Results 31,941-31,960 of 51,015 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is my point. The Deputy has just confirmed what I said. The Taoiseach should always remember, and I hope he would agree with me, that the association agreement was the No. 1 item on President Poroshenko's election programme when he won an overwhelming majority in Ukraine. He has full democratic legitimacy, and he should be accepted as such, but for some reason Sinn Féin does not...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: It has partitioned a state it believes should be subject to Russian control.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: Throwing in the equivalence aspect that they are all wrong is giving it a fool's pardon.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is refusing to call it what it is, and that only encourages President Putin in terms of further aggression. I ask the Taoiseach to assure us that Ireland will continue to stand with the people of states threatened by Russian aggression. It is a very serious issue in that part of the world because they have experienced terrible events in the past and they do not want to go back to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: I have about ten questions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met or spoken to Chancellor Merkel recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35618/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met or spoken with Mr. Mario Draghi recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35620/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the discussions at the August EU Council meeting on the ebola virus in west Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35625/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he has discussed Ireland's retrospective debt with any other EU leaders recently during, before or after an EU Council meeting since June 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35638/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 16. To ask the Taoiseach the position on the discussions at the EU Council meeting in August 2014; if he made a contribution at same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35662/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 17. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the discussions on Israel and Gaza at the EU Council meeting; if he made a contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35663/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 18. To ask the Taoiseach the position on the EU increasing the sanctions to Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if the Israel-Palestine situation was discussed at the July EU Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35670/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken or met President Hollande recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35672/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met or spoken with Prime Minister Renzi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35673/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: 23. To ask the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he held when he attended the EU Council on 30 August 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36509/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Service Reform Plan Update (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: In regard to this question, and given what the Taoiseach said earlier in terms of the Minister, Deputy Howlin's announcement today, I point out that we had a similar announcement three and a half years ago. The Labour Party manifesto in 2011 stated it would:...end the system whereby appointments to State boards are used as a form of political patronage and for rewarding insiders. In future,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Service Reform Plan Update (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: There is the case of the Minister, Conor Murphy, and the appointment of Máirtín Ó Muilleoir to the board of Northern Ireland Water. I believe there were other appointments which ended up in legal wrangles due to the shenanigans that went on. I could say there are many quangos and community boards in Northern Ireland that have the Sinn Féin imprint. I am just making a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Service Reform Plan Update (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: The parliamentary question was asked by Deputy Robert Troy in July last and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has announced the changes today. However, to take his own Department, where I acknowledge there were only 22 appointments to two boards up to July, not one of them was of a public applicant. That is 0% in the percentage of public applicants------
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Public Service Reform Plan Update (30 Sep 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is from a parliamentary reply. I do not know the boards.