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- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----but they were at the end of their tether because of their engagement with the bank, not the other way around. I hated the Taoiseach's assertion last week and the implication - I hope he is not doing it again today - that somehow it was all the fault of the person who held the mortgage.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I hear time and again that people with mortgages are anxious to have sustainable solutions, but there is no engagement from the other side. The fundamental problem is that, as many people know, the banks hold all of the cards. They have a veto.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is the fundamental problem and why, in some instances, they may not be engaging.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is time to end the veto in a reasonable and balanced way. We are conscious of issues that flow from this, but the Bill that will be debated this evening is balanced. The Taoiseach should show good grace. The former Minister, Deputy Alan Shatter - I read his speeches on Second and Committee Stages before I came to Leinster House today - said the Government would not be slow in refining...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am not talking about there being no harm in talking about this matter. I want real engagement on the substance of the points raised in the legislation that will be before the House this evening if this Parliament is to mean anything and be relevant to the hundreds of cases going through courts across the country weekly.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: We want to find solutions.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is not being utilised.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach stated he was not happy. He brought them in for a chat, the time for which has come to an end.
- Other Questions: Education Standards (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is the demographic dividend.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I wish to address the issue of mortgage arrears, particularly family homes in danger of imminent repossession and legal actions pertaining to same. The scale of the problem is still enormous. Over 118,000 family homes are in arrears and about 37,400 family homes are in arrears for more than two years. The latter group of family homes is in imminent danger of repossession because we have...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Functions (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: 548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role his Department will have in the forthcoming referendum on voting age in May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3267/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (3 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: 549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has made contact with the European Commission since its comments on water rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4304/15]
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2015)
Micheál Martin: The review has taken four years.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Minister today said it is going to get worse.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is going to get worse.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2015)
Micheál Martin: Why is it worse this morning?
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2015)
Micheál Martin: Things are getting worse.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is getting worse.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach made choices in the budget.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is paltry in the context of people dying.