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Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: Why?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: The funding has been sanctioned on an exceptional basis.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: The regulation has been signed by the Minister. I will talk to the Minister for Justice and come back to the Deputy. Deputy Barry raised the Aer Lingus issue. I have met with Aer Lingus representatives. The Government's objective was to maintain the viability of airlines and airports and support their workers through the pandemic. We provided the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I am giving the Deputy the answer. The Deputy is not giving the answer. He is suggesting-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: Exactly. You want all the supports pulled.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: You kind of do. You want nirvana. The world does not work the way you prescribe it to work.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: We have done all that. On Deputy Boyd Barrett's question, I am open to consultation on special recognition. I thought he was going to give me a tiered response but in the end he said everybody should be supported, basically. I take the point in respect of healthcare workers on the front line. On sustainable issues, there will be lessons learned from Covid in terms of how we organise and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I will revert to the Minister with regard to Deputy McDonald's question on the Stardust inquiry. The Government is committed to ensuring the Stardust inquests and the families involved are provided with all relevant supports. As the Deputy said, the Government did respond to that issue. Funding of €8 million has been allocated for the new inquests. This includes funding for legal...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: The answer then is that we need to get the optimal place for him where he will be given the necessary supports. That is what we need to do. If the Deputy will send on the details to me, I will certainly pursue the matter with the authorities to see if we can get a place for that young man. It is certainly not acceptable for him to be on the streets. With regard to Deputy Paul Murphy's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16 to 20, inclusive, together. The social dialogue unit, which is part of the economic division of my Department, works to co-ordinate and support the Government's overall approach to social dialogue. The work of the unit involves supporting engagement with the social partners through a variety of mechanisms, including the Labour Employer Economic Forum,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 to 15, inclusive, together. The public service, justice and policing reform unit sits in the social policy and public service reform division of the Department of An Taoiseach. The unit supports the Civil Service management board, including the Civil Service renewal programme; contributes to the oversight and governance of the new public service reform...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank all the Deputies for raising important issues. Deputy McDonald raised the issue of access to records, which I will follow through on. In my view, it should not be necessary to seek the permission of a GP to get access to your own medical records; they should be available. It relates ultimately to the information and tracing legislation published in May this year and which is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: In fairness to Santa Claus, he overcame the Covid-19 crisis and he will overcome the supply chain issue as well. I have no doubt about that. On wider issues, Brexit continues to have an impact and in many ways Covid masked some of the issues that have arisen from it. The issues are mainly in the United Kingdom in the operation of small to medium-sized businesses there, for example. Their...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: There is no agenda in this Government in discriminating against Limerick or rural areas in general. There is an unprecedented capital investment programme in local infrastructure the length and breadth of the country. The issue will be delivering in terms of the capacity constraints in the economy, including the availability of labour and other issues. The town and village renewal...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: The URDF has allocated substantial money to Limerick, as the Deputy knows.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: Towns and villages are being funded through the rural communities development project.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: On Deputy Ward's questions, in the context of the budget the fuel allowance supports and the variety of supports that are there to help low-income families with heating will be looked at, given the rising costs and so on. Deputy Crowe raised the issue of the transfer of the heritage sites. It would be unthinkable if an organisation was not going to operate them. No one in government...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 12 together. The Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality oversees implementation of programme for Government commitments in the areas of social policy, including sport, arts and culture; equality, including children and youth affairs; and public services, including matters relating to justice, policing reform and community safety. This...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: The legislation has been published. As this is something that had been going on for years, on becoming Taoiseach I insisted that with the help of the Office of the Attorney General we would get it drafted and dealt with. It has happened and it has been published. I appreciate the Deputy's point. It is open to every Oireachtas Member to get this Bill through now in a timely manner. That...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: Perhaps I might come back to the Deputy on that. I have a note on Gaeltacht learning periods and the grant that was funded by the Department of Education up to the 2012-13 academic year. The rate of the reintroduced student grant for 2021 has been set at an average of €650. I think that is different from the issue of the Deputy is raising, which relates more to the allowance for...