Results 40,241-40,260 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 21: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on preparations for the next EU Council meeting. [37369/11]
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 40: To ask the Taoiseach if he attended any bilaterals at the council meeting of 9 December; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39755/11]
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is unfortunate that as a result of the way Question Time has panned out we have no opportunity to follow up on the 25 parliamentary questions we asked.
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Perhaps we should change Standing Orders to allow a mechanism for resubmitting them for next week.
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: We will have some chance tomorrow. I ask the Taoiseach to explain clearly to the House why he signed up for a deal, the full implications of which he had not studied. Did he raise the issue of Irish bank debt? I understand he sought a commitment from European Heads of State to the effect that there would be no private sector restructuring of sovereign debt but the proposal appears to...
- European Council Meetings (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why did he agree to push ahead without the British Government on board? Did he not see an opportunity to support the British in terms of not needing another treaty? That was our position before the summit. He stated in the Dáil on numerous occasions that he did not think a new treaty was needed because we could do a lot within existing treaties. The fiscal rules do not go to the core of...
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: One thing we all agreed this morning was that the Taoiseach would take questions after tomorrow's statements on the European Council. I ask him to confirm to the House that he will take questions afterwards, because this is a momentous summit with far-reaching implications for the country and for Europe. I take it that the format will be statements followed by questions to the Taoiseach...
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach mean tomorrow?
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach to stop messing.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: He is.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I know what the Taoiseach is wishing for.
- Order of Business (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Sorry?
- Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence the capital projects he intends to undertake during 2012. [38691/11]
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: The devil was truly in the detail of the budget last week. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, boasted that there would be no cuts to primary weekly social welfare payments. However, the deeper one examines this budget, the more devastating and sinister the cuts become. Despite stating that payments to families at risk of poverty will remain unchanged, it is clear that as a...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am trying to maintain the anonymity of the people who wrote to us. The Taoiseach's answer does not give any sense of understanding the enormity of the impact of this premeditated budgetary change to means test those on family income supplement who are in receipt of the carer's allowance. People are saying they know we have a great deal on our plates but please stand up for them and their...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Government has been aware of this since September yet it took a decision which is having an enormous, devastating and incredibly damaging impact. The e-mails we are receiving on the budget describe it in language such as being "driven to despair" and "over the brink" or being "unable to deal with it". Some of those affected have mortgages while others do not. I cannot get over that any...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: It had choices.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: There are alternatives.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: We proposed alternative taxes but the Government did not agree with them.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is digging a bigger hole.