Results 14,961-14,980 of 50,213 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: It is all for political ends and electoral ends. Every time the Deputy does it, I will stop her in her tracks and say, "Stop peddling disinformation." I did not design any scheme and you know that-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----and you should acknowledge that, through the Chair. You should acknowledge that and keep to the truth.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: The last scheme was prepared in good faith by the last Government-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----which was welcomed by Sinn Féin at the time. The scheme has to change. The residents that I met put very good issues to me at the time regarding upfront costs in terms of rental if they were out of their homes when the houses were being refurbished, but also certification so that if there was remedial work done and something happened in ten or 15 years' time, they would be...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----between the owners and the Minister. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, will come to the party leaders and the Government will then take a decision on that and share that with the House.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: It depends on how the Deputy defines "night club".
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: First of all, Deputy, I have to state that there are 464 people in hospital this morning. There are 74 in intensive care. My central objective and that of the Government is to protect lives and protect people's health. That has to be central to our consideration above and beyond anything. This is not giving out to anybody or criticising anybody, but it has to be central and it has to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: We have asked it. The Minister for Health has written to NIAC in respect of healthcare workers because we do accept the Deputy's points.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: I think the Deputy has raised a fair point in terms of ventilation. Guidance has issued in respect of ventilation in our schools, which resulted in CO2 monitors being provided to schools across the length and breadth of the country. Close to 90% of over-12s in the population have been vaccinated. The vaccines are very effective against severe illness, hospitalisation, death and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: I checked with officials in my office before coming here and my office was not aware that an invitation had been issued to me to meet the group today. The Deputy should not politicise the issue in the way she did. I will meet groups and I went to Donegal and met homeowners. No party in this House has a monopoly on empathy and the Deputy does not either. Sinn Féin did not make this an...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: You and Deputy Mac Lochlainn thought it was okay so let us not be all self-righteous, coming in and saying that you are the great guardian and defender. You are recreating the narrative.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to get into a political spat about this. I accept the genuine views of everybody in this House and I accept that they want this issue resolved for the residents involved. This situation has far-reaching implications nationally as well. Other counties are manifesting mica problems also and the Government has to take all those implications on board. The action we take on mica...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: I did not design any scheme.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: It is extremely important that the Deputy does not continually present misinformation to the House. She just said that I designed a scheme; I designed no scheme.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: The last Government designed the scheme.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: No, because we were not in government. The Deputy keeps pedalling untruth, fake news and populism.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland operates in accordance with established guidelines for Cabinet Committees and where appropriate, substantive issues are referred to Government for discussion and approval. In general terms, the Cabinet Committee oversees implementation of relevant Programme for Government commitments in the area of Brexit and Northern Ireland, and ongoing...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: My Department has not engaged the services of the company concerned and there are no records of any meetings or correspondence with the company in question.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (20 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: Attached is a tabular breakdown of the spend in 2021 on public advertisements in response to the Covid19 pandemic. All of the contracts for media buying, print ads, radio ads, tv ads, social media promotion, online banner advertising and creative services were contracted through competitive processes and the Office of Government Procurement Framework contracts to ensure best value for money....
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)
Micheál Martin: I did not say that.