Results 81-100 of 299 for 5 million speaker:Micheál Martin

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...on Thursday, 16 December in Brussels. Cruinniú suimiúil agus tábhachtach a bhí ann. This was preceded by the Eastern Partnership summit, also in Brussels, which I attended on Wednesday, 15 December. The European Council had a full agenda, addressing some of the most pressing issues facing the Union. We discussed Covid-19. We addressed the epidemiological...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Policy (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...donor, having committed €3.2 billion for the equitable distribution of vaccines. Out of 2 billion doses produced since December 2020, the European Union has exported over 1.7 billion doses to 165 countries. Some of those were countries that were contracted to companies manufacturing within Europe. Ireland is committing 5 million doses to COVAX and 1.3 million vaccines have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Policy (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: I propose to takes Questions Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive, together. The Government continues to implement Global Ireland: Ireland's Global Footprint to 2025. Despite the constraints of the pandemic, considerable progress has continued to be made, as set out in the Global Ireland Progress Report published in May 2021. This includes: a further significant expansion in our network of missions...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...military incursion, with all of the consequences that would flow from that. In addition to that, there were supply chain issues relating to Covid. These global supply chain issues also had an impact in increasing inflation. The Government responded in the budget through the €5 increase in the fuel allowance and the good social protection initiatives we introduced. We also...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...is distributed in a particular way across the population. That is simply an assumption as it does not have comprehensive data on wealth distribution. Using this approach, for example, Oxfam claims that 18,350 people in Ireland worth $5 million and above. It concludes that a flat 1.5% wealth tax on this cohort of wealth, above $5 million, would raise €4 billion. I am not sure if...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Micheál Martin: Real progress has been made on resourcing home care hours. As the Deputy will know, about 5 million additional hours were provided in 2021-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: I could go through all the various schemes we have announced: LEADER having gone from €44 million to €48 million, which will fund the existing programme, the new transitional programme, the community development programme - €5 million, and island infrastructure - €2 million plus. I hope we can do some good work down in Dursey Island, for example, which would be a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...could operate, but it decided not to send any suggestion to the working group or to the Minister. The new scheme will improve the 90% maximum grant to a 100% grant for all remediation options 1 to 5. The maximum expenditure cap for option 1, demolition and rebuild, will be increased from €275,000, under the original scheme that the Deputy's party endorsed, to €420,000....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 5 to 11, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on health oversees implementation of programme for Government commitments on health, receives detailed reports on identified policy areas and considers the implementation of health reforms, including Sláintecare. The Cabinet committee last met on Monday, 8 November. It is intended that it will meet...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: First, there has been a dramatic expansion of resources for home care hours. I think the Deputy would have to acknowledge that. There were 5 million hours last year in respect of-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: To be fair to the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, about 5 million extra additional home care hours were secured in last year's budget. The waiting times went down and the flow through the hospitals was significantly improved and enhanced. The issue now is to get workers. The funding is there-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...;igh, tá dúshlán an-mhór amach romhainn, ní hamháin ó thaobh na paindéime de ach tá an daonra ag dul in airde agus tá brú faoi leith ar na daoine atá ag obair laistigh den tseirbhís. I thank the Deputy for her question, but to be fair by comparison with previous winter initiative plans - €40 million in 2016,...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...our co-operation and support for countries of origin and transit as well as the serious humanitarian situation at a number of European Union borders, including those member states bordering Belarus. We will consider a number of upcoming summits, including COP15 and COP26, the Asia-Europe Meeting, ASEM, summit, which will be held virtually on 25 and 26 November, and the EU-Eastern...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...including in Tralee. Additional funding has been allocated to the national clinical programmes. In terms of staffing, skill mix and so on, funding has been provided in the budget. Approximately 5 million homecare hours have been provided to alleviate the pressures on hospitals and to facilitate flow through hospitals and so forth. An additional 12,150 community short-term, rehab and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (20 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...campaigns are developed and implemented to make the public aware of these decisions. Campaigns have achieved impressive audience reach across all media platforms. The #AntiViral Campaign had over 5.7 million impressions by mid-December 2020 – we had communicated with over 300,000 young people approximately 5 times across the platforms building awareness of the Campaign. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (19 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...but there is no such caution in civil society and those in business and industry are also engaging. On industrial relations, the Labour Employer Economic Forum, LEEF, had a plenary meeting on 5 July. That is the forum for Government to engage with representatives from employers and trade unions. It has developed a work stream to look at shared island issues, labour market dynamics...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...campaigns are developed and implemented to make the public aware of these decisions. Campaigns have achieved impressive audience reach across all media platforms. The #AntiViral Campaign had over 5.7 million impressions by mid-December 2020 – we had communicated with over 300,000 young people approximately 5 times across the platforms building awareness of the Campaign. The...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...the party has angrily attacked any proposal to touch the pandemic unemployment payment. Deputy McDonald said that it represented the bare minimum that anyone could be expected to live on and should be the permanent rate. However, in Sinn Féin's alternative budget, not €1 is provided for retaining the payment and it would take 15 years of their proposed increases to reach the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...largest number of new hospital beds opened in a single year for many decades. That is the level of State investment in the State system that is now occurring. On the issue of home helps, approximately 5 million additional hours were provided for in the budget. The waiting list last year was approximately 7,250 people. Now there are approximately 1,307 people waiting for home helps. The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: One of the issues facing the sector is getting enough skilled workers into the home care sector. That is our biggest challenge now. More than €5 million was allocated last year which has had a dramatic impact on reducing the waiting times and also had an impact on the flow through hospitals. The issue will be getting personnel to work in the sector.