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

Micheál Martin: Every time there is a big conference like COP26 or whatever, everybody is all ado for about a week or two.

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

Micheál Martin: However, when we try to do something concrete about it and resolve carbon budget issues, there are objections.

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

Micheál Martin: We had a debate on it.

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

Micheál Martin: On the reports from the Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland, the most recent report is indeed very significant and deeply concerning and is the second such report in a matter of weeks. It examined eight loyalist paramilitary attacks in south Belfast between 1990 and 1998, which resulted in 11 murders and one attempted murder. The report has found strong evidence of investigative and...

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

Micheál Martin: It was only sent-----

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

Micheál Martin: The money has been allocated. It is not a money issue.

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

Micheál Martin: Could I also say-----

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

Micheál Martin: Children's Health Ireland got the money. The Deputy can contact it or seek to meet with it through the Oireachtas Committee on Health, or by whatever means. The Deputy can meet it. It will go through all of that with the Deputy. There is no issue.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: I agree that one can oppose Israeli Government policy and should not be labelled as antisemitic for doing it. It is important, given our strength despite being a small country, that our voice on this matter has been seen as objective and honourable, although not by everybody. Generally speaking, our interest is genuine and we have been one of the strong supporters of the United Nations...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: I am on the pragmatic side. I know what works. When I say "works", we must help people and children to get an education. We should seek, at a European level and with our American partners, to expand UNRWA and its support for the vast majority of people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: I respect all parties but we are entitled to have our own opinion as well.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: We are entitled to read reports, analyse them and form our own opinions. There is a great novel by Colum McCann, Apeirogon, and the Deputy should read it. I have read it. That in a far more impactful way, I think, illustrates the reality of life involving two people-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----on different sides. The Deputy should read it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: Go read it. I rest my case.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: I rest my case.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an Teachta as an cheist phráinneach agus tábhachtach seo a ardú. Níl an tuarascáil léite agam ach tá a fhios agam faoin idirdheighilt sin agus na deacrachtaí atá ag na Palaistínigh, go háirithe ag teacht ó pholasaithe an rialtais atá ann faoi láthair. I fully acknowledge that there are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: That is currently being examined by the Department of Foreign Affairs. I have not read it yet, but I will get through it as quickly as I can. From our perspective, through the European Union we have a clear policy position in this regard. We believe that Israeli policy is counterproductive to the emergence and triumph of moderate opinion within Palestine, in both the West Bank and Gaza....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: From the outset the Government has been committed to first supporting workers and people on the ground. No Government wants people to perish or die in the ditches. For God's sake, let us have some common sense and some sense of perspective. The bottom line is that the Government is considering measures right now, over and above what we have already undertaken in the budget, which provided...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: -----that this inflationary cycle is imposing on people. There is no question but that this is a global phenomenon. Nobody is arguing about that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: We need to take measures now that can ease the pressure on people's everyday weekly outgoings on a number of fronts and that is what we are examining. Before the end of the week, we will have proposals to add to the decisions that we have already taken in this regard. We fully understand the pressures that people are under and we are going to deal with them.