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- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: No, we are not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: The European Union is the only continent that is giving-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: No, that is just slogans again.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: My apologies.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16 to 24, inclusive, together. I attended the 36th summit meeting of the British-Irish Council hosted by the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, in Cardiff on 18 and 19 November. The council explored approaches to the acquisition of indigenous, minority and lesser used languages in early years settings. I welcomed the opportunity to provide an...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Smith raised the issue of my conversations with President Biden on the Good Friday Agreement. The President has been very consistent, in all my conversations with him, on the imperative of protecting the Good Friday Agreement and also on the importance of the protocol in the context of the trade agreement between the UK and EU. Deputy Smith referenced the idea of restoring the post...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: I will engage with the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, on the community and voluntary networks and their engagement in the national alcohol and drug strategy. I passionately believe in the community and voluntary pillar in terms of the implementation of national strategies and in working to formulate and implement those strategies. Deputy Boyd Barrett raised the issue of tenders. The...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is reforming and adapting the public procurement frameworks to accommodate this and to make sure we can get projects going and not lose too much time in getting projects completed. In this case the developer has pulled out. I will ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, to get involved and to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 to 15, inclusive, together. The relationship between Ireland and the United States is deep and of long standing. It is important to the country in many ways, not least politically and economically, and it is one to which I attach the highest value. I have had a number of recent contacts with the President of the United States. I most recently spoke...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 9, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality oversees implementation of programme for Government commitments in the areas of social policy, including sport, arts and culture, equality, including children and youth affairs, and public services, including matters relating to justice, policing reform and community safety....
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: First of all, I thank the Deputy for raising what is a very important issue. To be fair, the Minister for Health has really led on this front in terms of the programme and the priority he gave it in his budget submission to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. He received funding to create this year four specialist menopause clinics. The first of those four menopause clinics has...
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: My view of entire debate in this regard is that the absolute imperative is that we get a national maternity hospital built that is fit for purpose for the women who need to avail of modern, first-class and world-class facilities. There has been too much delay for years before this Government was formed because of different disputes, arguments and debates between different entities and hospitals.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: I will answer the question. That is the bottom line.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: If the Deputy does know,-----
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: The question is in the context of the debate that the Deputy has been a participant in and many here have been participants in. It is the bid to try to arrive at a consensus and a conclusion that has delayed this.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: I do not have a timeline yet.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: Very quickly, I do not accept the term "outcasts" in any shape or form. I think the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has-----
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: No, I mean in terms of the current payment scheme, which is the context in which I think the Deputy described it. I am speaking in terms of the payment scheme that the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, has announced. In fairness, he deliberated with many groups in respect of this. It is not just the payment scheme. The information and tracing Bill is essential and a whole range of measures,...
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: I am not of the view right now that a commission of investigation is the best model to evaluate how this country did in respect of Covid-19.
- Order of Business (7 Dec 2021)
Micheál Martin: What I am intrigued by is that, even before we establish it, Aontú has clearly set its own terms of reference regarding to whom it is going to apportion blame, which is characteristic of a lot of approaches in the House.