Results 24,561-24,580 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Communications (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: It was the Taoiseach who signed off on the communications unit. It was the Taoiseach who initiated it and appointed the head.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Communications (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: Could I ask for a supplementary?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Communications (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach spent two minutes waxing lyrically about the name of a hospital and avoided answering the hard questions that were asked about his propaganda unit.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: It will bring in more people?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: I have a number of questions on this section. Pre-European Council statements are scheduled for today. As we have only ten minutes each to speak I will concentrate on those questions on the non-Brexit items to be dealt with at the Eurogroup meeting and the full summit. I point out to the Taoiseach that the practice is continuing whereby more information about our Government's position...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Donald Tusk; and the issues that were discussed. [51993/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mr. Mark Rutte and the issues that were discussed. [52909/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): EU Meetings (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel, recently. [53228/17]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: I wish all the staff a very happy and peaceful Christmas.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: I will not be here tomorrow for Leaders' Questions. I will be in the House but I will not be taking Leaders' Questions. I thought it was okay to take the opportunity.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: I wish the same to all my colleagues in the House as well. We just had the penultimate Leaders' Questions and my last of the season. I put it to the Taoiseach that the programme for Government committed to publishing a new updated action plan for educational inclusion with a particular focus on DEIS schools. Emphasis was to be put on a broad-based package of measures, which would encompass...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: These schools have met the deprivation index criteria.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: Will the Minister publish all documentation on this issue?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: This was discovered through a freedom of information request. The Minister was not transparent on this issue.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: The strategic communications unit is really working overtime.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: In my view, to date the initiatives have failed spectacularly relative to the scale of the crisis and the number of children and adults who are homeless. I say that genuinely. The plans have not worked.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Government was in denial. It did not believe in the crisis.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Ceann Comhairle would want another warning on his clock.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: Human tendency.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2017)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday I visited the Capuchin Day Centre to meet those at the coalface of providing services for homeless adults and children. Brother Kevin's organisation is an iconic illustration of the generosity of people and the wider community. To witness volunteers from all strata of society is heartening; what is not so heartening is the lack of a proper meaningful response from Government. The...