Results 13,321-13,340 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: The private transport operator is very important in rural Ireland but there is also public transport and the Deputy should not pretend there is not. It is not just Dublin, either, and the Deputy knows that too. Rural Ireland has Local Link and a whole range of initiatives that the Minister has supported and put funding into.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I can because I went on public buses to west Cork.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I can name all of them - Clonakilty, Bandon and the whole way down. It is for the whole country and the Deputy knows it well.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I did.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising a range of issues. I did not quite catch the first couple. By the way, salads are good for you.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I do not think it is weird to enjoy a salad. I also do not think it is weird to cycle, for that matter. We need a sense of perspective and a bit of calm too.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Michael Collins welcomed, I think, the reduction in transport fares we have announced and now brought in - in the context of the cost of living - for public transport and for young people. It is very important that we reduce public transport fares, and the Minister for Transport can do that readily within the legal frameworks. It is not as easy with the private transport issue. We...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: They are not getting longer.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: They are not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: They are not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: Some 2.9 million extra hours were delivered last year. That is a KPI. The Deputy can shake her head all she likes but that happened. Some 55,000 people receive home care. Do we want to improve it? Yes. Do we want to do more? Yes. We will do more. Recruitment is a significant issue.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: I want to make the point that in addition to that, there were increases in the carer's allowance in terms of the capital disregard and so forth. Many of the initiatives that were made were welcomed by the carers' association and carers' groups at the time of the budget. The bottom line is this-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: With all respect, the Deputy had her say. I respectfully suggest that the Deputy cannot decipher either. I accept that there is not a day in the week when someone will not be able to point to a particular case-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----but what one cannot do-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----using an individual case, is say there has been no increase or reduction, as the Deputy has said.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: There have been reductions. The Deputy has interrupted every second of my response. If she makes points, the least she can do is have the courtesy to hear the response. I have offered her-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----a meeting-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----with the Minister of State in respect of any individual cases-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Apr 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----and to deal with those. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has been meeting people up and down the country about this. She has been more into action-----