Results 17,261-17,280 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: The climate change Bill is comprehensive legislation that is groundbreaking and a landmark in terms of this country turning a corner in meeting its climate change needs and agenda. It aligns with the targets also being set in Europe. It is very important legislation that creates a framework for further action. It can create opportunity as well in terms of jobs in the new green economy and...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy. I want to place on record my deepest sympathies to the Ambrose family on the death of Tom, who was a very dedicated and long-serving public representative. He was a great champion of Clonmel, with great commitment to its cause and to Tipperary more generally. In terms of the specifics of the Garda station, I will talk to the Minister for Justice in regard to that....
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: We did not.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: First, we are not out of synch with the rest of the world.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, there were hardly four words out of my mouth and there was an unacceptable intervention. The bottom line is that we have supported aviation and we want to support aviation. We have supported the airlines and we want to continue to support the airlines. It is very sad and difficult news for those workers being laid off today. I do not make any political capital out of...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: I am not saying you are. Would you stop?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: I am not accusing you-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: I am not accusing you of that. I am saying that I do not want to. That is what I am saying.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: I am saying that we have responded and we are going to respond to the aviation issue. The aviation industry has been negatively undermined by the virus. The Deputy knows that and I know that.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: Yes, it is. There are people working on this and we will, in the fullness of time, have a full report on it. Obviously, the containment, repair, remedy, restoration and assessment of this are currently ongoing in terms of the impact of the attack. The briefing will be comprehensive. Hopefully, we can do it before the close of business.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: Is the Deputy referring to the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: If he is, the Government does not get involved. The Government has no direct involvement in its decisions in terms of its investments. I will make a broader point. Capital is important to create building and to get housing and residential units going. The State provides the bulk of it right now in terms of allocating funding to local authorities and approved housing bodies to get...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: Can I first of all say that we have consistently as a Government called for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and the Middle East? We have condemned the rocket firing by Hamas, which needs to be condemned as well and should not have happened. It killed children and other people as well, but the response from the Israeli Government has been wholly disproportionate and indiscriminate and...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: I agree.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: I fully accept that, a Cheann Comhairle. I endorse and agree with what you are saying but Deputy Mac Lochlainn was looking at me plaintively as if I could do something about it. I was just making the point that you have responded to public health-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has met with a representative group. I believe this meeting was in February. He asked for a submission on its proposals in respect of the scheme, a scheme which had been committed to and which has been up and running since last year. He got that submission towards the end of April. He is now going to consider the proposals. He is...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: A briefing will be offered. In fact, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, was contacting his counterparts this afternoon to facilitate such a briefing. We can facilitate a briefing with leaders and we intend to do so. With regard to the specific questions the Deputy has asked, it is still far too early to identify the entry point or the manner or nature of this attack.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: It is interesting how times move fairly quickly here. Deputies Duncan Smith, Cian O'Callaghan and McNamara raised aviation policy. To be fair to Deputy McNamara, he has had a consistent approach to Covid-19 from the get-go, which if he does not mind me saying so, is probably on the more civil libertarian wing, and he was never a great enthusiast for the Covid regulations per se.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: I am just putting on the record how I perceive the Deputy's contributions. I say to Deputies Smith and O'Callaghan that they were the guys looking for mandatory hotel quarantine, which impacts on aviation.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2021)
Micheál Martin: It is not simplistic. You attacked the Government. Your leader attacked the Government - could not do it quick enough.