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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I acknowledge the sincerity with which the Deputy has approached this matter. That he comes across situations such as these is evidence of his diligence at constituency level. This is not the first case about which he has articulated concern due to his diligence on the ground. I indicated that a full review of the SNA contract is on the way as part of the SNA workforce development plan....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: There are considerable issues facing the once thriving market town of Clonmel, with huge levels of vacancy and dereliction. There are water outages on a weekly, and sometimes daily, basis and there are concerning levels of open drug taking and drug dealing on the main streets of our town. There is, unfortunately, an unsavoury atmosphere to be felt in the town centre. I do not say this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I know he and many other public representatives are strong advocates for Clonmel. Councillor Siobhán Ambrose regularly gets in touch with me about the well-being of Clonmel. It is a lovely town, and I like Clonmel.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: So do I.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: It has considerable potential and has grown and expanded significantly over the past two decades. There has been significant investment in the town. I appreciate the Deputy acknowledging the investment in the university hospital. As far back as my time as Minister for Health, we invested significantly in Clonmel University Hospital. There is a challenge here on which we need to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Mary Butler: Deputy Mattie McGrath was at the opening.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: A new 50-bed community nursing unit is being built at a cost of €13 million and will be completed this year. There is also a whole range of urban renewal and rural community development funds that are putting money into towns across the length and breadth of the country, including Clonmel. On drug dealing and addiction generally, we have a challenge in the country and not just in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I acknowledge there are good things happening in Clonmel and we have had great ambassadors, such as the late Frank Patterson and Mick Dell. Clonmel men are known all over the world. However, the town lost its borough council under Fine Gael. It lost Kickham Barracks, which was a major blow. It lost the mental health services at St. Michael's psychiatric unit. The biggest loss of all was...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The time is up.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I do not know what question the Tánaiste was answering but he was not answering mine. In the Fine Gael video, they did not have the courage to say "sick pay" out loud. The Tánaiste did not say it out loud either in his answer to me. If he and I are too sick to come to work, we get paid anyway, but low-paid workers in insecure, low-paid jobs, who are predominantly young people,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I did mention sick pay.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: The Tánaiste said “sick leave”. He did not address the question of the stalling of sick pay, a Government promise.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I said that from January 2024, the number of statutory sick leave days has increased from three to five.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The next phase. It is a substantial issue that I am raising. The Tánaiste did not answer-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: There has not been a decision on the next phase, but there is a review.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Fine Gael has made a decision.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: That is not a decision. Let us be very clear-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Tánaiste should talk to the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform about it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: There is an issue. The most fundamental thing is to create employment opportunities in our economy. Most people want to be at work. The Deputy nodded in affirmation that the hospitality and retail sectors have been on to him. The first people to lose out if costs become unsustainable are those very vulnerable and low-paid workers he was talking about, because it will mean fewer people...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: These are rights taken for granted right across the European Union.