Results 121-140 of 52,100 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: Yes, please, and send a copy to the Minister for justice. I will liaise with the Minister and talk to him in respect of it. Deputy Conor McGuinness spoke about an over-reliance in routine policing and how a garda had not been seen in Portlaw. Visibility is improving. More and more gardaí are being recruited. The numbers applying are up significantly. The issue is now about how...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take questions Nos. 18 to 36, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on disability has been established to oversee the implementation of the programme for Government commitments in the area of disability, with specific focus on children's disability services as well as disability more generally under the Government's new National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People...

Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: That was a lengthy list of questions from quite a number of Deputies. Deputy Ardagh was first into the fray. I agree with her and will talk to Minister for justice and other Ministers in respect of a dedicated safe inner city initiative, particularly as some of the ideas outlined were implemented in the north-east inner city at the time of the Kinahan-Hutch feud. The impact of that feud on...

Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: There is no excuse for an armed group being established. We cannot blame politicians for people who take it upon themselves to set up an armed group and procure weapons and bombs. It is wrong to blame politicians for that. I would simply make that point. That said, the campaign of, in certain respects, far-right terror is a worry. There is no doubt about that. Threats to politicians...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: Again, that is an issue which has to be resolved at the local authority level. If the Deputy can give me some further material on that - I am obviously not aware of the individual case - we can examine it and see what the situation is.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: First, no workers should be harassed. I hope that is not the case in Dublin Bus but I will have the matter examined. I will talk to the Minister involved in terms of the specific issue. This is, of course, the industrial relations machinery available to resolve these issues but I will talk to the Minister and have the matter examined.

Ceisteanna - Questions (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 17, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on justice, migration and social affairs oversees the implementation of programme for Government commitments that relate to matters under these headings. It was established in February 2025 following the appointment of the new Government in January. The Cabinet committee on justice, migration and social...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: No one is being treated as a second-class citizen. Enormous resources have been committed and are currently being spent on the remediation scheme in Donegal, Mayo and elsewhere. That will continue. The legislation in relation to all of this is imminent.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: This Government is very serious about investing in road projects. The sectoral plan from the national development plan in transport will be very comprehensive and substantial. Investment has already been allocated to the Kilmeaden to Carrolls Cross stretch. That should be acknowledged. More generally, there has never been the level of investment in our roads in the history of the State...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising a very serious issue. It is a distressing and devastating issue for all those who have been victims, essentially, of the activity and business of this company. Deputy McCormack also raised this publicly. As the Deputy said, there are issues for the workers. We will do everything we can through State agencies to be of assistance to the workers. There are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: There is flexibility in the workplace in the current era compared with any other previous era. Many companies are still working through the aftermath of Covid. Many good practices have emerged. Some have been reviewed. At company level, there is a legislative framework governing the right to seek to work remotely. It is within that framework that I think companies to work with their...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: The situation is unacceptable. I agree with the Deputy's approach in respect of the professional bodies and CORU. People who are trained in the UK or across Europe should be accelerated. The Minister has had an engagement with CORU in respect of therapies and the professional bodies. The professional bodies also need to look in a realistic way at the thresholds, so it should not need a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: There has been a significant increase in health personnel in the last five years - dramatic increases.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: In all services.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: If we are honest, what is required here is a more radical look at the model. It is not working.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: Just a minute. It is not just more, more, more from the State. People have to look radically at this. Professional bodies have to look at it, in terms of how people are assessed and dealt with and how services are provided, because the number of therapists has increased with recruitment and so on. We are open to doing more, and we have provided more funding for more.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: The model has to change as well in terms of how services are structured and provided. The HSE did develop a primary care intervention targeted approach in respect of speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy. It needs to do it now, and it is going to embark on one for psychology as well.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2025)

Micheál Martin: Yes, we are, but these are legally binding targets that both the Government and Europe have imposed. I would argue that the last Government did more than previous Government's in moving this forward and step-changing the nature of the response, but it is very challenging. I disagree with the Deputy's analysis. He disparagingly referred to tech companies. Tech companies in this country put...