Results 26,121-26,140 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: The panel rights are very restrictive.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: It was promised.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: Can somebody clarify the difference between a tender and a mini-tender?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: Page 143 of the programme for Government sets out a commitment to "continue to play an active role at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council, the OSCE and through the UN, in seeking diplomatic resolutions to crises and conflict, with particular reference to Syria, Iraq, Libya, and the Ukraine". Everybody will have been absolutely appalled and horrified by yesterday's barbaric attack on...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that it simply is not working. I refer to the case of a young child of two and a half years who needs an assessment application. The child attended in June 2016 and the family were told it would be dealt with on 23 September. They were then told in November by an assessment officer that there was a five month delay and that she was processing number 482. This child was...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: Parents of children with special needs simply face too many barriers and obstacles to accessing services, including school placements, respite, proper and timely assessments, and basic equipment and aids to help their children get through the daily tasks of life. For example, the number of children who are waiting for appropriate occupational therapy assessment is extraordinary....
- Brexit: Statements (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: In the days before Prime Minister May formally triggered Article 50, the leaders of the EU's institutions and the remaining 27 member states gathered in Rome to mark the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Rome. The declaration they issued was full of pious aspirations but very little substance and it is far from clear that there is a shared concept of what the Union's...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: Recent references to Gibraltar have shown that Ireland is not the only country that is lobbying on the various issues at bilateral meetings. Our perspective from the outset of this process has been that the programme of top-level bilateral meetings does not seem to have been near what we would have expected. We felt that a tour like the tour of capitals that takes place before a country...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: Some Ministers of State might be noticed more than others. I will put it that way. I will not elaborate on which Murphy I am talking about.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach tell us whether it is intended that every member state will receive a visit at Head of Government level before the most complex issues concerning Ireland arise? My second point relates to staffing. Last week, I asked the Taoiseach about the plans to address the clear lack of staff in key parts of our diplomatic service. In my view, the staffing level is not where it...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: The overriding priority in terms of Brexit is trade. It is the issue that will determine the degree of damage that will be done to the island of Ireland as a result of Brexit. In other words, if a bespoke deal is done with Britain, which maintains, in essence, the Single Market that we currently enjoy, then significant progress may be made in damage limitation in terms of Brexit. In that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: That is a separate matter. My question was about the impact of Brexit.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: Was there any discussion about Rockall?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Issues (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: They might have voted differently so.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Issues (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: I am conscious there is a further debate on Brexit later today and tomorrow during which we can address in more detail the events of the past ten days. Some of the points raised during the Treaty of Rome commemorations deserve comment. In both the United Kingdom's notification and the draft negotiating position, it is fair to say that certain of Ireland's concerns are addressed. It is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Issues (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the commemoration ceremony for the Treaty of Rome; if he held any bilaterals at same; and the items that were discussed. [16399/17]
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: On Private Members' business this evening, Deputy Lisa Chambers will raise the situation pertaining to our Defence Forces. I put it to the Taoiseach that, in the context of the programme for Government and its commitment to the Defence Forces that over the last number of years, he has presided over a continuing deterioration in morale in our Defence Forces, and also in capacity and...
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: A note was sent-----
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: Did the Business Committee decide this yesterday?
- Order of Business (4 Apr 2017)
Micheál Martin: There was no meeting yesterday.