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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Properties (11 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Chief States Solicitors Office (CSSO) does not own any property. The CSSO occupies two buildings, Osmond House which is State owned and managed by OPW and 3 Chancery Lane, which is a privately owned property and part is rented by OPW to meet CSSO additional accommodation needs.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (11 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the table below. Name Role Salary Scale Start Date Exit Date Deirdre Gillane Chief of Staff Deputy Secretary 27.06.2020 N/A Pat McParland Deputy Chief of Staff Assistant Secretary 27.06.2020 N/A ...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (11 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The groups currently chaired by the Secretary General of my Department are listed below: - Secretary General Post-Cabinet Briefing; - Secretary General Brexit Group: - COVID-19 Oversight Group; - Civil Service Management Board; - High Level Steering Board on Policing Reform; - North East Inner City Oversight Group; - Senior Officials Group on Commemoration; - Climate Action Delivery Board...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: My diary for quarter 1 of 2021 has been published and is available on my Department's website at www.gov.ie/en/collection/87c7c-taoiseachs-diary-2021/.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (11 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: My Department, has not allocated any funding to An Taisce in the years in question and there is no budget allocation for An Taisce in 2021. The National Economic and Social Development Office, which is under the aegis of my Department, have confirmed that they have also not provided funding to An Taisce.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Funding (11 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach does not provide funding to any non-governmental organisations.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I thank Deputy Richmond for tabling this question in the first instance. I accept the points he made. He has retained a very consistent and constructive interest in this issue for quite some time. He mentioned the importance of meeting with the British Prime Minister and the necessity for ongoing open exchanges between the British Prime Minister and myself. Such exchanges will continue in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: Clearly, that has to be examined as well. To respond to Deputy Murphy, the Government is developing a national relationships and sexuality education programme and all children attending all schools will have to have the State RSE programme provided to them. A review into RSE and its provision is on the way. The 1998 legislation, through the National Council for Curriculum and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I think I dealt with the issue of Moore Street raised by Deputy Tóibín. I will revert to him with a response from the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, in respect of the home of The O'Rahilly and accountability for what was a terrible deed, namely, the demolition of that very important building

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I spoke to the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on the evening of Tuesday, 27 April, and we updated each other on the Covid-19 situation and progress on the vaccine roll-out. We discussed Northern Ireland and the importance of the British-Irish relationship and had an exchange of views on the EU-UK discussions on the implementation of the Ireland-Northern Ireland protocol. We...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: On the key question on Moore Street, raised by Deputies McDonald and Tóibín, there has been a lot of discussion between political parties in this House and various groupings over the past five or six years. My understanding was that a consensus had been arrived at between the various parties and members of parties. Prior to that, the State had intervened and purchased the key...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: It is not. I am only ten months in office now.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I am ten months in office. I do not keep on-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt the Deputy.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I do not serially object for political purposes and to create political platforms. That seems to be-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: -----underpinning your latest development on this front. That is all I have to say.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: The State owns the key buildings on Moore Street because it intervened. The Government intervened at the time. It is important to bring the area back to life and to ensure the development will share the history and create an historic trail that future generations can see in a far better way than in the past 50 years. I have been there-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: And on your watch, too.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: I know exactly what you are about and I know what your movement is about. I am not sure it exists for benign reasons. I have to put that on the record because there is one series after another. There was good, constructive engagement on this, yet, as ever, the Deputy's party seeks to gain partisan political advantage over everybody else on the issue and to name-call everybody else who does...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: On the midlands, I understand the Deputy's point on the just transition being designed to provide alternative employment for people in localities that have suffered as a result of the country endeavouring to reach its climate change targets and the closure of certain generating facilities and other activity as a consequence. There is a need to reinvest, particularly in the midlands. I do...