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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 2026-04-28 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (Resumed)

Yes, I know. All right. I cannot arbitrate here in one minute.

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (Resumed)

First, we need to continue to work with Tusla. It is all great calling for independent reviews, inquiries and everything. That just paralyses organisations. That is the other side of that coin. We have to deal with children now who need care today, tomorrow or the day after. A balance needs to be struck in terms of how we deal with this. There are very serious issues here and all is not well in certain aspects, particularly in terms of special care and particular individuals who need very specialist care. However, …

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (Resumed)

The easiest thing we can do is call for reviews and have everybody investigating everybody else with everyone too afraid of their shadow to get things done.

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (Resumed)

That is the other side of this.

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (Resumed)

Yes, we can. My understanding is that it is done by regulation but we can. There will be some legislative changes needed. I agree 100% with what the Deputy said. In fact you can now subdivide a house as well under this planning statement. Equally, you can do what the Deputy said in terms of people creating a unit for themselves and renting out the house. There is no question that in many of the older housing estates, the density has gotten very low. Whereas when we grew up, there was five or six people per family -…

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (Resumed)

Yes, it is open to families.

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (Resumed)

I thank Deputy Carrigy for raising what is a very important issue and for sharing his personal experience with us about the impact of dementia on family and on individuals. I commend the runners for their initiative to create awareness. The Deputy correctly credited the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, who does fantastic work, particularly in the area of day care centres. There are 60 such centres now across the country. I remember how five or six years ago we had very few. We now have 60. We need to continue to w…

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 13, inclusive, together. I attended the 2026 World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on 21 and 22 January. My attendance at the forum is a useful opportunity to exchange views on key economic matters at a platform that brings together people from enterprise, politics, academia and media. During my visit, I met with international and political leaders, including Prime Minister Mustafa of Palestine, who updated me on progress on the comprehensive plan to end the Gaza conflic…

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

I thank all the Deputies who have raised issues on this basic question, the first of whom was Deputy Boyd Barrett. Overall, it is interesting that Deputies Boyd Barrett and Murphy look at Davos through a certain prism. In terms of taxing the wealthy, the reality is that one third of tax revenue now is corporate tax. A lot of the companies I met in Davos pay huge amounts in corporate tax to the Irish Exchequer. Those are the realities-----

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

As corporate tax-----

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

It is one third and it underpins a lot of spending on public services. Deputy Boyd Barrett's view is to attack them. That is his view. He does not really think they have value in the Irish economy even though some of them have been here for 50 years in terms of pharmaceuticals and life sciences. Many of them have been here. Microsoft came in in 1985. I go to Davos, as do the Irish Government and the IDA, to keep identifying and profiling Ireland's proposition and position and also to advocate for Ireland to make su…

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

I have never seen it.

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

It is a very anti-worker perspective in terms of the Deputies' attitude to the companies I am talking about more generally-----

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

-----and the industry and the sector.

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

If I could, through the Chair, say that Deputy Boyd Barrett raised the issue of equality. Ireland is more equal than most, actually, because of our progressive taxation system. In fact, there are a lot of people railing against that now on various platforms and media saying that we are overtaxing but Ireland is a much more equal society than others because of a progressive income tax system. On Deputy Murphy's remarks, I do not represent any billionaire class. That is just nonsense. It is stupid stuff to be articul…

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

The humble TD has been as proactive about the back garden as the Collison brothers have. I will put it that way to him.

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

It is not a new idea.

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Deputy Ó Cearúil raised an issue. I was thinking of Mourinho when the Ceann Comhairle said that.

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Deputy Ó Cearúil described himself to me as the Maradona of Kildare hurling one time but anyway. I should not be betraying private conversations but there you are. Apparently, he was. On the more serious issue of AI, we have the national AI strategy. The Minister, Deputy Lawless, as Deputy Byrne has raised, is on the skills side. The IMF said we are well positioned from a skills perspective, but AI is coming fast. There was not as big a discussion at Davos, in the events I attended. However, there have been signifi…

FF 2026-04-28 · Dail
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Okay. I was dealing with Deputy Ó Cearúil and Deputy Byrne there as well. In response to Deputy Byrne, the National Economic and Social Council came through Cabinet today. It has a very good report on AI, which we will be publishing imminently and is well worth a read. In response to Deputy McCormack, I am absolutely clear that EU membership is critical to Ireland, as is the EU Single Market. Parts of the EU Presidency will be deepening the Single Market and moving from a single market to one market is the objectiv…

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