Results 42,861-42,880 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Tánaiste regret the comment he made during the general election campaign - this is in the context of the summit and the resolution of the Irish debt problem - that it was Frankfurt's way or the Labour Party's way? We now know that the bondholders have not been burned. There has been no unilateral action in regard to them. If anything, it seems the notion that Ireland must give...
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to labour the point but much of what has been said about the policy situation is incorrect. I refer to the spin that robust tests were initiated by the current Government and that these are new. These were initiated long before the current Government came into office. We all know about the pillar banks and we all knew about the rationalisation of banks. That was clearly...
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach confirm if the person has taken up the position - if he has been appointed by the Government?
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I support the idea of people going before committees for interview and I promoted that as part of our manifesto. However, it seems that what was done yesterday by the Government in regard to Bord na gCon is almost in breach of the new regime it announced yesterday. In essence, a person has been appointed before that person has been interviewed by any committee. That is the point I want to...
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: No, it is an appointment.
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Therefore, it is the Government that makes the appointment in the end.
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is the Government that will have it.
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Government has a majority on all of them.
- Appointments to State Boards (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: However, the Government has a majority on all of them.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Three weeks ago, Deputies contributed to statements about the then upcoming meeting of the European Council. A common theme from all parts of the House was that this would be an extremely significant meeting at which the Heads of State and Government would reach decisions that would have far-reaching effects for Ireland and Europe as a whole. It was to be the Council at which a clear and...
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Your language on it has changed.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday, the Taoiseach mentioned that he spoke with President Trichet at the summit.
- European Council: Statements (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: The mandate of the ECB should be reviewed urgently. The bank has shown that the sole role of low inflation as a policy target is increasingly unsuitable in terms of the economic needs of Europe. Targeting inflation is important, but when this leads to an overly-aggressive stance it is highly damaging. The ECB's rate increase in mid-2008 after the recession had already begun was an historic...
- Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach was slow out of the traps this morning.
- Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: We are talking about redundancies.
- Order of Business (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach indicate when the promised legislation in regard to the establishment of the strategic investment bank will be introduced?
- Croke Park Agreement (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach his engagement with the implementation of the Croke Park deal [6653/11]
- Croke Park Agreement (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: On my question on the Croke Park agreement, the Taoiseach seems to preface everything by trying to blame others. The bottom line is whether he agrees with the assertion of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, that if the Croke Park agreement does not deliver the required savings the option that will be chosen will be a further cut in the pay of...
- Croke Park Agreement (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Given the concerns of the Taoiseach about the pace of the implementation of the agreement and flexibilities to be achieved, has he met the leaders of the public service unions and ICTU in regard to the Croke Park agreement?
- Departmental Correspondence (13 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the arrangements he has put in place to give himself and others reports concerning media coverage [6664/11]