Results 41,141-41,160 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach ask for bondholders to be burned?
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer my question.
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach ask for the bondholders to be burned?
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach ask the question?
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: No, it was not.
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Order Paper notes the latest report from the National Treatment Purchase Fund. As the report was brought to the Government last week, the Taoiseach will be aware that it records the treatment of almost 34,000 people and a 99% satisfaction rate among patients and those treated under the fund. Will the Government make time available to debate the report and seek clarity regarding the...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Some 80% of Irish defined benefit schemes are in deficit and hundreds of thousands of workers are members of these schemes. The Taoiseach and the Government were advised in advance that the 0.6% pension levy would have a very negative impact on pensioners. Specifically, the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform were advised that the levy "is coming at the worst possible...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why did the Taoiseach, premeditatively, go after pensioners more than anybody else in this regard?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach why he specifically hit pensioners in applying the pension levy. At the behest of the industry, he stitched into the legislation a specific provision that pensioners' benefits could be reduced through the application of the levy because they were in deficit. If he was convinced about charges, fees and administrative fat he would not have given that leeway to the...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Who brought in the levy?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Government added to it.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Government made it worse.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Government is hitting the pensioners.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Not the way the legislation was written. The industry was given a way out.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why was that not stitched into the legislation? That is the point.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: It was in place already.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Fair play to the Taoiseach. Who did he meet there?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: If they did not wear suits, they might not have made the decision.
- Departmental Offices (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he is satisfied with the resources available to offices under the auspices of his Department for the drafting of legislation. [24730/11]
- Departmental Offices (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The question I asked was whether the Taoiseach is satisfied with the resources available to the offices under the auspices of his Department for drafting legislation. I am conscious that much legislation was promised and identified but has not come through the system on time. For example, the corporate donations Bill is a classic example in that one would have expected it to be brought in...