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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: They will be met and they will be provided. All procedures that are legally available in the State will be provided. The memorandum has not yet come to the Government. It will have to come to Government. It will go before the Oireachtas. We need a new maternity hospital.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Well, it is not agreed, because it has gone on for years, and the pace of construction of new hospitals has not been the strongest area, to be straight about it. Many hospitals that have been built have taken an inordinate amount of time to commission and develop, with arguments about them. I remember that Tallaght hospital took an inordinate length of time back in the 1980s or 1990s....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: First, there have been huge advances over time in disability services across the spectrum, in education in particular, compared with how they were. Progressing disability has caused issues in respect of a dilution of services. One of the key areas that need expansion - we have provided the resources - is the provision of therapies. Special needs assistant, SNA, provision, for example, has...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have already said I will be meeting with the CEO of the HSE and with the Minister on this shortly.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: To be fair to the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, in the area of women’s health, he allocated €31 million in the previous budget for new developments to support women's health. There was additional funding for the national maternity strategy into 2022 and beyond, access to contraception for women between 17 and 25, further developments in menopause care by an increase in the number...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: That matter will be considered by the Minister and subsequently overall by the Government. We also need to think it through as to what is in the best interests of the Defence Forces in terms of pay and conditions. The commission has finished its work. In keeping with the commitment in the programme for Government, the Minister for Defence will now consult the Minister for Public...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy keeps saying the Minister for Health has refused. The Minister for Health this morning said publicly that there is no question but that he will go before a committee.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The substantive point is the more relevant point on the Order of Business. People raise issues on the Order of Business normally to change the Order of Business in terms of debating time and getting more hours. I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett for responding to the Minister's request for submissions on the Ukrainian crisis. We have six hours of debate on legislation this week. If Deputies are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thought the aromatic flavour of wine was more berry-like and that whiskey was more peat-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Deputies all need to relax a bit.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: People will not be stopped from using their own turf. I do not know how many times I have to say it in the House. It disappoints the Deputies-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----that I say it because they want to believe people will be stopped. It is a great campaign; it is fantastic. Keep running it on, lads. Keep jumping up-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: Let us tell the people of rural Ireland they are being deprived and will having nothing, and that they are being destroyed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is a great line. The Deputies have played it over and over and continue to do so because it kind of works for them now and again.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: However, the substance of the issue is this: people who have their own bogs have no issue in terms of using turf. They can share turf with their neighbours. The traditional practices regarding turf will continue. This winter there is no issue at all. All of the arguments have been that now is not the time and it should not happen this winter. It will not happen this winter anyway in...

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

Micheál Martin: Nobody wants to wipe anybody out.

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

Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, does not want to wipe anybody out for that matter or any private transport operator. They will not be wiped out either. The fullness of time will show that. The Deputy was up in this House advocating for measures to reduce the cost of living. In the budget I thought it was a very imaginative and good move to reduce fares on public transport for young...

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

Micheál Martin: We should be doing more of that into the future. It is the way to go.

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

Micheál Martin: There is public transport all over the country.

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

Micheál Martin: Sorry, there is public transport in rural communities.