Results 42,921-42,940 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I asked this question earlier but I did not get a reply.
- Order of Business (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Government said it would prevent them from passing them on.
- Easter Rising Centenary (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I support what the Taoiseach and Deputy Adams said in regard to Nos. 14 to 17 Moore Street. I would be very anxious to see something concrete and productive emerge from that. I wish to ask about the 1916 centenary committee. Would the Taoiseach consider it useful if the membership was potentially broadened out or if, for example, a Northern input was facilitated, either from the Assembly or...
- European Council Meetings (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he has arranged with other EU Prime Ministers.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7687/11]
- European Council Meetings (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is time to put spin and optics to one side. The Taoiseach and everyone else knows that the decisions taken last week in terms of the banking sector flowed from stress tests which were well underway before the previous Government left office. It is time to put all the spin aside. Everyone knew about the two emerging banks, Allied Irish Bank and Bank of Ireland. There is no big deal in...
- European Council Meetings (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: The fundamental issue is that there has been no burning of bondholders. In regard to the forthcoming meeting, will the Taoiseach be raising the issue of an interest rate reduction? Will it be on the agenda given the IMF report and its statement that such interest reductions are now urgent in terms of the European loan facility and mechanisms? Also, can I take it from the Taoiseach's reply...
- European Council Meetings (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: On the interest rate, we heard what happened at the last meeting of European Finance Ministers. There was some sort of bilateral meeting on the bus with the French Finance Minister and the German Finance Minister was fairly categoric and blunt in his approach to the issue, which I regret because there has to be some quid pro quo. What is required is an overall European resolution of this...
- European Council Meetings (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: The national broadcaster so reported.
- European Council Meetings (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is a change from previous Government policy which was always to oppose a CCCTB.
- European Council Meetings (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Previous Governments opposed a CCCTB.
- Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach when details of the legislative priorities for the current Dáil session will be published [5915/11]
- Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of the Bills that have been restored [6851/11]
- Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I congratulate Ministers on their ingenuity in finding ways not to acknowledge the work of those who actually prepared most of the legislation being published. It takes creativity to praise one's own radicalism-----
- Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: I do. It takes creativity to praise one's own radicalism while at the same time introducing legislation published by one's predecessor. One of the major questions is whether the legislative programme actually reflects the legislation we are likely to be debating for the rest of the year. No constitutional amendments have been included. Will the Taoiseach tell us whether he has a list of...
- Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach expect to bring proposals to the House in the coming months to include in the legislative programme substantive amendments to the Constitution? I am aware that some months in advance of the election, Fine Gael gave categoric commitments that there would be a referendum within the first 12 months if not in the autumn to abolish the Seanad and other referendums. Legislation...
- Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: On the second question-----
- Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is about the list of Bills that have been restored to the Order Paper, which the Taoiseach is due to circulate. The point I was making is that there is no acknowledgement of the work of previous Ministers in building up that legislation.
- Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Yes, on the legislative programme. It is becoming unclear as to when those referenda will take place, and the Seanad one appears to be becoming more complex as the weeks go by. "Complex" is a word that is becoming more common in the Taoiseach's rhetoric.
- Legislative Programme (12 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach does not need to be prompted by the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte.
- Written Answers — Military Neutrality: Military Neutrality (7 Apr 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will reassure the Houses of the Oireachtas of his commitment to protect Ireland's tradition of neutrality. [6845/11]