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- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----and will continue to do so. They will engage with the industry and representative groups on the matter and keep engaging with the EU officials-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----regarding the operation of these safeguard measures.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: That kind of sums up the shallowness of the Deputy's presentation. What he is saying is absolute rubbish. We are not ceding anything, particularly in respect of fishing rights. We are ceding nothing. It is just another game, is it not? It is just another slogan and just another approach, and it is consistent with the Deputy's approach on everything. I engaged with the fishermen of...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: We need solidarity in the country. I genuinely believe when I say solidarity that we have to find solutions to problems in the country. Dublin is expanding. Many of your people-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: People who lived in Limerick are now living in Dublin.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: There you are. That is a good sign for Limerick.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: What I also see happening is that any project to help resolve issues just gets objected to. That is becoming the sort of habitual-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: I want to make my point. It is becoming the habitual trend.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: There is a very serious issue with water supply in the east part of the country. We need to be practical about it. We need engineering solutions. We need to do so in a way that does not damage the environment or local communities. We need to do it practically and with a bit of common sense. That is all I will say on that one. The idea of having to pay for every drop of water the whole...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: I do not know who "you" is. Does the Deputy not know I come from Cork? There is only so much I will take.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: I note you are wearing the Limerick mask. I understand the success of the Limerick hurling team. You are fully in your rights to have that self-confidence and that projection forward. I understand that fully.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: The position of the Irish Government, which is shared by all of the political parties in Northern Ireland across the political spectrum, along with all the victim groups also, is that a unilateral move away from the Stormont House Agreement and the introduction of what amounts to a general amnesty for all security personnel and all paramilitaries for murders and other crimes committed up...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: We always keep these issues under review. I appreciate Aoibhe and Senan asking these questions. The public health advice has been that indoor events are problematic. I would say to everybody in the House that the numbers are rising. We will know today that the case numbers are rising, as are hospital numbers. We saw what happened in the Netherlands, where the Government has had to...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: We need to take this step by step but we will keep it under review.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: A core part of Government policy is to build houses and not lease them. This will be reflected in the Housing for All strategy. In the interim period, we need to wean off the degree to which leasing has been used. Up to 2,500 houses over the next 18 months can be provided through this mechanism for people on social housing lists. We do need to get people off the social housing lists and...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: We are going to have to work through this. As I said last week, we are in a transitional phase on this.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: The CO2monitors are recommended for schools. The working group has recommended them. The Minister has committed to providing CO2monitors to schools across the length and breadth of the country. I have not seen the reply the Deputy referred to, so I do not know the context in which she is quoting the figures.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Minister has introduced rent controls in given areas and looked after people who were vulnerable in respect of rent. He has introduced new legislation to restrict rent increases. The Deputy knows that. However, he summed it up himself. It is not about resources. Of course, resources matter. The Deputy is going on about a billion here and a billion there, but my point is that it is...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: The capacity does not exist to direct build 20,000 social houses next year.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: It does not exist right now. It can happen the more we build, and, yes, we rely on HAP, RAS and so forth.