Results 25,021-25,040 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is letting himself down with the asinine comments he made both last week and today on Fianna Fáil's position on Brexit. He was present when I gave my speech at the All-Island Civil Dialogue. I spoke at Cambridge at the British-Irish Association meeting in the presence of the Taoiseach's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Simon Coveney. I have been very...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Not in Britain.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: I have not used the term "special status".
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: No; I am sorry, but that is not Fianna Fáil policy.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Stop distorting the truth once again. It is asinine commentary.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Absolutely.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: I think the Taoiseach's position in the past couple of weeks has been-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach knows full well what my position is.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: To be quite frank, I think the Taoiseach's response is asinine. It does him no justice in terms of his seriousness.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Neither is it-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Its is established practice for the Cabinet committee on the European Union and Brexit to meet the week before a European summit to agree on key changes of Government policy. On a number of occasions in the last two weeks, the Taoiseach has said that the Government is not contemplating or preparing for anything other than a close customs union between the United Kingdom and the European...
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: One person has been employed.
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Before I commence, I want to correct the record of the House on the pensions issue and the anomaly of 2012, and the comments of Deputy McDonald in particular. Many groups and parties have consistently raised this issue, not least the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection. The Chairman, Deputy Curran, met the Minister at the committee on 28 September, and the very first...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Reopen Stepaside.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply, and I welcome the fact a comprehensive evaluation of the preparations and reaction to storm Ophelia will take place to inform future practice and future behaviour in what will become a pattern over the next number of years in terms of the frequency and intensity of such storms. I referenced a specific project in terms of eliminating dangerous trees. It...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: The adaptation plan.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: As the country is recovering from and absorbing the impact of Storm Ophelia, I take the opportunity to offer my sympathy to the families of those who lost their lives - Clare O'Neill from Waterford, a cancer nurse, who was driving her mother home; Michael Pyke from Cahir who was attempting to clear the road for his neighbours, and Fintan Goss who on his way home to his family - all of whom...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: 77. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 4 to 6, inclusive, of 27 September 2017, the status of the commitment in his Department's strategy statement to examine the balance of power and responsibility between the Government and the Civil Service; and if he will elaborate on the operating principles of the strategic communications unit. [43573/17]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Government Information Service (17 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: 78. To ask the Taoiseach if the director and-or other members of the strategic communications unit have been meeting political advisers in each Department; if his attention has been drawn to the aim of these meetings; if he has received reports from these meetings; and if the Government press secretary has also attended. [43574/17]