Results 40,901-40,920 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: That did nothing.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is not true.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I will give the Taoiseach the research.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: This is not good enough. The Taoiseach has done none of what I have mentioned. He should call it a day.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I would not, actually.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The question of how Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy pursue these issues is crucial, because they made a hames of Deauville last year.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: They also made a hames of successive summits in terms of the reaction of the bond markets. I asked the Taoiseach a question earlier but he did not reply because there were so many questions. Why was there no mention of ECB reform in the 15 pages of conclusions that emanated from the summit?
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach please answer my question? I do not want any smart-aleckry from him.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach paid unsecured bondholders last week.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The ECB was not on the agenda in the current crisis.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is not a fiscal crisis, it is a financial and monetary crisis. The Taoiseach keeps missing that point.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Waffle.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: According to the programme for Government, this Dáil is due to consider at least ten constitutional amendments and an overall constitutional convention. Without a new approach and a willingness both to consult and listen to other opinions, many of these proposals will meet the same fate as the Oireachtas inquiries referendum. I hope we can be assured that the notable winning ways of...
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: In June, when I asked the Taoiseach a question about the constitutional convention and the constitutional amendments proposed in the programme for Government, he said: "Before I draft the final structure and terms of reference, party leaders will be consulted." In the months since then, there have been absolutely no consultations whatsoever. The Minister for the Environment, Community and...
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: A constitutional amendment requires legislation and requires the implementation of the programme for Government. I am entirely within standing orders to ask the question.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: There you are.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for what he said but the Minister, Deputy Hogan, has said he will publish the material in a week.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Therefore, the Taoiseach is not going to bring in the legislation.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: On 3 November, the new President of the European Central Bank, Mr. Mario Draghi, announced a cut in the bank's main policy rate from 1.5% to 1.25%. This was as result of what he described as a mild recession looming for the eurozone by the end of the year. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, rightly responded to the rate cut last week by stating the banks obviously should pass on the...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am extremely surprised the Taoiseach has no legislation prepared and that, clearly, no work has been undertaken in recent weeks or months to prepare such legislation. The Keane report came to Government more than six weeks ago but no decisions have emanated from that report, as has been confirmed by the Minister, Deputy Joan Burton. Every single commitment that was made to mortgage...