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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: We have to look at the new technologies and we will do so. As we come through this phase of Covid, we know there could be winter phase of Covid. We are very conscious of that. All the tools and technologies at our disposal need to be looked at. I take the Deputy's point.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: First, the Government does not get involved in the planning or appeals processes. Certainly, this has been an issue of contention and controversy for quite some time. The point regarding the publication of documents is fair. There should be full transparency regarding this project and all the submissions made in respect of the planning process, including from the company's perspective in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----and more generally. I will inquire as to the status of the publication of those documents.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: In fairness, the Deputy should have acknowledged that the Minister has brought in a significant proposal on the capping of rent increases in line with the harmonised index of consumer prices. This is something he was calling for as a minimum and the Minister has done it now. It is a very progressive measure. All the measures the Minister has taken in placing restrictions on evictions and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I will engage with the Minister for Heath on this. Fundraising for equipment is one thing but, obviously, the key is to get the staffing in place and the capacity to deliver and do all of that. That is a key issue in terms of any equipment that is provided across the board in health. I acknowledge and pay tribute to those who have fundraised for this. Other Deputies in the constituency...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I recall that visit. Councillor Micheál Anglim, who has been a long-term campaigner for this, asked me to go down with Deputy Cahill. It is a lovely and very tranquil area.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: Very good footballers. I was reminded of that at the time because of what had happened on the playing pitch.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: It happened even before that in other grades. I get the point that, economically and socially, it is a problem and it is dangerous as well from a safety perspective. That was one of the issues raised at the time by many parents of schoolchildren. I will follow through on that and see what we can do.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his question. All health systems across Europe and the world come under pressure in a pandemic. That applies through wave after wave in different countries. The acute hospital system, as the Deputy says, continues to be in a challenging position, particularly with the significant backlog of non-Covid care arising from the demand for Covid care in the early part of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: We need to give credit to the health system. It stood up strongly to a difficult wave in the winter period. The investment in the winter initiative plan was key in enabling us to have a better flow through hospitals even before the wave came. November and December were better months than in previous years for flow through hospitals and the home care packages were key to that. The 5...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: This project has been ongoing for a number of years, from conception to the present state. It has been unsatisfactory in terms of the relationship between the contractor and development board. I am not in a position to give clarity around figures. The less bandying about of figures, the better, in relation to contracts and projects of this kind. That applies to everybody, including those...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----and others to be taken.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank Deputy Verona Murphy for raising this issue in respect of Rosslare. I hope I do have that common sense.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: Who could have as much common sense as the Deputy? In the context of Brexit, the importance of Rosslare Europort is very evident. It has given us capacity and flexibility in dealing with the Brexit situation. Another area in which there is potential relates to the development of port facilities to facilitate renewable wind energy generation offshore. We have now developed the maritime...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: That meeting is important because it can open the door and create a pathway for an application for significant funding, which would be backed by the State, from the CEF. The Department of Transport has been in touch with the European Commission seeking to negotiate changes to the criteria for this facility which would allow for EU funding for basic port infrastructure with a view to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: Arís, níl an fhírinne á insint ag an Teachta. Is léir sin agus aiféala atá i gceist aici. Deputy McDonald did not address the point I made. She is into sloganeering this morning because there is a by-election. She is into exploiting the housing issue for her own advancement and electoral advancement. On the ground, all she ever does is the same old Sinn...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: It is opposing to win votes locally and to court popularity. That is the same old Sinn Féin I have been watching for the last two years. It ruthlessly exploits the housing problem for electoral advancement and is pretty poor at coming up with substance or solutions to the housing problem. I asked Deputy McDonald about the 2,400 families that could benefit from social housing under...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----the old rhetoric and the nonsense. I have no interest in any fund, none whatsoever. It does not bother me. The only issue I care about is getting people housed. To get people housed, we have to have all hands on deck.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: We have to produce all forms of housing across the board.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: We need direct build affordable cost rental. That is what we have to do. It is about time Sinn Féin came up with solutions and stopped attacking and providing no solutions.