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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the genuine points the Deputy has articulated. No local authority should be on the other side of this. Let that message go out loud and clear from Government. No local authority should be on the other side of this, engaging in a long lease with these institutional investors in that estate. A limited degree of leasing has some importance, but leasing over the long term does...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: First of all, I will state unequivocally that the purchasing by institutional investors of completed housing estates is unacceptable and not consistent with Government policy. We do not want institutional investors competing with first-time buyers. Our priority is first-time buyers. Our priority is additional supply of housing. The cornerstone of our housing policy is to build 50,000...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 and 13 together. I spoke with First Minister Arlene Foster last Wednesday to wish her well after her announcement that she would be stepping down as First Minister of Northern Ireland and as leader of the DUP. I have had a positive working relationship with Arlene in a variety of roles over the years. She has served during what has been a period of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on Brexit and Northern Ireland operates in accordance with established guidelines for Cabinet Committees and where appropriate, substantive issues are referred to Government for discussion and approval. In general terms, the Cabinet Committee oversees implementation of relevant Programme for Government commitments in the area of Brexit and Northern Ireland, and ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policy Functions (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The role of the Social Policy and Public Service Reform Division is to assist me, as Taoiseach, and the Government in delivering programme for Government objectives and public policies and services which help create a socially inclusive and fair society. Specifically, the Division assists the work of: - the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality and the associated senior officials'...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The IBRC Commission of Investigation was established by Government Order in June 2015 following consultation with Oireachtas parties. The IBRC Commission is entirely independent in its work and Mr. Justice Brian Cregan is its Sole Member. From the time of its establishment in June 2015 to the end of March 2021 the IBRC Commission spent €9,674,00 approximately, of which...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: No staff of my Department have had access to files or email restricted or revoked as part of or preceding or following a disciplinary process during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Shared Island Unit (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) regularly cooperate on matters of shared interest regarding the compilation of official statistics, including population, social, economic, trade and business sector statistics. This cooperation includes formal arrangements, such as the Memorandum of Understanding in place between the CSO and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Information (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The role of the Social Policy and Public Service Reform Division is to assist me, as Taoiseach, and the Government in delivering programme for Government objectives and public policies and services which help create a socially inclusive and fair society. Specifically, the Division assists the work of: - the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Equality and the associated senior officials'...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Economic and Social Council (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115, 116 and 118 together. The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) is an independent statutory agency operating under the aegis of my Department. It provides advice on strategic policy issues relating to sustainable economic, social and environmental development in Ireland. The Council's 2020 work programme comprised the following five themes –...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: Government has been working hard to implement the commitments in the Programme for Government across a wide range of issues in all Departments. The ten Cabinet Committees established by this Government reflect the full range of policy areas that it will work on during its lifetime as set out in the Programme for Government. Cabinet Committees meet regularly, consistent with the provisions in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: There is not a dedicated Cabinet Committee that deals with Transport, but rather transport related matters arise in a number of Cabinet Committees, most particularly the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment and the Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met on 12 April 2021, and is scheduled to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change last met on 1 April 2021 and is scheduled to meet again on 10 May 2021. It is chaired by the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and Transport, Eamon Ryan. This Cabinet Committee oversees the implementation of the ambitious Programme for Government commitments in relation to the environment and climate change. These...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: It is $1.8 trillion.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: First, Ireland has shown moral leadership on this issue and so has Europe. There have been many simplistic conclusions drawn here, which are not merited and do not stack up. Europe has led the charge in terms of vaccine production and export for the entire world. A month or two ago, Deputies in this House were criticising Europe in terms of its slow distribution and manufacture of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: I am answering the Deputy. It is not as simple as the slogan.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: Unfortunately, too many Deputies reduce everything to a slogan or sound bite. It is not that simple and the Deputy should not pretend it is that simple either. One of the largest manufacturing sites is in India. AstraZeneca has been manufacturing in India and India has put a ban, of necessity, on any export from India. Earlier in this period, Europe thought it would be getting vaccines...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: There were 11 or 12 questions, or maybe more, asked. It is impossible for me to give any form of reply to this kind of scenario. That is merely the system as it has been developed.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (28 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: The future of education will be broad based and will involve a range of issues.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (28 Apr 2021)

Micheál Martin: I do not want to be seen to be ignoring the issue Deputy Tóibín raised and I am aware of it. There are very concerning circumstances surrounding the case in question and I will certainly see if I can examine the latest position with regard to the report.