Results 27,621-27,640 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the Cabinet sub-committee that will be responsible for arts and culture. [12877/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committees (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I take it that approximately ten or 11 Cabinet committees have been established. Could the Taoiseach indicate whether that is more than was the case in the previous Government and by how many? The Government's response has been to establish a Cabinet sub-committee for the arts, Irish and the Gaeltacht because it has been rightly stung by the very sharp reaction from the arts community to...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: The reason for the allocation announced today is because the budget provision at the commencement of the year was inaccurate and false. This was pointed out before the election, including by the HSE chief executive officer when he said very explicitly that there was an under-provision for the health service, which has been under a death sentence for a number of years in terms of a lack of...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: Given the under-provision of €680 million in 2014, the under-provision of €600 million last year and the current additional €500 million now being allocated despite that we have not yet reached the halfway point of this year, there is no conclusion a person can come to other than that this is the result of bad planning and is resulting in extraordinary pressure on many...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: Is it the Taoiseach's view that the €500 million is to cover existing pressures on hospitals, or are there, line by line for each €10 million, additional services to be recognised over and above what was provided for in the health service plan?
- Leaders' Questions (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: This morning, I believe, the Cabinet allocated an additional €500 million to the health service, which is extraordinary in itself in so far as it illustrates what we had all been saying at the time of the publication of the health service plan at the beginning of this year and prior to the election, which was that the budget for health was insufficient and represented a massaging of...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UK Referendum on EU Membership (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 82. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the implications for border security in the event of Britain and Northern Ireland voting to exit the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14460/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline a schedule for proposals concerning the expansion of cross-Border co-operation on service provision and joint executive bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14512/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council meeting is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14462/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his contacts with the Prime Minister of Turkey, Mr. Binali Yildirim, in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14513/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukrainian Conflict (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the lobbying or representations he has received concerning the forthcoming European Council discussions on renewing sanctions relating to the invasion and partition of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14516/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Responsibilities (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 687. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role his Department has with the Department of Defence now that the Minister of State is located within his own Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14454/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Responsibilities (8 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 688. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the procedures he has in place to receive briefings in his role relating to the Department of Defence and the nature and scope of delegation orders he has signed or intends to sign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14517/16]
- Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle (2 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: You are coming back, Finian.
- Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle (2 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I move:That Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher be elected Leas Cheann-Comhaire. Is pribhléid an-mhór domsa an Teachta Pat the Cope Gallagher a ainmniú mar Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Fear cumasach éirimiúil é atá clú agus cáil air ní hamháin ar fud na tíre ach ar fud na hEorpa chomh maith. Is fear é a oibríonn go dian...
- Order of Business (2 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: The former director of intelligence was on the news on RTE last night. It was extraordinary to watch.
- Order of Business (2 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: How much time do we have on Thursdays?
- Order of Business (2 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: Is that the time available under the 2007 Standing Orders?
- Order of Business (2 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I know that.
- Order of Business (2 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: He is a new Member, in fairness.