-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: You cannot chase inflation away month after month by €1 billion or €2 billion a month. That is not a sustainable pathway.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: What the Deputy is proposing is to create even further inflation over and above what is there-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----all with a view to pursuing electoral advantage over a crisis that has been caused by a brutal regime.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: First, I disagree with the Deputy's analysis of the Government's commitment to climate change. This Government has introduced some of the most significant climate change legislation. The targets we have set are unprecedented. They create a legal obligation on the Government and future governments, which is the first requirement. For example, we introduced the carbon tax, which gives...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: In my view, the plan that we have put forward is transformative. It details what we must do to meet this challenge in terms of reducing overall greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030. I agree with the EPA that implementation is key, in terms of the urgent implementation of climate plans and policies. The sectoral emissions ceilings will be brought before the Cabinet shortly by the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: An rud is tábhachtaí, ar mo shon féin agus do gach éinne sa Teach seo, ná an fhírinne a thabhairt don tír go hiomlán agus a insint do mhuintir na tíre agus a bheith macánta leo. Is é sin a dheineas inné. It should not be astonishing, as he has said, to tell the truth. What I said yesterday was telling the truth about a new era of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2022)

Micheál Martin: Tá an t-am istigh.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: It has to be resolved but the level of service is also expanding all of the time. The level of referrals is also going up exponentially. Covid-19 without question had an impact on the number of young people contacting their primary care services and their community teams in respect of mental health issues arising out of the pandemic. This has been a feature across the health service in the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this most important issue. The issue of CAMHS and bed capacity is a serious one, particularly the decision in relation to Linn Dara and the reduction of beds there, due to a range of issues, as the Deputy has said. In the first instance, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is working with the HSE intensively to ensure this is a temporary situation and to get...