Results 40,981-41,000 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: This is very serious.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I beg your pardon, a Cheann Comhairle, this is not play-acting.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: You had nothing to do with that. Stop spinning.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is the best man I ever saw for claiming he scored goals with his hind legs.
- Civil Defence (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Defence the proposed timeline for the reintegration of the Civil Defence organisation into the army; when it is proposed to introduce the Civil Defence (Repeal) Bill; and if he has had consultations with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on this matter. [31346/11]
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I have been consistent on these issues from the outset. We have always said there could not be unilateral action by Ireland, and that is what we said before the election. The parties in Government made it clear they would unilaterally burn bondholders - they have reneged on that. The position is now different because at this summit there is a pan-European approach to bank capital and to...
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I never-----
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: What was the formula?
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: This is akin to scoring goals from the sideline.
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: This is a moment of unparalleled crisis for the European Union. It is on the edge of a financial collapse, perhaps more severe than the 2008 crisis because of the number of countries involved. This is not about Greece. The growth and prosperity which Europe has secured over nearly 60 years was achieved because of the ways in which states opened up and became intertwined. This is a...
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The idea of leveraging the funding provided by member states through the ECB remains the only one which could be both large enough and contain risk. The absolute refusal to do this may mark the final and most grave mistake which leaders have made this year. The argument of the guardians of ECB orthodoxy claim that such a leveraged fund would betray the founding principles of the bank. In...
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: If Dáil Ãireann was today allowed the freedom of the Bundestag to set limits to what was to be agreed, there is no doubt whatsoever that a burning of bank bondholders would be passed. Ireland played its part last year by not taking unilateral action against the bondholders. A pan-European approach to bank capital has now been agreed so Ireland has a right to demand the freedom to act....
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----and hide what is actually happening. Those form of words will be meaningless and they have no chance of being agreed or implemented any time in the near future. They are a waste of time and have nothing to do with the causes of the crisis. In contrast, if the leaders were to propose a quick series of treaty changes aimed at broadening the mandate of the European Central Bank and...
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Any agenda which goes significantly beyond this will end in failure and probably sooner rather than later. When summits are convened but controlled by the agenda of a handful of countries, they rarely generate positive outcomes. When they are convened without leaders actively engaging with each other, they are always failures. I have never seen such a lack of bilateral contact between...
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said previously that the Dáil would return on Tuesday after a bank holiday.
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Greek default will be a serious event for Greece and we should not pretend otherwise. The sovereign default in Greece will have a very serious impact on Greece's economy and society for a decade but the issue is that because of Greek default there will be a major pan-European recapitalisation of banks. The argument against burning bank bond holders, therefore, is no longer valid. That is...
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: So we have not put it on the table.
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Is the Minister of State saying we have not put it on the table?
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Have we put it on the table?
- EU Summits: Statements (26 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: So we have not put it on the table at the summit meeting.