Results 32,721-32,740 of 51,299 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is very serious. We are talking here about Government interference-----
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: I do not understand this.
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: The committee does?
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: We only have two members.
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is extraordinary-----
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: What the Taoiseach has just said is extraordinary.
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is an extraordinary revelation by the Taoiseach. He is saying that the Government wants to dominate the committee and decide the terms of reference. If it does not get its own way, there will not be any terms of reference. That is what he just said.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: Yes. Has the Taoiseach an update on that? With regard to taxation, did he have discussions with President Obama about Ireland's corporate tax regime? Last week, the Governor of California, Jerry Brown, used humour when he raised questions about our tax rates, but his comments were played back here and they were serious none the less. He said that California would be an independent state...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is about an important tax issue. There has been a great deal of comment on this by American politicians, and when we visit America and meet the President, we must be robust and say that we are entitled to have a corporate tax rate of 12.5% and to structure our tax regime to attract inward investment. Many of these companies are no longer US companies; they are global companies that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: For anyone.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: Was it a fund-raiser for him?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: I have quite a number of questions under a number of different headings. Clearly, the Taoiseach had a very busy schedule in his journey to the US during the week of St. Patrick's Day but I put it to him that it has taken us about four months to get the opportunity to ask questions about it. This cannot be satisfactory. I do not think it is just about the Taoiseach's own idea around the...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: Then do something about it.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Enda Kenny is the Taoiseach.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the meetings he held during the St. Patrick's Day visits in the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7477/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the issues he discussed with President Obama at his meeting in March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7478/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if any new development was discussed at his meeting in the USA in relation to the undocumented Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7479/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if the situation in Ukraine was discussed with President Obama; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7480/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he met representatives of the Ancient Order of Hibernians when he was in the USA for St Patrick's Day; the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7481/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (10 Jun 2014)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the Dr. Haass report with President Obama; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7482/14]