Results 28,381-28,400 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The internal opposition should be consulted.
- Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is a programme for Government commitment.
- Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: That response is meaningless.
- Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, signed the commencement order for the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI, legislation, but there is much confusion in terms of the unions that did not sign up to the Lansdowne Road agreement. As the Taoiseach is aware, members of the ASTI, the TUI and the Association of Garda Sergeants...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: My point is that there is something fundamentally wrong in respect of the meetings, the structure, the number of meetings the Government has been having, the lack of joined-up thinking and the lack of urgency shown on this issue. That is why we are experiencing chaos for many families and crises in dealing with homelessness across the board and in housing supply. The Government's own...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach now confirming that they will be guillotined?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is not what it said.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times that a Cabinet sub-Committee met at which housing was discussed. [35261/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply because he said the Cabinet committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears has met eight times. The structure the Taoiseach has in place, and the number of times that committee has met, are inadequate when measured against the degree to which this problem has escalated in the past four years and grown to crisis levels in respect of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: Fianna Fáil was the only party which supported and campaigned for the retention of Seanad Éireann, although we wanted a reformed Seanad. I think that following the referendum most people were of the view that reform was required and should happen. That was the overwhelming perspective received from the people. At the meeting in July, to which all the leaders were summoned by...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is fair enough.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The general point is beyond that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: You all.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: Because-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach does not want to debate one-to-one with anybody. He should debate with Deputy Gerry Adams.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: RTE and the Taoiseach are at one on this. RTE agrees with the Taoiseach. It is probably facilitating him in one way.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has had the back door in there, to be quite blunt about it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The same thing happened last year.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach accept that there will be a guillotine on those? Five minutes ago he said there was no guillotine.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has asked for guillotines. He has tabled motions to the Whips for guillotines.