Results 31,901-31,920 of 50,917 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Issue of Writs: Dublin South-West By-election and Roscommon-South Leitrim By-election (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: I have been to Fettercairn in Dublin South West. I was at the community centre last week. One of the people who has been working there for ten years told me that "this Government has abandoned us and has abandoned our community". That is how they feel on the doorsteps in parts of Tallaght and Fettercairn. I was there myself last week.
- Issue of Writs: Dublin South-West By-election and Roscommon-South Leitrim By-election (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach do something about the beef crisis across the midlands that is affecting farmers in a very profound way and about which the Government has done nothing? Will he stop the discrimination? We should be getting more time for this by the way. This kind of a debate with five minutes-----
- Issue of Writs: Dublin South-West By-election and Roscommon-South Leitrim By-election (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is about time we got a bit more democracy. The Opposition should not be taking it from each other. I am simply making the point that five minutes for this type of debate is not good enough. We are entitled to make-----
- Issue of Writs: Dublin South-West By-election and Roscommon-South Leitrim By-election (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach ask his councillors to make sure that they stop actively undermining efforts to reduce property tax by 15%, which was Deputy Gilmore's promise before the local elections?
- Issue of Writs: Dublin South-West By-election and Roscommon-South Leitrim By-election (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: I am looking forward to the by-election. I hope the Government does not use the budget as an excuse to avoid getting down and meeting with people?
- Issue of Writs: Dublin South-West By-election and Roscommon-South Leitrim By-election (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should go down to Roscommon, spend some time down there and listen to what people have to say because in Ivan Connaughton and John Lahart, we have people who will listen, who are rooted in their communities and who will make a difference for the better.
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: What about the health reform Bill?
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: The health reform Bill provides for the dissolution of the HSE.
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: What about the health reform Bill?
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: Answer the question, for God's sake.
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: I have asked about promised legislation that the Government has not published.
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: What about the health reform Bill?
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: Two.
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is very serious because it concerns the programme for Government. Should it not be scrapped? It is fantasy. The Government is treating the public and the Dáil with contempt. None of this is going to happen. The Minister, Deputy Leo Varadkar, has said it is not going to happen.
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Department of Health officials said it was not going to happen. I have spent 12 months asking the Taoiseach about each of these Bills, but he keeps on talking nonsense and avoiding answering the questions. It is fantasy.
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: A more honest approach would be to withdraw the part of the programme for Government on health, as there is no substance to it.
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should be honest with the people. It is a fantasy. In January he said he would deal with the health reform Bill. It is now September.
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is a joke. That is why the Minister, Deputy Leo Varadkar, said what he said.
- Order of Business (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: It would appear from the schedule of legislation published today that the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, has won the day. The Government promised in January last to introduce the health reform Bill, whose stated aim was "to put in place the new structures for the health service as set out in Future Care and the disestablishment of the HSE". According to the new schedule, however, the...
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (17 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: Gan amhras, is ócáid an-bhrónach é bás Albert Mac Raghnaill. I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a dhéanamh lena bhean, Kathleen, agus lena chlann go léir. Is léir do chách gur ceannaire agus polaiteoir den scoth a bhí ann. Bhí tionchar faoi leith aige ar chúrsaí polaitíochta na tíre seo agus,...