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Micheál Martin

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Cork South-Central · active 2020-02-20 to 2026-09-30
19,180Contributions
516Votes cast
98.6%On prevailing side
369Tá
147Níl

On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 509 of 516 decisive votes (0 abstentions excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.

Party over time

This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.

PartyRecorded asContributionsPeriod
FF Fianna Fáil 19,180 2020-02-20 – 2026-09-30

Membership spells on record: FF 1989-06-15–1992-11-05 · FF 1992-11-25–1997-05-15 · FF 1997-06-06–2002-04-25 · FF 2002-05-17–2007-04-30 · FF 2007-05-24–2011-02-01 · FF 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FF 2024-11-29–present

Record

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I do not know what the Deputy means by "big agribusiness". I think the farmers-----

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

But you know yourself as well. The Deputy just threw out the phrase "big agribusiness"-----

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

-----and ignored farmers across the length and breadth of the country, be they suckler herd farmers or whatever. The bottom line is this: the Government is walking the walk in respect of climate change. The most comprehensive active travel funding and plans were put in place by this Government in the past two years, and we passed a climate action law. Discussions on the sectoral emission targets and limits are under way between the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and the line Ministers for …

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I support the Deputy's basic view about developing the Atlantic economic corridor, rebalancing economic development and ensuring that the western seaboard benefits from this, particularly in terms of offshore wind and infrastructure developments, such as the western rail corridor, which is part of the national strategic rail review. In my view, rail will play a very important part in underpinning economic development in the west in the future. We are marketing the west, Galway and Mayo in particular, very strongly …

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I do not know what the Deputy has against Dublin.

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Will he allow Dublin people to drink water in 30 years' time?

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

That is not a facetious question I ask; it is a very serious one. We met with Irish Water yesterday. Going back to Deputy Canney's point, Irish Water is looking at wastewater treatment plants in towns and villages across the country. Irish Water also made the point to us that there is a real crisis facing us if we do not plan appropriately. That Shannon project is essential-----

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

-----to Dublin's capacity to survive over the next three decades. We really need to get serious-----

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

-----in the Houses of the Oireachtas and not just oppose everything-----

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

-----because it might be locally popular and ranting and raving about the place.

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

There are huge pressures on the rental sector. That is why the Minister's amendments tomorrow is not the full story but it is part of the agenda to try to create greater opportunities for supply.

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I know, and I have read the summary of the Simon report and that is exactly why the Minister will do what he will do tomorrow in legislation and amendments.

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I thank the Deputy for raising what is a very important issue. I will work with the Minister for Health and the HSE nationally and regionally to see if we can improve the availability of Parkinson's nurses in the Cork region.

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

I think the Minister of State, Deputy Fleming, announced something recently that may impact positively the situation to which Deputy Dillon referred and the people to whom he referred. That should help. According to the CSO consumer price index data for May 2022, the price of motor insurance is 10.9% lower than in May 2021. No one in the Dáil has raised that. Members have raised all the increases, but no one has raised that fact. The last time motor insurance prices were at that level was in October-November 2013. …

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

The Deputy raises a very serious issue that is potentially very damaging to many people, in particular young people. We will certainly work with the Deputy on any proposal. I will talk to the relevant Ministers and get feedback from the Garda Síochána as to what legislative template might be the most optimal to deal with this very serious issue.

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Immediate work is needed in University Hospital Limerick, and it needs to continue. I know that certain governance measures are being taken and that a team from the HSE has visited the hospital. A formal decision has not yet come to the Cabinet, but we are positively orientated towards it. The new Government, when coming into office, inherited proposals in respect of Cork and Galway, which had not really been advanced to any great degree. They are now being advanced. The elective route is an essential one, particul…

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

The report of the Commission on Pensions is being considered by the Government. There is a broad range of proposals in that regard. Any improvements in respect of carer's allowance or broader supports for carers will be considered in the context of the budget.

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Yes. That work is still on the way. I do not have an exact timeline yet, but I will engage again with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on that. A comprehensive review is due this year, but I think we need a more focused and immediate assessment of the situation because of the war on Ukraine and Russian actions. Russia, clearly, has weaponised energy, weaponised food and weaponised migration-----

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

The review is an important one. It will feed into the broader review under way regarding the termination of pregnancy legislation. We should have it completed by the end of this year. That will then inform our approach to the Act, and we will see where we take it from there.

FF 2022-07-12 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

What is the name of the bridge?

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