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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I have been trying to facilitate my diary and get-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I hope the Deputy does not object to me going to Ardfinnan-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----with Deputy Cahill and Councillor Michael Anglim in that respect. Again, there have been various requests to meet. I have refused nobody.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: The only issue is to try to facilitate meetings and so on. I will do what I can in that regard.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: It is a very fair point the Deputy has raised in terms of theatre usage. That is why the development of elective-only facilities is crucial, so that we have theatres that are not impacted by trauma medical admissions and so on, which happens in the major tertiary hospitals. That is key. Proposals for three elective facilities will come to Cabinet in a short while in respect of Galway,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I would make one important point. We need to be careful. I can remember a previous era when the courts were ordaining institutionalisation for young offenders, for example, which was the wrong approach, yet it was raised periodically in the Dáil.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I know the Deputy is talking about something different but we just need to be careful of that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I think that is the wrong perception. We have moved heaven and earth in trying to provide resources, last year for the return of schools and likewise this year. We need to be balanced and fair about this. In terms of the specific question, 25,000 CO2monitors were ordered and will be provided to schools by the end of this week. This enables all schools to have some CO2monitors, with the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I have mentioned the 4% already. At post-primary level-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----each of the schools will have received at least ten CO2monitors.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: First, as I said, the broader issue in terms of housing is that we need to build more houses and more apartments and units.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I know. I am saying to the Deputy that the most effective way to do it is to build more houses, apartments and units of different types across our cities and towns to deal with the housing crisis, which has many manifestations, not least in terms of student accommodation.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: We will work with the student union bodies and the colleges to see what we can do to alleviate and ameliorate the situation.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: We might have other issues then.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: They have issued public statements. I have not met the individuals yet. The Deputy is incorrect in saying that Sláintecare has slipped back. The opposite is the case. Over €1.2 billion was allocated in the last budget.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: In the public health area, consultants will be appointed for the first time ever. We committed to doubling the staff in public health and that is happening.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: Out of 255 appointments, 151 have been made. In home care alone, 5 million hours have been provided.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: Just listen. It went from 7,000 on the waiting list in March 2020 to 1,400 in 2021 and the statutory home care legislation is coming. In the community diagnostics programme, some 70,000 scans have been carried out. Some €25 million was allocated to the GP access to diagnostics initiative. That is very important. There are 6,000 more people working in the health service than there...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: Critical care beds have gone from 255 to 296 and will be at 321 by the end of the year. Bed capacity has gone up 800. For the proposals in relation to elective hospitals, the business cases have been made.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: I do not know the circumstances and am always loath to comment on the comments of judges but the point the Deputy has raised is a serious one. It is not good enough that any person is in jail who should be in a secure mental health facility. That is not satisfactory. I will ask the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Butler, to examine that.