Results 27,921-27,940 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to be awkward but we cannot have a situation where one party wants to dominate the agenda of-----
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is in essence what is happening. I have no objection to motions but every party must have the rules laid out before them in advance. That was not the position 48 hours ago. We were told we could not table motions. That is the advice we received. All I am saying is that if it is now open for people to put forward motions to be considered on 22 March, then every political party,...
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is the only point I am making.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is an important point of principle, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: Exactly.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: Hear, hear.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: Members could decide on 6 April.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: It either will be conclusive or inconclusive-----
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: -----and that decision must be made one way or another.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: We will know on the day. I simply think we should put that on the agenda.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: Everybody has.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: May I raise a point of order?
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: It was unclear today, to be honest, as to who could table motions for today. In fact, Fianna Fáil had advice 48 hours ago that we could not table motions. We did table a motion subsequently on housing. If it was to be known that the next session of the Dáil could entail motions from political parties - I respectfully suggest that Independent groups and political parties could...
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: All Members can start to table motions and if some believe only their motions can be debated on a certain day next week, I respectfully suggest that other parties are also entitled to have their motions debated. We need a bit of common sense as to how the House is to be organised in the interim period.
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: I have no objection to having two or three days but they should be on the issues of health, housing, water and agriculture, which I believe already is catered for in respect of the Council meetings. I simply make that important proviso.
- Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is agreed.
- Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: We are surprised by what is happening now.
- Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: I thought that the five Independents who are named in motion 5cwere to encompass, representatively, all of the Independents.
- Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is motion 5b.
- Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)
Micheál Martin: I would have said consistently all along that the d'Hondt methodology should be used, if we are going to go back to that methodology, but we were asked to accommodate more than the d'Hondt methodology, which we were willing to do, but now it seems it is the d'Hondt, plus, plus. I do not want to get involved in that but I will agree to-----