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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...

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

Micheál Martin: There may be more.

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

Micheál Martin: I know, but people will not be satisfied with an inquiry that goes on for six years. I am just trying to be honest with the House.

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

Micheál Martin: Some can and some do.

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

Micheál Martin: I am saying there might be other ways of doing it. There might be a better way of doing it.

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

Micheál Martin: The Department is always very reluctant to pick one condition over another condition for eligibility for medical cards. There is provision for people who get a terminal diagnosis. We are trying to reduce the cost of care for people in certain situations. We are also extending eligibility, particularly through access to a GP visit card, which, as the Deputy knows, we have for children. I...

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

Micheál Martin: There is a global context here and I am very struck by the apparent refusal by those on the Opposition side, who are asking questions about this, to acknowledge the role of Russia in the supply of gas to Europe. The Deputy can nod all he likes, but it is a key factor here.