Results 18,401-18,420 of 50,297 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I have responded on this matter to Deputy Kelly, but I will say to the other Deputies who correctly raised it that the fundamental priority has to be to communicate to the students involved because it is their grades and results. The Minister will have no difficulty coming to the House to make a presentation-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: She does not have to do it today. I think the statement has to be issued and-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, if I could answer the question, it has to be communicated to students in the first instance and to be done in a comprehensive way so that all the issues are fully articulated and explained-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----around the technical processes and the technology. I accept that the students of the class of 2020 have had a very challenging year-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: The matter relates to technical issues, not political issues or anything to do with the Government overseeing it-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I refer to the technology, the coding and so on. It will be fully explained by the Minister. It will result in upgrades for quite a number of students and the point has been raised about places at third level-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: It is extremely important that students are facilitated in their progression to third level. Covid-19 resulted in a calculated grades process being introduced----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: It resulted in the abolition of the exam and, essentially-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----that is the process that came. It is not to audit the Department; it is to audit the process, which is important-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: It is a full, independent, external audit. It is the correct thing to do. It is a good thing to do.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I think Deputy Healy-Rae needs get with it and get a bit real. There is nothing wrong with asking a person if he or she has been in a pub if a contact tracer is trying to track down-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: It is not the first question. It is a sensible question to ask, as are other questions. We should not be consistently trying to undermine the public health message.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I think that is what is going on here and we need to cop on.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: This is the national parliament. This is the Oireachtas. We need to stand behind public health personnel, who are doing their jobs to prevent the spread of the disease or virus. This is pandering to base politics. The Deputy is trying to win votes from different sectors. That is what is going on here. I think we have had enough of it and wider society has had enough of it.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I welcome the fact that enterprises are reopened but there is a limit now to what is going on in terms of trying to pick and undermine everything that people are doing to try to protect broader public health.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: Sports Ireland is available to all of the sports organisations. They have a direct line to Sports Ireland to discuss the application of the public health measures in respect of sport. Sport is and has been a great factor in terms of morale, mental well-being and facilitating people who are engaged in sport to get through Covid-19. Obviously, there are limits, limitations and constraints...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I accept the extraordinary challenges that are facing the Debenhams workers and the fact that they have been campaigning and on strike for so long in the pursuit of the realisation of their collective agreement. The Tánaiste and others have been seeking to see what we can do with the trade unions to try to assist in some alleviation of the...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his question. There is no doubt the early childcare providers have challenges in the context of Covid-19, especially in the recruitment of staffing and staffing difficulties. The Government has given, and continues to give, significant financial support to providers through the wage subsidy scheme to assist in recruiting and retaining staff. I know that the...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his point. Deputy MacSharry-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2020)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Marc MacSharry raised this with me last evening as well at our parliamentary party meeting. It is a serious issue. There are legal issues, as the Deputies have pointed out. I am waiting on a report back from the Minister to see how best we can approach it and deal with it.