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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: We have got to make sure we do this properly this time. We must ensure that loopholes are boxed off, that there is a greater emphasis on protecting collective agreements in employment law into the future and preventing bad practices in terms of separation of assets from trading income and a whole load of mechanisms that can be used by some companies to exit from their obligations.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: I was only going to suggest that the eloquence of the Deputy proves beyond any shadow of a doubt that it is impossible to gag him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: The report did not make specific proposals for changes to the Companies Act 2014; rather its proposals were primarily concerned with amendments to employment law and the company law review group has considered options in respect of company law. The Tánaiste has asked it to do so now with a view to protecting the rights of workers where collective agreements have been arrived at....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: We are keeping a very strong watch on this and will do everything we can to try to ease the pressures on those securing places this year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: As I said, the Government has approved 5,000 extra places this year to try to ease the pressures. The calculated grades model is robust and as fair as it can possibly be. The decision to take out the socio-economic profiling of schools was correct and was broadly welcomed in the House. The Government does not have within its capacity the power to create places for every single person...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: Yesterday was a special day for the thousands of students in the class of 2020 and their families. It is fair to say these students have endured a lot of anxiety and uncertainty over the past year due to the severe impact that Covid-19 has had on their lives, education and leaving certificate examinations. School communities and teachers articulated more than a sigh of relief that we have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy implied it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: No, I did not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy's assertion is untrue. I did not have sight of that offer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: I am telling Deputy Barry the truth. Will he withdraw what he just said? I did not have sight of that offer before the workers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy cannot be making assertions of that kind.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: What is happening, from Deputy Barry's perspective, and has happened from the beginning of the dispute, is that this is about the politicisation and exploitation of the issue to the best political advantage of the Deputy. I put it to him bluntly that that is what he is about. My focus is on what I can do practically for the workers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: I am not into some sort of ideological war.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: There are two things we can do from this date. We will do whatever we can to put pressure on to get a deal, a respectable package, for the workers. We need to change the law as well to protect workers in future by protecting collective agreements. That has to happen. As I said, I had preliminary discussions with ICTU. They were not on the agenda. I had a general discussion with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy is correct that I met the workers in the Taoiseach's office. They were realistic and they were not easily fooled by anybody about what was possible and not possible within the law. They had no intention of being taken up the mountain only to be led back down again. They were focused on trying to get a realistic package for themselves and their colleagues, who have spent a long...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: It is the table to which the Deputy has just alluded. She knows what I am saying. Talks should begin. There should be dialogue again between the key interests. The Deputy knows there was ongoing work by Mandate, in particular, to do its best in difficult situations to arrive at and realise a package from the workers. Last Friday, the Deputy welcomed that there was a result from that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: That assessment will be finished by quarter four of this year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: The treatment of the Debenhams workers has been very shabby, shoddy and unacceptable and I have made that point on a number of occasions. Notwithstanding the difficulties the parent company was or is in, the failure to honour the collective agreements into which these workers had entered is unacceptable, and the manner in which they have been treated is unacceptable as far as the performance...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: The International Section of the Department supports my work at international level, beyond the EU, to promote Ireland’s foreign and economic policy objectives, and to maintain and develop strong bilateral and multilateral relations. Working closely with other departments, including Foreign Affairs, the International Section provides me with advice and briefing on international issues,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Communications (8 Sep 2020)

Micheál Martin: The Department of the Taoiseach has an ICT Policy which stipulates that where personal email accounts are used for business purposes, due regard must be taken of the sensitivity and confidentiality of the information being transmitted. The ICT Policy further requires that, where personal email accounts are used for business purposes, a copy of any record created must be retained in an...