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Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: How do you mean, what about Cuba? I have been to Cuba-----

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----as Minister for Foreign Affairs, and as for the situation with Cuba, I would support-----

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I think we are running out of time for Cuba, you are saying to me, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. All right. I hear you.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I think that what happened in Kazakhstan is absolutely wrong and shocking.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I was intrigued by Deputy Ó Murchú's comments. He said we all agree that Russia is ratcheting things up. I do not know what that means. To be fair-----

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank all the Deputies for raising a variety of issues pertaining to the shared island programme and agenda. Deputy Richmond raised the broader issue in terms of potential. The Patrick Kielty contribution was an extraordinary one. It certainly struck a chord with many people who watched his contribution over and over again. It went viral and was very widely accessed by people. It...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: We will communicate with the Northern Ireland Executive but it is a matter for it. On Doug Beattie, he has made it clear himself how unacceptable his tweets were.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: He himself has come forward and made it very clear they were absolutely unacceptable and wrong and he should not have done it.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I dealt with fuel. I have answered and responded on fuel poverty all day today. The Deputy asked questions earlier.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I have indicated the approach we intend as a Government, working with the social partners to deal with the cost of living and issues, including energy.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Taoiseach's Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 20 to 31, inclusive, together. As the House will be aware, Chancellor Olaf Scholz took up his office on 8 December as the head of the new German coalition Government. Ireland and Germany are close partners and friends, and I was therefore pleased to have the opportunity to talk to him by phone on 1 December, prior to his formal appointment. I also...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 to 19, inclusive, together. The Government's shared island initiative is working to realise the full potential of the Good Friday Agreement, to enhance co-operation and connection on the island, and to engage with all communities and traditions to build consensus around a shared future. We are working on an ambitious and whole-of-government basis, and...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: National Risk Assessment (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputies for their questions. Deputy Tóibín raised the issue of cyberattacks. These are a clear risk to the country. Cybersecurity is vitally important to our economy and to wider society. The attack on our health system last year had a devastating impact on health services, particularly on front-line services with regard to access to scans and so on. It also had an...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Minister of State and the Government are keen on a more specific approach to drugs policy, particularly in an approach to area partnerships as a broader way of dealing with the issue, particularly in areas that have a higher level of challenges in respect of drug use and misuse. A number of a citizens' assemblies have been proposed in respect of a lord mayor in Dublin, drugs and...

Education (Inspection of Individual Education Plans for Children with Special Needs) Bill 2021: First Stage (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: No.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion: National Risk Assessment (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 8, inclusive, together. The national risk assessment has been prepared annually since 2014 and provides an opportunity to identify and discuss significant risks that may arise for Ireland. The experience of the past number of years has brought home the importance of work in the area of risk management and preparedness. By promoting an open and...