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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: We should acknowledge that yesterday we passed a sad figure - a threshold of 3,000 people who have died in the Republic from Covid-19 and 1,760 who have passed in Northern Ireland. Our thoughts and our prayers are with the families of those who have been bereaved by this deadly and dangerous virus, which constantly evolves and is causing devastation to people's lives and to societies across...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: North-South Ministerial Council (27 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I led the Government when we attended the 25th meeting of the North South Ministerial Council which was held virtually on 18 December. The meeting was jointly chaired by the First Minister, Arlene Foster MLA, and the deputy First Minister, Michelle O’Neill MLA.  The meeting provided the Irish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive the opportunity to exchange views on a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commission on the Future of Policing (27 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: A Policing Service for our Future(APSFF) – the Government’s Plan to implement the Report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland – is a living document which is reviewed and updated, as required, to maintain ambitious but realistic commitments, timeframes and milestones. The Policing Reform Implementation Programme Office (PRIPO) – which is based in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: My diary for quarter 4 of 2020 has been published and is available on my Department's website at .

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: Since March, my Department has supported the whole-of-government response to COVID-19, mainly through the Cabinet Committee and associated structures. In line with public health advice, a significant proportion of the Department’s staff have been working effectively from home since March with the required level of supports in place. Staff attending the workplace in person are providing...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Disability Act Employment Targets (27 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: The number of staff working within my Department who have disclosed a disability in each of the years 1 January 2015 to 2019 is set out in the accompanying table. Data for 2020 is currently being collated in line with the statutory annual return to the National Disability Authority. - % of Staff who self-declared a Disability Total No. of Staff who self-declared a...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: €20 million was allocated in 2020 and €15 million in 2021 in my Department’s budget for COVID-19 Public Communications. The total provisional spend for 2020 is €16,900,999. This won’t be confirmed until mid-February when the 2020 accounts are finalised.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: The 2020/21 Covid19 spend on public information campaigns is listed in the tables below. Since March, my Department has co-ordinated communications for the whole-of-government response to the pandemic. This necessitated expenditure on a broad range of targeted public messaging across 38 different information campaigns. The overall communications strategy for Covid-19 is based on a coordinated...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I was involved in the establishment of SouthDoc in my time as Minister for Health and Children. It has provided a range of services across the Cork-Kerry region, including out-of-hours, 24-7 services, GP services and primary care services. The understanding was that the clinic would be opening and SouthDoc has taken that decision. I do not operate SouthDoc but nonetheless I will seek an...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his comments and I concur with them. As I said earlier, we wish President-elect Biden the very best and I agree with him when he describes the Irish poets as the best in the world. We look forward to welcoming him to Ireland during his presidency and we look forward to a very fruitful partnership with the United States on a range of multilateral issues, from climate...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the fact that that meeting is happening tomorrow. Deputies O'Dea and Quinlivan and the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, have been consistently raising this issue with me and there has been significant advancement on the first phase of the project. I will engage again with the Minister, Deputy Ryan, on it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: The recent decision of the Government on the obligation and requirement for a negative PCR test before one comes into the country has been strongly adhered to. There are very high levels of adherence to that measure. Further measures around quarantine are constantly being examined and there are significant implementation issues around them. To be frank, we have an issue in people accessing...

EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement: Motion (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: supports the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union (EU) and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), of the other part, done on 30th December, 2020; welcomes that: — the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, together with the Withdrawal Agreement,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: Throughout the pandemic the Government has provided unprecedented and extraordinary supports across the board, both with income supports for those who have lost work and passed measures to provide additional parental leave. There was also support for employers and the jobs they support through the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, the pandemic...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: In the first phase of the vaccinations up to 70,000 vaccines were administered to front-line healthcare workers. Some 23,000 were administered to the residents of long-term care facilities. The objective is that by next Sunday all residents and staff in such long-term care facilities would be vaccinated, and a substantial number of front-line healthcare workers. Once the long-term care...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I personally did not close anything and I certainly did not close that facility because I was not involved in that decision. I have not refused to meet anyone.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I do not know whether the Deputies have talked to the HSE locally. I suspect that the Deputies are aware of why the HSE took the action it has taken. That said, it is my understanding that the HSE wanted to invest in the centre with different purposes in mind. The facility needs a lot of investment and its current structures are not in a very good state, and I believe the Deputies would...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I have no issue in engaging with the HSE. I have not refused to meet with anybody. I do not know why people assert that I have, I have not. That remains the position.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I will talk to the Minister on the wind energy guidelines and the publication of the Mulcahy report. I will follow those up for the Deputy. The wind energy guidelines have been considered by the Department for a long time now so I will talk with the Minister about those.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: We are in the middle of a global pandemic and the virus is wreaking devastation on many industries, on many sectors and on society at large. That is the reality. The vaccination programme offers light at the end of the tunnel. We are part of a European pre-purchase agreement process with a number of companies for the delivery of the vaccine. The first such company was Pfizer-BioNTech and...