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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: -----it means that as the European Union directive will no longer apply to Britain, we have to do a separate agreement with Britain in relation to that. The Deputy has not paid for any one of these cataract operations. The taxpayer pays for them. Let us all be clear about that. Anybody in this country is entitled to utilise the directive in any EU member state right now. Some Deputies...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: The State is ensuring that people do not go blind through------

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: The NTPF paid €10 million for ophthalmology procedures in 2018. The Government and the State are not resiling from underpinning this financially. The NTPF is paying about €1,450 per cataract operation. That is outsourced to private hospitals here or in the North. Since I became Taoiseach, I have been anxious that we build up capacity in our own centres in order that people...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his remarks. I also thank him for the seat on the bus for any constituent of mine. My emphasis, however, is to avoid people having to go on long journeys to get cataract operations. We should be increasing capacity locally. That is what I modestly announced last week. There was no fanfare. I simply said there would be a significant investment going into the South...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: Come on. The lads need to relax a bit.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: I was reliably informed that Deputy Michael Healy-Rae approached people outside a mass saying he could get them on the bus if they wanted a cataract operation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: The woman concerned-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: Relax.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: I am not telling you to sit down-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: That is the truth.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: Calm down.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: The cross-border health directive is an EU directive. I explained that to the Deputy the last day. Britain is leaving the European Union. Deputy Michael Collins knows that. I have told him. What happens is the EU directive does not apply to the UK anymore and it is no longer obliged and we then have to develop a bilateral agreement with the United Kingdom, a similar scheme which we would...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: How are they getting from Carnbeg Hotel?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his very positive comments on the facilities in Ardee. Carroll Village is a block of apartment-style independent living units housing mostly family groups. There has been no large-scale transfer of residents either in or out of the centre in recent months and they are entitled to travel, like anybody else, in whatever format or mode they so desire. It is also very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue given the concerns locally. Protecting those living in direct provision accommodation centres from any Covid-19 outbreak has been an absolute priority of Government. A comprehensive programme of serial Covid-19 testing by the HSE has been completed across 66 accommodation centres. My understanding is about 3,300 tests have been undertaken...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: First, Fianna Fáil was not in power for the last decade. The Deputy consistently says that even when we were at 20 seats. She equates 20 seats with being in power. That is just an aside. It is immaterial and irrelevant. She keeps on with the propaganda and, really, we do not need that now in the middle of a pandemic of this sort. On intensive care unit, ICU, beds, there has been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: -----to deal with this. I do not know why the Deputy does not believe the leadership team in the HSE. She takes umbrage at other situations, but she seems to disagree consistently with the leadership team in the HSE which consistently says to me, because I make it my business to check if they have capacity to deal with the current situation, "Yes." On testing, the supply at the moment...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: Unity of purpose on all fronts is essential in dealing with a pandemic of this scale and severity, including within this House. The Deputy has consistently sought in recent times to undermine not just the efforts of the Government but those of the HSE in the context of acute hospital care, testing capacity and so forth. The Deputy has now misrepresented the telephone conversation she had...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Advisers (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: The requirement for specialist policy input and advice is a matter for each individual Minister to consider having regard to the area of responsibility and the support in place in the relevant Departments. I have put in place a range of appropriate advisory supports to support me in my role as Taoiseach and Head of Government. At present there are 6 Special Advisers working in my Private...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Commission on the Future of Media (6 Oct 2020)

Micheál Martin: On Tuesday 29 September, Government approved the terms of reference and membership of the Future of Media Commission. Professor Brian Mac Craith has been appointed as Chair of the Commission. Other members of the Commission include: - Sinéad Burke, Director of Tilting the Lens, writer and academic active in social media, and member of the Council of State - Alan Rusbridger, Chair of the...