Results 40,341-40,360 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: At least, the Minister for Finance gets the light which perhaps some Labour Party Ministers and Deputies might not.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach confirm that this cut will be reversed in the social welfare Bill?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: With the greatest of respect, it is time for the Taoiseach to stop blaming everyone for decisions he is taking. The Taoiseach's answer this morning lacks credibility and is pathetic. This decision in respect of young people with disabilities has nothing to do with the troika.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: The troika has made this clear time and time again. As for listening to people, we raised this matter yesterday. This cut-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: This cut was a sneaky, cowardly attempt to get something in through the back door in the hope that people would not notice. When we raised this matter yesterday, the Government tried to muddy the water and would not come clean about what it was doing. Forget about appointing people to review the issue. The Government should do the honourable thing, accept it is a mistake and reverse it.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Government should not put up a smoke screen about appointing someone to review.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: We all know the issue. We do not need to be told about the current application of the situation.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: We all know the reality of the implications of this cut. The honourable thing to do would be to reverse it. Will the Taoiseach confirm to the House that we will not proceed with the cut in the rate of payments to young people with disabilities? We all know of individual cases. The Government should have known what they were before it took this decision.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: It had many Cabinet meetings at which it deliberated on these cuts. We were told that it was meeting on Sundays.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should not try to cod people. The Government should do the honourable thing and reverse this cut.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I did.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I will remind the Taoiseach later of what he stated about last year's budget. Will he please answer the question?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: What about the minimum wage?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Is the entire decision paused?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: What about the 18-24 year olds?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is only one aspect. It is unfortunate that anything is wrong, but the-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not clear.
- Business of Dáil (6 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: The VAT increase is probably the most substantive element of this budget in terms of taxation measures. To allow only 20 minutes for discussion on that issue is ridiculous and farcical. It is not acceptable.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (6 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Fianna Fáil is opposing this measure because of its lack of balance. While the Government is obliged to collect revenue, this is an extraordinary decision. In essence, a ground-breaking scheme, the purpose of which was to redirect people to purchase clean cars in order to improve the environment and to facilitate a sustainable environment in the future, has been declared a success....
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mechanically Propelled Vehicles) (6 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: If, two or three years ago, a Government told people to buy cars with lower emissions because it was the right thing for the environment and that it would incentivise them to do so and if a subsequent Government reverses the decision two years later and states it did not really mean it, essentially, those people will have been conned into taking decisions. It is an act of treachery by the...