Results 41,621-41,640 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff working in his Department at the end of 2008, 2009, 2010 and the projected number for the end of 2011. [24715/11]
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff working in his Department who are on secondment from other Departments and the numbers of staff of his Department on secondment to other Departments. [24716/11]
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if any member of the staff of his Department reports primarily to another member of Government; and if so, if he will detail such cases. [24729/11]
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail the specific process employed in receiving and considering applications for the posts of Secretaries General in his Department; and if he is satisfied with the process. [24732/11]
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is an awful lot of questions being taken together.
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Of this group of 13 questions, 12 are in my name. Under Standing Orders, if they were to be asked separately, I would be entitled to speak for approximately 72 minutes. Obviously, I do not expect this to happen.
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: There are approximately four areas covered by the 12 questions in my name: the Taoiseach's promise concerning the staffing of the Department of the Taoiseach, the new office of the Tánaiste, the new arrangements for co-ordinating EU policy and the procedures for filling the post of Secretary General. I want to be able to deal with each of these and have enough of time to do so.
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle. You are in good form because of Sunday's developments.
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Actually, I am in very good form. Deputy Rabbitte has good experience of that kind of thing himself. The last time we discussed the structure and staffing of the Taoiseach's Department, the Taoiseach failed to inform the House that he would be moving an entire section from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade under his control. In the Taoiseach's pre-election speeches, in the Fine...
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should go back over his manifesto.
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Let us consider the facts that the Taoiseach has just read out. There were 191 staff at the end of 2010 and now there are 187. That is a change of four people. It is about time we had some straight, honest talking here. We should stop the waffle, fudge and spin. If the Taoiseach will not be straight or clear about something he has announced himself through the figures, then when will he...
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not clear. He made all manner of ridiculous commitments during the election and before the election and he has abandoned them. The Taoiseach should acknowledge that he has abandoned them. That is all. There are no specifics in terms of the size of the office of an Tánaiste and how many staff are there and so on. I would appreciate if the Taoiseach could give us some...
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am asking the Taoiseach to give a clear rationale for that decision. For some reason, the last time we discussed this even though it was under way then he did not alert the House to such a fundamental and substantial change in respect of that decision. The Taoiseach will create an extra barrier to an integrated EU approach from Government.
- Departmental Appointments (20 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Given the transfer of the EU section to his control, why is the Taoiseach still transferring EU questions to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: We start a new Dáil term today-----
- Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----with a commitment to honesty and transparency. The Taoiseach may not have seen it from his office but outside this House today there is a group of pensioners pointing out the truth of the effect of this Government's raid during the last term on private pensions.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach, when asked again and again in May and June about this issue, dodged the questions and hid the truth. It took the Freedom of Information Act to for us to uncover that the Government received and ignored repeated warnings about the damage this levy could do. The Taoiseach hid that information from the House. I sought this information in May and June and the Taoiseach refused...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is not what I asked.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach accept-----