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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The real issue that was raised legitimately was the State's interest in this and guaranteeing that women will have access to all services that are legally permissible. That was a core issue that was raised some time ago around the whole proposal for co-location. That happened many years ago for the reason I have given, which is that people think that is the way to get the best outcomes....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: What is Deputy McDonald's difficulty with a lease of 300 years, essentially, for €10 a year? Is that not, essentially, a gift of the land?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Of course, it is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Sorry, it is. To all intents and purposes, it is 300 years at a tenner a year. What is the issue then? It will be operationally, financially and clinically independent. All of the legal documentation underpins that, that is, a variety of legal documents from the constitution of the hospital right across to the operating licence the HSE will be providing to the hospital, obliging it to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: My answer is that Deputy McDonald needs to come up with a more substantial argument than the one she has come up with because I am not clear at all-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----in terms of what the Deputy was saying in her presentation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputy McDonald was not clear in terms of what she was quibbling with. Is she saying, for example, services will not be provided? It is not clear at all what Deputy McDonald is saying.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: It was not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: At the outset, I would like to say that my only motivation here, as Taoiseach, is to ensure we make a decision that provides a modern, world-class maternity and neonatal hospital and facility for the women of Ireland now and into the future and that will allow all services legally permissible in the State now and into the future to be provided to the women of Ireland. That is the objective...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change last met on Monday 21 February, and is next scheduled to meet on Monday 9 May.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: No staff of my Department have been seconded to the university third-level sector over the past two years.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Research Funding (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Government’s Shared Island initiative is working to take up the full potential of the Good Friday Agreement to enhance cooperation and connection on the island, and engage with all communities and traditions to build consensus around a shared future. To support development of a more ambitious agenda for cooperation and connection on the island, the Shared Island unit in my...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Directives (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: Responsibility for the transposition of EU legislation into Irish law rests in each case with the relevant Minister. There are no EU directives that fall under the remit of my Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Is pribhléid dom a bheith i láthair anseo, mar Thaoiseach, chun labhairt leis an gcoiste. Táim buíoch den choiste as ucht a gcuid suime sna hábhair seo. It is good to have the opportunity to meet with this committee today to discuss the Government's shared island initiative. Cuirim fáilte roimh spéis agus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the kind comments that have been articulated on this. Senator Blaney spoke about the shared island creating a space that is not a threatening. It is important that it is creating a space where people, respecting each other's views on the constitutional question, can participate without fear or favour. It is not a Trojan horse; it is designed to pragmatically create...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: We look forward to cementing the Derry-Donegal initiative with city deals where we would develop complementary enterprise parks. There will be funding from the shared island fund for that. However, enterprise has been ahead more so on the indigenous base than the foreign direct investment, FDI, base. There is a kind of guarding-of-the-domain approach from the FDI agencies. I pay tribute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Chairman for his comments. Reconciliation is key but trust is important. What we find is that people from civic society are participating in the dialogues and are engaging. I am conscious there is an election on and so on. No one is putting up barriers to the shared island programme. It is important that people feel free to participate irrespective of what community they come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Yes. More than 7,000 supporters came down and it was a big occasion. We forget those moments. That shows the progress that has been made. The sport aspect happens naturally but in short, reconciliation and trust is about continuing to meet and people learning over time that we can do X, Y and Z with others.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have one point, although I have made it already. Politicians need a bit of advanced leadership and to go beyond our comfort zones. That is what I meant to say. The people are ahead of the politicians. That can happen from time to time. That applies in the Republic as well as the North.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: To respond to Ms Gildernew, there are different forms of participatory democracy, if we can call it that. To refer to my earlier remarks, citizens' assemblies tend to be a set group of people meeting on a specific topic with specific terms of reference. As we discussed earlier, for me the building of reconciliation and trust between North and South and different traditions is an entirely...