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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: A range of supports have been given to people. An additional 1,500 public servants-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: Enterprise Ireland is giving money to many employers but we want more to apply. We have said that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: An awful lot of them got it. Come on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: As the Deputy is aware, we have provided a range of business and agricultural supports and loan and grant schemes to support business to get ready for Brexit and so on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: In terms of the overall context, it had been both the general and majority view of this House, as articulated at various Oireachtas committees, and of the Government that we need to address the issue of climate change and that we also have to have clean air for the health of the people of the country. I ask the Deputy to confirm that this is also his view. The introduction of the smoky coal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for the question and for raising the issues. I also wish everyone a happy new year and may 2021 be better than 2020, in particular in respect of Covid-19. We sympathise with those who have lost someone, in particular most recently, as a result of Covid. The Deputy's question relates essentially to the impact of Brexit. We have been very clear for quite some time that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Government did not bring about Brexit. There are issues in terms of rules of origin that will impact on some food products and these result directly from the legal framework governing trade. There are also some significant anomalies in respect of certain goods that are manufactured in Europe by companies that have their main bases in the UK in terms of supplying the UK and Ireland....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: It will be a survivor-led response to the commission. The commission was independent. No politician had any hand, act or role in the deliberations of the commission itself. The Deputy needs to accept that. I hope he was not implying that when he used the phrase "systematic attempt". It is important that this sort of thinking does not gain ground. That is not fair and it is not right....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I can deal with that more comprehensively later.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his contribution. For my own part, my remarks and my statement yesterday in no way sought to diminish the role of the churches, or indeed the State, and any reading of them would confirm that. I spoke about the perverse moral code overseen by the church that in my view was responsible for this in terms of its attitude to sexual morality, for example, which was at the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: No doubt the commission brought out a whole range of issues and actions speak louder than words. The most important work we have to do in this House in the immediate future is the implementation in terms of the legislation which the previous Dáil was not in a position to get through.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: I know what the Deputy is doing. She is engaging in a political branding exercise rather than making a serious intervention on housing and housing policy. Sinn Féin seems to be opposed to all home ownership initiatives by this Government and by previous Governments. Fianna Fáil did one thing in the history of this country. It was responsible for the massive social housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: On the first point, we are not allowing anybody to write our housing policies. Generally speaking, I think the budget was a landmark budget in terms of housing, with €3.1 billion allocation and the largest amount of social housing - to be built this year - on record. Obviously, Covid will interrupt that this month. Be under no illusion - we are taking a multi-strand approach to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: My Department has not received a request for  assistance  from Operation Kenova. We are prepared to be of assistance to Operation Kenova with its enquiries as far as possible, within the confines of the law. Any such request for assistance would be given full and careful consideration. We are committed to working with the UK Government and the political...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: Neither the Department of the Taoiseach nor the body under its aegis have awarded any contracts to the company in question.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commissions of Investigation (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: The NAMA Commission of Investigation was established by the Government in June 2017 following consultations with Opposition representatives and resolutions made by the Dáil and Seanad. The Commission is fully independent in its investigations and its Sole Member is Judge John D. Cooke. The Commission was initially expected to report on the sale by NAMA of its Northern Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Correspondence (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: My Department is in contact with the company that forwarded the correspondence.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Shared Island unit in my Department is led by an Assistant Secretary with four full-time staff appointed at present. Staffing resources for the unit are kept under ongoing review. The unit supports implementation of the Government’s commitment to work with all communities and traditions on the island to build consensus around a shared future underpinned by the Good Friday...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Economic Policy (13 Jan 2021)

Micheál Martin: The development of the National Economic Plan is well advanced, however, finalisation has been deferred given the short-term focus on economic supports for businesses and workers affected by the reintroduction of public health restrictions due to Covid-19. The Plan is intended to be a high-level framework setting out the Government’s priorities and policy objectives for a...

Guerin Report: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: The House will recall that in February 2014, the then Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, appointed Seán Guerin SC to carry out a review of the actions taken by An Garda Síochána pertaining to certain allegations made by Sergeant Maurice McCabe. Mr. Guerin provided his report in May 2014, and following a meeting with Mr. Kenny, Alan Shatter resigned from the Government. Mr. Shatter made...