Results 40,921-40,940 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is a very serious issue for the hard-pressed mortgage holders across the country.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is incredible and unbelievable that we do not know what banks such as AIB and Bank of Ireland, which we have substantially recapitalised through the taxpayer, will do on this. There should be no question of what they should do on this, and the Taoiseach should make this clear. Has he or any member of the Government spoken to AIB or Bank of Ireland, for example, to make sure they pass on...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: We have tabled legislation.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Has the Taoiseach asked the AIB and Bank of Ireland before-----
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: So the Taoiseach has not spoken to them. That is the point.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he has instituted any changes to the membership of the Cabinet Committee on Health. [31044/11]
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: My initial question relates to whether there have been changes to the membership of the Cabinet sub-committee on health which, to date, has only met on one occasion. I tabled it as a result of the fact that there was a degree of uncertainty in respect of health policy per se. There is also an incredible lack of clarity with regard to the future direction of health policy. Is the HSE going...
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It relates to the work of the Cabinet sub-committee on health.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am trying to obtain from the Taoiseach a sense of what is happening. These are issues which the Cabinet sub-committee on health should be considering.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I want the Taoiseach to indicate whether there has been a change in the membership of the sub-committee which reflects the changes to which I refer.
- Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 529: To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Dean Clinics with respect to the Health Service Executive; the nature of the free mental health assessments the Dean Clinics offer; if adult or young adult assessments are included in this offer; if not, why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32225/11]
- European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: No we did not.
- European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I made reference to that in my speech. What did the Taoiseach say?
- European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Restructuring in Greece was discussed last week, as was the recapitalisation of banks exposed as a result of that. The Taoiseach did not bring this issue up.
- European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: That will not wash. The Taoiseach said he would do "X", but he did nothing. He did not even try.
- European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: No they are not. The Minister said before the House last week that it would not be raised at the summit. It is incredible to be hearing this.
- European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not even try. That is the issue.
- European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, reported to me last week. She said in this House that the Taoiseach was not tabling this as an issue. That is the basis upon which I make my assertion.
- European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is interrelated. It gave the Taoiseach his first and only opportunity to do something about this since the original crisis arose.
- European Council: Statements (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I said all of that to the Taoiseach before the election and he rejected it completely. He is chancing his arm.