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- 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,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: The contrast between the Deputy's rhetoric and her delivery in respect of housing on the ground is quite disgraceful.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: First, I always respect Opposition leaders in terms of the questions they put-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----but I always reserve the right to respond robustly.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: When the Deputy sees the housing for all strategy, she will see the point I am making. The strategy will-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----cover the housing policy of the Government for the next five years. That will make it very clear that the focus will be on building houses, owning houses-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: I will deal with it. I am entitled to reply and not to have this constant heckling which seems to have become a feature. If Deputy Shortall wants me to respect leaders, reciprocity is called for. I am simply making the point that when the housing for all strategy is published, it will reflect my views on the optimal way forward for local authorities. I believe the best value for money is...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is saying that. She is implying that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: That is exactly what she has been doing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: That is what she has been doing. She has been trying to undermine Government policy because the bottom line is that she does not know where her own policy is at the end of the day. We are clear that we have a suite of measures. The largest social housing programme in the history of the State will be part of that housing for all strategy which will involve direct build and building up the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: Is the Deputy asking about first-time buyers? They will not be buying social housing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: First-time buyers will be assisted by a comprehensive range of measures in the housing for all strategy, but also in terms of the help-to-buy scheme and-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----the shared equity scheme-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: I get what the Deputy is talking about but the point I am making is that-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----we will be doing more to incentivise first-time buyers. The Deputy, or certainly the party opposite me, opposed the 22,000 people who gained from the help-to-buy scheme-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: That is helping first-time buyers-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: First, I again reject the Deputy's assertions in regard to Government housing policy and our commitment to building social houses and, indeed, affordable houses, and providing the first cost-rental scheme in the evolution of State housing policy. The Minister has brought in a suite of measures and initiatives that the Deputy consistently ignores. We have allocated more money to the building...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (6 Jul 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach has one commercial bank account. The Department is seeking confirmation from the bank that there has been no negative interest rate charges on this account and a detailed breakdown of the fees and charges levied to date. A final response will issue to the Deputy when this is received.