Micheál Martin

We must all collectively resolve not to go back to those divisions of the past

I would appeal for calm on all sides

I believe in unity and my party believes in unity, but we have to work on it.

We cherish that contribution that the Jewish community has made to Ireland.

People are angry in terms of what's going on in the Middle East and that's the manifestation of it.

We want humanitarian aid going into Gaza. There's not enough humanitarian aid going in.

We have no toleration for antisemitism, none.

I call on Israeli authorities to withdraw their unacceptable remarks about Hallgrímsson.

I do think that that’s an issue that has to be discussed and dealt with.

I do have an understanding of how political agreements come about, and they don’t come about by saying it’s our way or the highway or no-one’s way.

If there's a complete pullout of Lebanon, that could lead to a deterioration of the situation from a humanitarian point of view.

We would not be in a position to participate in any post-UNIFIL force that may be pulled together.

The reality is of course that the revenues from the carbon tax trajectory, as provided for in legislation, is baked into the National Development Plan expenditure profile, particularly at the Department of Climate, and also in terms of…

But of course, given the propensity of the industry itself to raise the cost of alcohol, in terms of the price of a pint, which varies in terms of locations, we will look at different sectors in the round.

So we're investing in an unprecedented way in infrastructure, which is necessary for future economy, future society.

What I would say to balance the fact that we are, yes, depending - overly dependent - on corporation tax revenues, we are using it for the productive sector, so it's the productive capacity of the economy.

It is a concern, because we have to be very mindful of the fact that quite a significant amount of that may be windfall, may be once off and may not be there forever.

We are focused on reducing income tax, the cost of childcare and the cost of disability while at the same time safeguarding our future by investing in our Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund.

I find, first of all, anyone driving in my view, with alcohol, I think it's unacceptable. There are rules there, so that's unacceptable, and the courts should deal with that rigorously and without fear or favor.

But I think the more important issue is - and to a certain respect some of the studies we’ve done in the Shared Island Unit have revealed - the differences, the divergences that have occurred in 100 years.

I’m favourably disposed towards the abolition of stamp duty for first-time buyers

The entire parliamentary party is in unison, focused on the issues that matter to the people in respect of cost of living, in respect of housing, and in respect of a range of issues that concern them, and people want us to focus on issues…

The sort of energy credits for everybody, I can't see the capacity being there to do that

Every time you do a one-off payment, and so if you have a billion or two billion (euro) in one-off payments, you're reducing your capacity to deal more substantively with issues that matter to people on an ongoing basis, not just on a…

To me, it’s always been the revenge of Big Tobacco.