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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I will start by acknowledging the work the Deputy did when he was the Minister responsible for this area in the last Government for close to five years. I hope he acknowledges the commitment of the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parties, with the Green Party, to the issue of childcare during the last Government when it dealt substantially with pay and conditions and money was allocated to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I can come back.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: What does that mean?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Come on.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: A few people tried that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Actually the State is involved in the apartment building area at huge cost and a genuine debate would ask whether there are better ways of doing it. I do not know what the Deputy means by turning the LDA into a genuine vehicle, as though it is not genuine now. However, when I indicated last week, as everyone outside agrees, that we need private sector investment-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Most economic people and experts in housing are saying it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy attacks people for mentioning it. She moves straight to tax breaks. She might benefit from looking at the history of her party on this. I quote: We are creating this process for bringing in private investment. I hope to launch a new scheme in relation to investment in social housing in the near future, a new process for bringing in investors. Can we guess who said that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----back in the day when AK47 was firing on all cylinders.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: When I mentioned it last week-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----there was outrage and hyperbole.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: No, this was before the 2016 election.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: Do not get tetchy, Alan.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I accept fully that the journey of parents of children with special needs is an extremely challenging, difficult and traumatic one. They simply have to fight too hard and too long for access to services and in some cases, though not all, for education and access to school places. It is my objective as Taoiseach to change this story and it is a key...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: No, sorry. I did not-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: More broadly, as I said earlier, the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, has been involved in this case and has spoken to the regional executive officer. As I have already said, prior to this being raised, the HSE has acted and has advised the Minister of State. The Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, has also been in touch with the HSE. The family have been advised-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: -----by the HSE that this matter will be resolved. In this specific case, the intervention has happened and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, has been advised that it will be resolved. I will discuss the broader issue with the Minister for Health and the chief executive officer of the HSE in terms of cases involved, such as this one, and, more broadly, in terms of the broader dental...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that the State has intervened very strongly and assertively in the housing market. The State is the main player, I would argue, in the housing market right now in terms of the level of State investment. That is increasing and has increased over the last number of years. As I said yesterday, we are at record levels of social housing new builds compared with the last three...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: I agree with the Deputy that it is absolutely unacceptable that a young child in these circumstances, Tiernan Power Murphy, should be denied urgent oral healthcare and dental healthcare in terms of the extraction of teeth. The fact that we are dealing with the condition of autism as well exacerbates the unacceptable nature of this. The Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, has been in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (26 Feb 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Government has established 12 Cabinet Committees as set out in the table below. The membership of each Committee is also listed. Cabinet Committees are established by the Government to assist it in carrying out the responsibilities of Government in the areas indicated by their titles. They meet as appropriate according to their work schedules. Other Ministers or Ministers of State may...