Results 23,641-23,660 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: My question is in regard to the programme for Government and the ethics of public service and Government. I was very taken aback by the Taoiseach's response to my earlier question regarding the potential conflict of interest involved in the director general of the HSE being on the board of Evofem, a contraceptive manufacturer in the United States. Thomas Lynch, the chair of the Mater...

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: It is simply not reconcilable that one can be the director general of the HSE and also serve on the board of a company whose chair is also the chair of an Irish hospital. I do not understand why the Taoiseach does not get that. The Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, made a grave error in facilitating Mr. O'Brien joining that board. I have no personal issue with Mr. O'Brien but the bottom...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach the serious question of whether or not he agreed that the Minister for Health had made a serious error in facilitating and consenting in writing to the director general of the HSE serving on a board of a company and he studiously avoided dealing with it. I would like an answer from the Taoiseach, first, on whether he believes the Minister made the correct decision in...

Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Last night, the Minister for Health revealed that there were more than 1,500 additional cervical cases which had not been audited. This shocking and out-of-the-blue revelation confirms that the response to this crisis to date from the Minister and the Department of Health has been neither competent nor comprehensive. It is now two weeks since the Minister was told about the issue and nearly...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Summer Economic Statement (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance when the summer economic statement is planned. [19089/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she and her predecessors have taken to address the concerns of members of an association (details supplied) about their pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that the trustees of a pension scheme (details supplied) have acted in the best interest of all beneficiaries and in particular the best interests of an association; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19232/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she or her predecessors have taken to address the concerns of an association (details supplied) that is of the view that decisions were taken without its input in 2010 in relation to its pension scheme which closed off the defined benefit pension and replaced it with a defined contribution scheme and changed rules...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 186. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if safeguards will be put in place to enable pensioners have a greater say in the governance of their pension scheme in view of the fact that many defined benefit pension schemes are closed to new members and that pensioners constitute a growing percentage of scheme memberships; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce measures to specifically protect retired members of defined benefit pension schemes particularly in view of the fact that pensioner groups only have one month to appeal the decision of the pension fund trustees to make an application for a section 50 order to the Pensions Authority for reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend section 81E of the Pensions Act 1990 to abolish the six to 12 month time bar in which pensioners cannot pursue a complaint once they have retired longer than 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19236/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (2 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 189. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether legislation is adequate to ensure that trustees of pension schemes act in the best interests of all beneficiaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19237/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Project Ireland 2040 Administration (1 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is promising billions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Project Ireland 2040 Administration (1 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Never.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Project Ireland 2040 Administration (1 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: There is much to discuss in the short time I have and I will not be able to get around to all of it. The national development plan involved a significant tour of the country. University heads and those in institutes of technology love to greet members of the Government in the forlorn hope that the visit and their hospitality would be followed by numerous grants from the Government....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (1 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: Is that October?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (1 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: It has.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Project Ireland 2040 Administration (1 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to the number of officials in his Department who are working on the national planning framework and on the roll-out of the national development plan; and if they are predominately in the communications area. [18812/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Project Ireland 2040 Administration (1 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when Cabinet Committee D (Infrastructure) last met. [19088/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (1 May 2018)

Micheál Martin: On about four occasions in the last six months I have asked the Taoiseach to detail the specific numbers of staff assigned to each area within this very broad division. This is something that previous taoisigh have been willing to do. Will the Taoiseach tell us exactly how many officials are working on the distinct roles of international affairs, EU affairs and Northern Ireland? Each of...