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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: When I mentioned October, it was in reference to the task force that was put together, came together and developed a cross-sectoral plan. That was what I referenced. The Deputy keeps saying nothing is being done-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: They have the numbers-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----and just ignores what has been done. He creates the scenario, for a political reason that suits him, that the Government does not value apprenticeships. That is nonsense. Of course the Government values apprenticeships. Come on, cop on with the nonsense. That kind of language is grand for politics and the back and forth, but it does not make any real sense.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The substance of the matter is clear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: We want to grow craft apprenticeships and construction. We have expanded in that regard. There are now 17 programmes across the broad categories of construction, including electrical engineering, which are relevant to the construction sector. We have actually expanded. That includes the plumbing, electrical, geo drilling and scaffolding programmes and so forth. The numbers who...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
A Deputy: Asleep on the job.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: We have to deal with the backlog.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Holly Cairns: Housing is often discussed in the Chamber but, too often, we do not discuss the reality of it and the real-life impact this crisis has on people's lives. The Irish Examiner spoke with some of these people this week. Kelly-Anne Healy is aged 37 and lives at home with her parents in Blackpool, Cork. She has worked since she was a teenager and always thought if she worked hard enough she...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: I will make the point, and I have said it repeatedly in the House, that housing is the single most urgent and important social issue facing our people at this moment in time. Access to housing is fundamental to our security, social cohesion, opportunity for people and progress as a nation. There is not a family in the country untouched by the crisis. I respectfully suggest the Deputy does...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Holly Cairns: I do not know whether the Tánaiste thinks people believe him when he comes to the House and says we do not put forward any solutions. In the past number of weeks alone, my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, has put forward 255 amendments to the planning Bill but the Government has just routinely voted them down. One of them was around zoning land for affordable housing. It was rejected....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)
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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Before I begin, I will say that my thoughts and those of the party are with the families of those who lost their lives in the Stardust fire. As we all know, they have waited four decades for answers as to what happened to their loved ones at that time. They have faced many obstacles, including those put in their way by this State. I hope the families involved will get the answers they have...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Micheál Martin: First, I will say that all of our thoughts are with the families of those who died in the Stardust tragedy in 1981. For over 40 years now, the families have pursued their search for truth and justice. In a couple of hours' time, we will hear the verdict of the Dublin Coroner's Court. This will be an important moment for the families and for the entire country because the Stardust tragedy...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: If somebody was doing a four-year law degree and it ended up taking him or her six years or more, it would be unacceptable. If we told our teachers that their four-year course was now to last six or six and a half years, it would be unacceptable. Why is it acceptable for plumbers? Why is it acceptable for plasterers, brickies and carpenters? That is what is happening under the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)
Dara Calleary: We see that. The Department commissioned that report so we could get a full understanding of the impact and that is why we are bringing forward a number of measures. The Ministers, Deputies Burke and Humphreys, are finalising an option paper on employer's PRSI. As I said, we are in the process of paying out €250 million of supports to the smallest of businesses. We are looking at a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)
Aindrias Moynihan: I acknowledge the huge range of supports that have been put in place over a number of years, from Covid supports to, as the Minister of State outlined, the support on rates and so many other supports. Some of those are gradually being changed and withdrawn. There is the VAT support, for example, and now the further introduction of the rates support. There are myriad supports there and some...