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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: It is very regrettable that, since the Government was formed, debate has become very partisan and divisive.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: The public health advice should be accepted in good faith. One can disagree or agree but you should not be casting aspersions and using language such as "medical apartheid" and so forth-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----when the only objective from the public health perspective is to protect people who are not vaccinated. Why would we want unvaccinated people to get the virus? Why would we want to throw caution to the wind? Is that okay? Is that what we are actually saying, if you look at the counterargument?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I acknowledge the Deputy's positive comments in respect of the Committee Stage amendments to the climate Bill in the Seanad last week. It illustrates the Minister's openness and accommodation in taking on the views and ideas of others in the legislative process. He has a high regard for agriculture and rural Ireland. He has made that clear on an ongoing and consistent basis. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: Maybe the Deputy is watching the European Championship because he has shown such agility of foot across the pitch here in the past two minutes. It is highly impressive. He has covered everything from slurry spreading and forestry to carbon sinks-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I acknowledge it. I reassure the Deputy that the Government is for rural Ireland. We have invested unprecedented amounts in rural Ireland through a range of capital funding measures. The Deputy must surely acknowledge that. We have developed new initiatives in respect of forestry. The Government has, through both legislation and resources for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----and we will deliver an increase in afforestation, certainly over the lifetime of the Government. We will do everything we possibly can to do that. We will continue to support all aspects of rural Ireland into the future.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----and we will be building far more-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: ----affordable housing through the Land Development Agency legislation-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----which is going through the House this week.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle, is it regular that heckling is facilitated?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: No, a Cheann Comhairle, on a point of order, it is going on a lot.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle, it has been remarked to me for quite some time that this is a growing trend and it is being facilitated, which was not agreed on Leaders Questions and is certainly not my understanding of Leaders Questions.. My understanding was----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: That is a cop-out-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I do not accept that, a Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: I do not accept that, a Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, a Cheann Comhairle, the Deputy has raised an important issue in respect of the need for a global vaccination programme that is effective and efficient. I do not think the solution offered by the Deputy is the correct one. I think it is simplistic and in itself, it would not generate the additional supplies of vaccines. I also think that the Deputy should acknowledge...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: We have taken a position. We have taken a sensible position to get vaccines produced in greater volumes. Waiving intellectual property rights tomorrow morning will not do that. It will not do it. Does the Deputy know anything about pharmaceutical production? This country does know a thing or two about it. It is about sharing technology, capacity and know-how-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: ------to get these vaccines produced. We are doing it. The EU is doing it. It has pledged €1 billion to increase manufacturing and production in Africa. It is co-operating with the WTO and the TRIPS initiative to get a sensible outcome around the expansion of production and facilitating equitable access. There were discussions around here at the beginning of the year about the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: When is the Deputy going to be honest with people? It is her behaviour that is disgraceful. It is her and her party who opposed 975 homes in Clondalkin which included 30% social housing. It is Sinn Féin that opposed 500 homes in Tallaght, of which 80% would be social or affordable houses. Sinn Féin opposed 278 houses in Swords. Most recently, it voted against 1,200 social,...