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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: There is a judicial review in respect of the proposal. Is that what the Deputy is talking about?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: For repairs.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: Maybe the Deputy might reveal the local solution to me.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: Look, the council wants to take this over, does it not?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: So they should get on with it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: In fairness, I was responding to issues raised by Deputy Mac Lochlainn. I certainly was not ad-libbing. I was giving a very considered response setting out my views regarding the latest report from the ombudsman, which is quite appalling. I make no bones about saying that. Last week, I met several victims' groups. I met Mark Sykes in the context of what happened in south Belfast. I also...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: I reiterated the Government’s position that we have communicated, and I have spoken personally and formally to the British Prime Minister and the authorities in this regard, that there can be no amnesty. When we listen to the victims and the families of the victims especially, it is clear that the British Government must change tack here.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: I did see that programme last evening. I thought it was powerful in revealing the horror and brutality of domestic violence. The programme’s power was that it allowed the victims to speak and speak truthfully about the manner of their experiences. It was the most effective way as a medium to bring home to us the enormous suffering that people have endured. The report covered the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: Again, I am intrigued by the degree to which the Members opposite attempt to misrepresent what I have said, and then try to establish it as a fact by continuing to repeat it in order to embed it in the public consciousness as a fact. I told the Deputy that wages have increased and that is a good thing, especially when linked to productivity. Wages have increased and I have no issue with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: The Government has said it is going to bring in measures to try to help people and to cushion the blow imposed by this inflationary cycle. We acknowledge that and we are going to deal with it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: An organisational capability review of the Department of Defence has been conducted over the last year by the organisational capability review team based in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It is part of a Civil Service-wide process being overseen by the Civil Service management board. It is, as the Deputy knows, completely separate from the Commission on the Defence Forces....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: The process will be fully transparent. There is an issue with the length of time, and we need to reduce that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Whitmore and Deputy Paul Murphy raised the carbon budget issue. That went through committee and there was debate at committee level.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: In all of the debates on climate change, I am struck by the fact that everybody wants to delay the day of reckoning on all fronts.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: We had that earlier in the cost of living debate, when people said we should postpone the carbon tax.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: The same will happen with the carbon budgets.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: People will say it is not enough, but when specific measures will be put on the table in respect of realising these objectives, everybody will oppose them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: This is going to be the story of climate change in next number of years.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: There you go again. All you seem to want to do is to say the Green Party is the greatest evil since time began.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: It is not, Deputy McGrath. Younger generations in the country need the Oireachtas to deal with climate change once and for all. We cannot keep on postponing and delaying climate change.