Results 41,921-41,940 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Official Engagements (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree this is an important issue in terms of the protection of hundreds of thousands of low paid workers. In his discussions with the trade union movement, it is clear the movement, in the first instance, sought that this decision would be appealed. Has the Government received advices from the Attorney General in this regard? Why has an appeal not been lodged...
- European Council Meetings (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he will elaborate on the clarification given to him by EU leaders at the European Council in June that if anything untoward were to happen in Greece that Ireland would be protected. [20075/11]
- European Council Meetings (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach agree that, in essence, the Council has signally failed to contain the Greek crisis because it has delayed everything it does, and it continues to delay? Since early March many statements have been made but no action has been taken. It is now more than four months since the interest rate on this country's loan was held to be unsustainable by the Council. That was part of...
- European Council Meetings (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Could the Taoiseach-----
- European Council Meetings (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why is the Taoiseach ducking and diving on the question of the Van Rompuy formula? Why will he not simply publish it because then we could make a judgment on it?
- European Council Meetings (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: For some strange reason the Taoiseach gets very touchy about this. He will not publish the formula itself and he keeps ducking and diving to avoid the question.
- European Council Meetings (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: No. The Taoiseach confirmed the Van Rompuy text himself.
- European Council Meetings (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: He confirmed here in the House that it had happened but he would not release the text, and he still will not release it.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the basis upon which the new second secretary of his Department will report to the Tánaiste for half of his or her responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18385/11]
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the appointment of secretaries general in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18392/11]
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he has satisfied himself with the manner in which the vacancies of secretaries general in his Department was announced; the reason the original timescale was not adhered to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18393/11]
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the filling of the positions of Secretary General and Second Secretary General in his Department. [18841/11]
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. I protest at the extraordinary number of questions transferred or disallowed. This is the culmination of a four-month effort by the Government effectively to undermine the status of questions to the Taoiseach. It is very disappointing to the Opposition. In the past number of months, unrelated questions were put together in large groups and specific...
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Yes, the Taoiseach certainly does.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has been disallowing questions-----
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach was in touch with people telling them that certain questions are not for his Department.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: There is an extraordinary desire on the part of the Taoiseach not to answer questions. Hence, they get referred to the Ceann Comhairle's office.
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I have four questions in this group on the same broad topic but I seek some specific points of information. I welcome the appointment of Geraldine Byrne-Nason as second Secretary General, who is a high calibre person, and I wish her well in her appointment. On 8 April, the Government briefed the media that the current Secretary General had been asked to step down a few months earlier...
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: In terms of both the new Secretary General to the Department of the Minister, Deputy Howlin, and this appointment it is clear the Taoiseach did not facilitate outside appointments to those positions. What is his position on the broader range of the highest level of Government in terms of opening it up genuinely to outside competition and to people from outside of the system to apply for...
- Departmental Appointments (12 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is not open to the people outside the system. That is the problem. Will it be open to people outside the public service?