Results 42,101-42,120 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach publish it?
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: I would not ask if I had it. Will he publish it?
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is a serious issue in terms of the amount of money involved. It is not a laughing matter.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: All I am asking is whether he will publish it.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will he publish it?
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach knows we support it.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Publish the text.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: The previous Government passed legislation to bring such an effect into play.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: It was the reality before the Taoiseach came into office.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is just filibustering.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is just filibustering. This has turned into a Second Stage debate rather than a question and answer session on the European Council meeting.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: I was surprised at the Taoiseach's touchy response to my simple request to publish the text of the van Rompuy compromise text from the 11 March meeting. Publishing it would allow people make up their minds objectively as to whether the Taoiseach skilfully handled the meeting or bungled it. He has decided not to publish it, however. Yesterday, I asked about his recent meeting with the French...
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: I posed three specific questions in respect of the European Central Bank, the text-----
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why did the Taoiseach agree to a text which is weaker than that issued on 11 March?
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer my three specific questions on the European Central Bank and the conclusions reached at last week's meeting, which were different from what was agreed on 11 March.
- Northern Ireland Issues (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: On the broader issue of contacts with the Northern Ireland Executive, we need evidence of a more active engagement with the North from across the Government. It is surprising that four months into the term of the new Government there has been no formal series of meetings between the Taoiseach and Northern leaders. I would have expected that to have happened at this stage. It is important...
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Last week's meeting of the European Council was the latest in an increasingly lengthy series of crisis meetings. Its primary objective was again to find a way of containing the threat of a significant sovereign debt default by showing how the leaders are committed to comprehensive and credible action. As even the most basic look at the events and commentary since Friday suggests, this...
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: As the Taoiseach knows well, but refuses to admit because it would undermine one of his favourite attack lines, the interest rate on Ireland's support package was a fixed figure and not open to negotiation. In subsequent discussions, our partners agreed to reopen the issue. This culminated in the February agreement, formally ratified on 11 March, that our interest rate should be reduced in...
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: So the Taoiseach will publish it.
- European Council Meetings: Statements (29 Jun 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach publish it?