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Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Heydon: I thank all Members for their work on this Bill to date, the contributions today and far beyond. I know many Members, both in this House and the Seanad, spoke passionately on this issue. I would like to begin my closing speech by acknowledging, on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, as well as on my own behalf and on behalf of the Government, the importance of progressing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Martin Heydon: On the issue raised by Deputy Conway-Walsh, I absolutely accept there is a challenge for farmers with regard to ACRES payments, particularly farmers who have worked with their advisors and undertaken the measures to be implemented this year. As I have said here already, payments will commence next week on 18 December for two thirds of all ACRES general participants. Those payments are in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank Deputy Smith for raising this important issue. As I stated, 46,000 farmers applied for ACRES and were all facilitated, even though initially the number of participants it could be anticipated could be taken in was just 30,000. There have been challenges in the additional complexity associated with the co-operation stream, the CP stream, and payments by ACRES CP participants are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Martin Heydon: The Department of agriculture, the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, and I are working hard to make sure farmers across the board are supported and will receive their payments in due course. In the first year as part of the new Common Agricultural Policy, we have seen €1.2 billion being paid out under that to 113,000 farmers. There was big pressure on the agri-climate rural environment...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Heydon: Were they isolated in 1980?

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Heydon: You knew where he lived.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Heydon: I express full confidence in the Minister and her work in building stronger, safer communities across Ireland. Victims of the attack outside Gaelscoil Coláiste Mhuire, who are foremost in our thoughts, deserved a united response of solidarity from all sides of this House. Our gardaí, who faced down rioters and those looting shops, deserved a united response of solidarity from all...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Heydon: Like so many around the country my thoughts are with the young children and their crèche worker who were heinously attacked last Thursday on Parnell Square. A series of menacing actors seized on these tragic incidents to sow hate and division under a guise of concern. To see Opposition parties like Sinn Féin, instead of providing leadership, try to feed into that division and...

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank all the Deputies who contributed to this important debate. It is important to note that peaks of mortality are not unusual in winter, most commonly as a result of factors such as cold snaps and the increased circulation of respiratory viruses, in particular viruses with epidemic and pandemic potential such as Covid-19 and the flu. The Health Protection and Surveillance Centre...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: Budget 2024 is an opportunity for this Government to ensure that we deliver for farmers and for rural Ireland. In my own areas of responsibility, I have put a particular focus on addressing the three legs of the sustainability stool, namely, economic, environmental and social. I will continue to build the networks to improve farmer safety, health and well-being with a dedicated fund of...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: I am here.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: Today, the decision has been made by Government, through the interdepartmental group involving the Departments of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Housing, Local Government and Heritage to extend the slurry-spreading season for an extra week to 15 October. That international departmental group makes its decisions based on science, based on grass growth-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: -----based on soil and based on rain fall. We know the pressure the farmers are under but we also know that very good weather is coming this weekend and that most farmers were working on the basis of 1 October. This extra time was needed because of the bad weather in September and 15 October is the latest we can extend it to.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Deputy for raising what is a really important issue here. Tillage farmers have had an unprecedented year because they suffered high input costs at the start of the year when sowing and growing crops, they had really poor weather conditions throughout the year and now they are faced with a declining price for their product as well as poor yields. In many respects, it is a perfect...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: The Government is committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to deliver on the goal of building stronger, safer communities. My colleague, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, has consistently asked gardaí what more she can do to provide supports for them as they do their job. Being a garda is difficult. I do not, nor should any of us, take for granted...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank the Senator for raising this very important issue. I do not doubt the enhanced quality of life that can be enjoyed by living or working in rural parts of Galway. The Government is committed to enhancing primary healthcare services throughout the country, including out-of-hours GP services. The development of primary care is central to the Government’s objective of delivering...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: General Practitioner Services (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: I assure the Senator that quality and patient safety in the delivery of out-of-hours GP care remain paramount for the HSE and the Government. The HSE engages with out-of-hours services throughout the country and provides significant financial support towards service delivery. Additional funding was allocated this year to the HSE's community healthcare organisation, CHO, area west to expand...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: I thank Senator McGreehan for raising what is a very important issue. It is timely, given the significance of this month for promoting the risk in this area. The use of genetics and genetic testing in cancer care has developed and changed in recent years. The focus has shifted from that of prevention to a more holistic approach to cancer care. Developments in genetic and genomic medicine...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cancer Services (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: That is the nub of it.In my initial response, there was a point regarding the development of GP referral guidelines for those with family histories of breast cancer, including pathways from primary to secondary care. That is ultimately what we are talking about. Primary care is where people who have such a concern about their family history but who do not have any symptoms and who want to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (4 Oct 2023)

Martin Heydon: I apologise on behalf of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. I am taking this Commencement matter on his behalf. Aldborough House is an 18th century mansion in Dublin city on Portland Row, as Senator Sherlock has outlined. Originally built for the Earl of Aldborough between 1793 and 1799, the classical Palladian design with quadrant walls and...