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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: I answered questions last week or the week before on the citizens' assemblies and the timelines for them. One of the big problems we have is that Covid-19 is impacting on the capacity to do citizens' assemblies. We have one at the moment on gender but it has been limited to one or two online engagements, and we are limited in terms of what we can do. I will revert back to the Deputy in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: Did I hear the Deputy correctly? Did he say the minister granted permission-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: -----or did it go through the planning process in the North?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: Is the Deputy's party not a member of that Executive?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The Minister of State with responsibility for European affairs, Deputy Thomas Byrne, spoke with his Greek counterpart on 9 September, immediately after the fire and offered Ireland's full solidarity and support. The Greek Government has requested assistance from its European partners in dealing with the immediate humanitarian need. Without...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: Four.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: Sometimes proposals are presented as if they are simple to do but the idea of increasing social insurance contributions from all employers in order to cover the failings of some raises its own questions. There is also the issue of retrospection in terms of how one could apply any funding that would be raised in the future on foot of legislation passed here. These issues are being examined...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: We can cherry pick and pit one activity against another-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: The provisions in levels one to five of the plan are informed by public health advice, particularly with regard to controlled and uncontrolled environments. Essentially we are talking about a combination of measures designed to reduce social contacts and limit congregation as much as possible while allowing for a reasonable quality of life in the context of sports, arts and so on. That is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: It is open to new applicants to the end of December. Given the trajectory of the virus and what happened in Laois, Offaly and Kildare recently, local restrictions could be put in place which could necessitate a reduction in economic activity, resulting in people being out of work. Therefore, we felt that such people should be entitled to apply for the PUP in respect of measures mandated by...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: I said that the Deputy had not acknowledge it in her speech.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: It is the function of Opposition sometimes to run with the hare and hunt with the hound but I do not know what they want at the end of the day. Sinn Féin's position was that socioeconomic profiling should be dropped but that there should be a standardisation process. I take it-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: My point is that it cannot have each-way bets on this. 3 o’clock Standardisation is important. It is very difficult for individual students in their individual circumstances, and I acknowledge that. We do not have an ideal situation in that we did not have a written exam and we did not have the normal leaving certificate, which always has standardisation, although it is not as...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: As I said earlier, the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, met with the representatives of the taxi drivers last week and he has indicated that he will continue that engagement with them. I also made it clear that there is no question of taxi drivers not having access to new bus lanes. The Minister was very clear on that to me this morning. In my replies earlier to Deputy Boyd Barrett, who had...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: At the outset there was a delay in terms of the vaccine and production of it. I will come back to the Deputy with a substantive response on the issue he has raised.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: That is very constructive.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: The business of the House should proceed as planned. The Business Committee made a decision. I note that the Business Committee meets every week and makes a decision, but that decision is then queried in the House and a vote called on it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: This is not about the roadmap. It is about regulations that were debated last week and are being continued.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: I thought the request made by Deputy Mac Lochlainn related to the regulations that are being renewed this evening-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: -----to continue the level 2 restrictions and which were the subject matter of comprehensive debate and a vote last week in the Dáil.