Results 39,081-39,100 of 51,299 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: It would need to.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Not agreed. Yesterday we raised the issue of the guillotining of Second Stage of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill. What is proposed today is to take Committee and Remaining Stages of the Bill today and tomorrow. No separate time has been allocated between Committee Stage and Report Stage and 23 pages of amendments were presented to the parties in the House this morning. Yesterday we...

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Taoiseach that we are not happy with the way the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill is being treated.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Spokespeople deserve adequate treatment and time to consider amendments to the Bill between today and tomorrow. It is being rushed through and guillotined. How it has been handled to date is a disgrace and it makes a complete mockery of so-called Dáil reform procedures.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is a guillotine.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: You can make that technical distinction but it is not the point. I said today and tomorrow.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I will be here tomorrow actually.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I am not starting again.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I want to continue the point I am making on the Bill. It is unacceptable that 23 pages of amendments were tabled this morning. At the very minimum there must be a separation between Committee Stage and Report Stage-----

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----to facilitate the Bill being further amended on Report Stage. It is unacceptable how the House has been treated with regard to this Bill. Every week the Minister for Social Protection does a U-turn on section 4, which is the section that tells lone parents they must get back to work when their youngest child reaches seven years of age.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Section 4 remains in the Bill and no attempt whatsoever has been made to amend it. It is more like a neglect of children provision than a labour activation measure which is the basis on which the proposal has been made. How the House is being treated is a disgrace with regard to this substantial Bill which raises substantive issues for a range of social welfare recipients.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach think it is acceptable that 23 pages of amendments were landed into the House this morning?

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: In terms of respect for the House is the Taoiseach suggesting-----

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I will resume my seat and respect the Chair as I always have but on a point of order-----

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: There certainly is.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is a point of order. How do you know it is not a point of order? How do you know what I am going to raise as a point of order?

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: What is going on is unacceptable and the Ceann Comhairle knows it. We received 23 pages of amendments and it is an absolute disgrace. Does the Ceann Comhairle think it is enough time?

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Is the basis on which Deputy Rabbitte proceeds that two wrongs make a right?

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I want to ask about the timelines for two important Bills, the first of which is the personal insolvency Bill. The Taoiseach will agree that thousands of people are in significant mortgage arrears or have significant household debt. This situation has been dragging on for a long time. There has been a lot of inaction. Can the Taoiseach outline to the House when the full draft of the...

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: When the Taoiseach says he does not want thousands of cases, to what is he referring? Are we protecting the banks again or what are we doing?