Results 1-20 of 193 for sligo speaker:Micheál Martin

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (21 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...71 69 OFFALY 55 57 51 48 36 ROSCOMMON 108 115 126 139 135 SLIGO 208 129 119 108 113 TIPPERARY 300 289 249 238 206 WATERFORD 205 ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (2 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...50,039 Monaghan 3,703 8,598 12,301 Offaly 4,693 10,871 15,564 Roscommon 4,223 8,986 13,209 Sligo 4,600 10,108 14,708 Tipperary 10,412 22,519 32,931 Tyrone  4,195 ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank Deputy Harkin for raising the question of Sligo University Hospital. The Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, met with the consultants from the hospital yesterday. I believe it was a constructive meeting. The Government is committed to the development of regional hospitals, such as Sligo University Hospital. There has been a significant increase in the funding allocated...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...health sector stakeholders have been held and more are scheduled. These include a workshop of the voluntary dialogue forum and six regional events were held for health service workers in Cork, Sligo, Kilkenny Tullamore, Dublin and Limerick in September and October. We are making progress on those fronts.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Sep 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...via the Department from the HSE. However, there are eligible workers in other sectors that have not yet received the payment. I will engage with the Minister in relation to that. In terms of Sligo University Hospital, there are broader issues across a number of hospitals. There are a number of factors that can lead to overcrowding, for example, the flow through the hospital and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. There are challenges and pressures at Sligo General Hospital, as the Deputy outlined. Of that there is no doubt. The HSE is working actively with sites of concern, including Sligo, to mitigate the situation. Key actions include reviewing discharges and egress options, liaising with smaller hospitals in the group to facilitate transfers, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Work of the Shared Island Unit: An Taoiseach (28 Apr 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...Technological University and the Ulster universities. We told them to come back to us with proposals and we will provide some funding towards them. They are looking at both the Letterkenny and Sligo campuses for potential developments. Fundamentally, on Deputy Carroll MacNeill's point, it is about listening, meeting and talking but we have to expand it a bit more than we are doing right...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...Tom Niland. It represents a terrible cruelty, viciousness and savagery that we should not tolerate in our society. My understanding is that there are 292 members of An Garda Síochána in the Sligo division. Our numbers might differ; we have to correlate them. I will come back to the Deputy in that regard. There are 189 members in Sligo county, specifically, and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: ...does not want to close any airport; it has no interest in closing any airport. The Minister amended the tender requirements for search and rescue to specify that four bases, in Dublin, Shannon, Sligo and Waterford, would be provided for. It depends on the lens through which one looks at things. I think the Deputy is developing a conspiracy theory that does not stack up in respect of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Feb 2022)

Micheál Martin: I thank Deputy Harkin for raising this issue. I am deeply saddened by the announcement from B. Braun that it will be closing the manufacturing side of its Sligo facility. Our hearts and minds are with the employees and their families at this very difficult time for them. B. Braun has provided enormous employment opportunities for Sligo and this will be devastating for the community. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Dec 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...very extended financial provision, both last year and this year, for the acute hospital service. An increase in capacity has been provided for across the country. I do not have the specifics for Sligo hospital. Close to 4,500 staff were recruited in the HSE this year, and over 6,000 were recruited in 2020. Between the two years, about 11,000 have been recruited. A significant number...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...because it will help all regions in terms of that imbalance. If the Deputy looks at key sectors such as education, for example, there is investment in the technological university embracing Sligo, Letterkenny and Galway-Mayo institutes of technology, ITs. They will comprise one technological university for the north west, which will be a significant help in driving the economy of the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Development Plan (9 Nov 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...s contribution to the A5 Road Transport Corridor upgrade; the upgrade of the Dublin-Belfast rail connection to an hourly service, including new rolling stock; and, cross-border greenways, including the Sligo Enniskillen greenway are managed by the Department of Transport. Establishment of all-island research centres is being progressed by the Department of Further and Higher Education...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Development Plan (12 Oct 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...Project Ireland 2040 funding will support key cross-border infrastructure projects noted in the NDP, including the A5 Transport Corridor to the North West, the Ulster Canal renovation, cross-border greenways, including the Sligo Enniskillen greenway, all-island research centres, and the upgrade of the Dublin-Belfast rail connection to an hourly service, including new rolling stock. For...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...will inform phase 2. We are looking at an expansion of services across seven counties where currently there is no LES-type service. It is about providing quality employment services in Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly. We will need those additional services to help people navigate their route back to work. It is around the quality of service and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...a decision on the capital works across three areas in that one division. That seems to be the challenge and the difficulty. They are now concentrating on an upgrade of the existing facility in Sligo and Garda estate management is conducting an operational review. They are requesting that the contract to refurbish be amended to provide two additional cells. Works are proposed to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...was the introduction of a new Garda operating model, which was announced by the Commissioner in 2019. As part of this reform, I am informed, the Commissioner decided not to progress a new build for Sligo Garda station, taking account of a range of factors, the most pertinent of which from the Commissioner's perspective,was the decision to create a new three-county division, namely,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Jun 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...and developed. The New Decade, New Approach agreement in particular offers a pathway to realising some of that. In the context of the shared island initiative, we have ring-fenced funding of approximately €500 million, of which we have already allocated approximately €13 million to the Ulster Canal, as well as funding for the Sligo-Enniskillen greenway. There will be other...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jun 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...to the challenges of the pandemic. I want to acknowledge that. The budget for 2021 will allow for the recruitment of up to 620 new gardaí and an extra 500 Garda staff. Substantial resources have been allocated. On Sligo Garda station, I do not have the details in respect of the sequence of events the Deputy outlined. Other Deputies, including Deputy MacSharry, have been in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...this issue consistently and robustly for quite a while. I have spoken to the Minister, Deputy Ryan, in respect of this. I understand the importance of the Irish Coast Guard Service, the base in Sligo and the expenditure that the airport had to undertake and I will continue to engage with the Department in respect of this issue.