Results 501-520 of 46,387 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: It is a false dichotomy between the colonialism of the past and the sovereignty we have achieved as members of the Europe Union, which has always respected-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I will answer the question. As I have said, it will be completely within the UN Charter. We only want to be involved in peacekeeping missions. We will have to be involved in evacuating Irish citizens and we need to change the frame-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Do not give the Deputy that. Do not give the Deputy that about Afghanistan. What about the people in Afghanistan who were rescued when the Army rangers were participants? What about Sudan?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputies are so dismissive of the reality of what is happening in many parts of this world. We had to get Irish citizens out of Sudan and Afghanistan and that is going to increase. Unfortunately, there will be more war situations so we will have evacuation-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: That means in terms of hospital organisation-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----in terms of primary care, community care and acute setting, it needs a more rigorous analysis than simply saying more numbers will change things and resolve the issue; not necessarily is the point I am making.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Absolutely I do not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I do not doubt the Deputy's commitment to the housing issue, but he presented a narrative that is almost wholly negative, as if nothing was happening in housing or house building. He omitted to say that in quarter 4 last year, rents had not just stabilised but very modestly came down. He is looking at the annualised figures, which may indicate the increased supply of last year and the year...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----social homes were added to the social housing stock in quarter 4 2023. Last year also saw the highest level of new-build social homes since 1975: 8,100 homes, or 12,000 social homes delivered in total if leasing and acquisition and so forth are taken into account. There is a strong pipeline of 22,500 social homes. That is the way to deal with the rental issue. We simply have to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: There is no impunity. That is a wrong assertion.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The law is being applied and we have legislated for tenancies of unlimited duration, restricted the level of upfront payments required of tenants and legislated to increase the notice-to-quit period for tenancies of three years' duration or less. The minimum notice a landlord must give a tenant of less than three years' duration has been increased from 28 days to three months. Changes to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: In terms of non-compliance, the RTB has enhanced powers of investigation and sanctioning, and additional resources to ensure-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----that the full protection against unlawful rents in RPZs can be enforced. As a result of investigations conducted by the RTB, 180 sanctions have been imposed on landlords for improper conduct and they have been published on the board's website, which the Deputy did not reference.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: As I said, 77% of published sanctions for improper conduct are for breaches of rent pressure zones. There can be breaches on all sides, which the Deputy never articulates.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: As to one of the factors in people exiting, the Deputy should perhaps inquire into that also.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: In terms of the proposals the Deputy has put forward, I do not see any outcome from them other than further depression of supply in the rental market.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: That is an issue Deputy O'Callaghan needs to address because if we depress supply we will increase prices even more.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I dtús báire, déanaim comhbhrón le Niamh. Is olc an scéal atá luaite agus soiléirithe ag an Teachta inniu. Níl a fhios agam féin faoi chás pearsanta Niamh ach níl aon amhras ach gur scéal uafásach ar fad atá ann. The Deputy's description and presentation of Niamh's horrific and traumatic journey through the emergency...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I dtús báire, tá athrú ag tarlú.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Tá bunathrú ag tarlú sna hionaid éigeandála.