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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt the Deputy. We cannot have both and she is pretending we can. She is not being honest in this debate. The heads of schools and departments of nursing are very clear that supernumerary status is a fundamental expression of full student status, which has ultimately brought enormous benefits to the professions of nursing and midwifery, to the health services and to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: I have worked with chief nursing officers in the past. Their greatest ambition was to move out of the dark ages and move into modern nurse education. Student nurses in first year should not have to work a 13-hour shift. They should not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: They have nine weeks of clinical placement for the entire year. That clinical placement should be protected and Deputy McDonald should be demanding that it be protected.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: Everyone in this House should be doing that because it is the right thing to do by the students.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: Otherwise it is not a learning environment. Let us not kid ourselves and pretend it would be if people were working during the night and at 2 o'clock in the morning as first year nursing students on a nine-week placement. The nine-week placement is about learning.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: It should not be about working rosters. This is not as simplistic as the Deputy wants to present it for political gain and to win votes and to be popular.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: That is the easy thing to do in here-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: -----and the Deputy is doing it on a consistent basis.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin's policy on nurse education is quite frankly incoherent.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy has deliberately distorted and misrepresented what I said on the last number of occasions. On no stage have I ever suggested that other nurses exploit student nurses. That is a complete untruth. I said any employer that would take from a student his or her full student status, which is what the nursing degree is about, and use him or her on a 13-hour roster to work and not pay...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Information (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: The economic division of my Department assists me and the Government in developing and implementing policy across relevant areas including economic growth and job creation, infrastructure and housing, climate action and social dialogue. This work is focused, in particular, on the delivery of commitments in the Programme for Government, for example the development of a new national economic...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Vaccination Programme (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: The Government established the High-Level Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccination to ensure the requisite oversight, agility and specialist input is available to support the HSE and the Department of Health in the effective, efficient and agile delivery of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme. The Task Force, chaired by Professor Brian MacCraith, has met three times to date, most recently on...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: Details of the fees paid by my Department on behalf of employees to professional organisations in 2020 are set out below. 2020 Organisation Name No. of Staff Cost Public Relations Institute of Ireland 1 €320 Irish Taxation Institute 1 €330

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: I said in my reply to the House, "My Department has not engaged any consultancy firms to advise on Covid-19-related matters." The contract is between EY and the HSE, on general areas. The firm was asked to do some detailed work specifically on the data with the HSE and my Department, but the contract is with the HSE.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: First, in response to Deputy Paul Murphy’s comments on fourth year students, I have stated that that rate is being reviewed with a view to it going upwards. The review will be finished by the end of this month and will determine that students in fourth year are paid for the 36-week internship during which they are in hospitals. I reiterate that model has worked and in respect of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Boyd Barrett spoke about FEMPI reversal and said that I knew well he was speaking about low and middle income groups. That is exactly what happened. Successive Governments and the Oireachtas reversed FEMPI, first, for lower income groups, then middle income groups, and kept higher income groups until the end, when it was no longer legally feasible not to do it. That is the reality...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: -----he would have got rid of FEMPI in its entirety, which would have meant that higher earners would have had the full reversal five years ago rather than getting it in July 2021. Those are the facts and the Deputy cannot get away from them.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy said it was dictatorial and so on, but he should not try to weasel out of what his actions would have caused in 2016. If his motion was passed in 2016, it would have caused the reversal of the cuts on the highest earners and highest pensions, which he is now railing against. On taxis and the temporary waiver of the ten-year rule, I will engage with the Minister responsible,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: I will try to get clarity on that before Christmas and will speak to the Minister about it. Deputy McDonald made a point about the broader economy and the workforce, and the changing nature of the economy. I agree with that. The national economic plan will deal with that when we publish it next week because it is about economic recovery, and also about understanding the changes that are...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (9 Dec 2020)

Micheál Martin: I do not run the Irish Aviation Authority. The Oireachtas, through the Government, creates agencies with a statutory basis. They go through their proper recruitment processes. We cannot politically vet everybody who goes for a State appointment. The reality is that aviation in this country has provided thousands of jobs and has been one of the success stories of the past 30 years. I know...