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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: The budget does not mean anything to parents and children in situations like this. What matters is that our health service can respond in a proper, timely and effective manner to children with particular conditions that require surgery or other forms of medical treatment. That is the bottom line. Investments have been made. Previous Ministers have allocated increased resources and so on....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: No, it is not the truth. The first point I would make is the overall context of this budget is that as we are emerging, we hope, from the pandemic, and there are still some challenges so we are not out of the woods yet regarding Covid-19, the vaccination programme and the phased reopening of the economy and society have meant a more accelerated economic recovery than anybody anticipated two...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Deputy that she has opposed tax relief for renters in the form of the indexation of tax bands and credits that the Government introduced yesterday. She is resolutely opposed to that. That will give relief to those who are renting at present through reductions in income tax as a result of those measures. The Deputy opposes that, and she has articulated her opposition to it....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: We want to provide social housing for people-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----and that is why the last 12 months have witnessed a transformation in terms of putting the State centre stage in the provision of social and affordable housing. The Housing for All strategy announced by the Government provides for unprecedented resources next year and the year after. Some 11,000 social houses are to be provided next year. That will ultimately turn around the HAP...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy raising the issue of Adam Terry. Quite frankly, I do not think this is good enough. I do not think any child should have to wait so long to get vital surgery of this type. It is complex surgery, but that is no excuse. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children should not be the answer, although sometimes it is necessary for children to go there. In my view, this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: I need to correct the disinformation given to the House. The truth matters. Fianna Fáil has been in government for 15 months and we have had a Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the past 15 months. We have not been in government for five years. The Deputy should not continue to articulate an untruth-----]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: Just because the Deputy keeps saying it does not mean it is true. It is untrue and she should stop saying it in the interest of proper honesty in public debate. Let us leave that to one side. The Deputy is also ignoring the fact this budget does deal with many thousands of people who rent, but maybe people on the housing assistance payment, HAP, or on the rental accommodation scheme,...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: I beg your pardon.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: We are not talking.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: Just because Deputy Carthy-----

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: The principle of consent and the possibility of change in the constitutional status of Northern Ireland are fundamental elements of the Good Friday Agreement, endorsed by the people of this island North and South. The Government respects and affirms everyone’s right on the island to make the case for the constitutional future for Northern Ireland they wish to see, whether they are...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Bodies (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: No bodies under the aegis of my Department have made a settlement with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of the Attorney General (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3, 4, 5 and 8 together. The powers and functions of the Attorney General are set out at Article 30 of the Constitution and in the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924. The role of the Attorney General is to advise the Government in matters of law and legal opinion, and to this end, his Office comprises of a number of different functions in providing services...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: My diary for quarter 3 of 2021 has been published and is available on my Department's website at www.gov.ie/en/collection/87c7c-taoiseachs-diary-2021/.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Development Plan (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: In relation to my own Department, the Department of the Taoiseach does not have any capital budget or any capital projects under the revised National Development Plan (NDP) which was launched on 4 October 2021. My Department does, however, play a leadership role in the Shared Island Fund, a key Programme for Government commitment which is an element of the NDP. The revised NDP sets out...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: I appoint members to two state boards – the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) and the National Statistics Board (NSB). Appointments generally fall into three categories - independent members, members nominated by sectoral organisations and ex-officio members (including public servants). I have limited discretion on appointments depending on the category where the vacancy...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: My Department liaises closely with the Office of Government Procurement on all matters related to public procurement and monitors all areas of expenditure on an ongoing basis to ensure that value for money is being achieved. Regulation 32(2)(c) of the European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations S.I 284/2014 provides for the awarding of contracts by way of negotiated...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Development Plan (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 together. The National Development Plan (NDP) is a high-level financial and budgetary plan, which sets out the framework and broad direction for investment priorities over the period 2021 to 2030. It includes Exchequer allocations for Departments for the period 2021-2025 to support the delivery of the ten national strategic outcomes...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16, 17 and 18 together. There is a welcome increased focus and ambition for cross-border cooperation at local authority and regional levels, including through the North West City Region initiative, the Irish Central Border Area Network, the East Border Region and the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor, with each initiative setting out an agreed statement of...