Results 49,221-49,240 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Deputies will be aware that on 8 November last, I announced that the Government had decided to revoke the Restrictive Practices (Groceries) Order in its entirety. This decision can only be implemented by means of an Act of the Oireachtas. Thus, the revocation of the groceries order is one of the principal purposes of this Bill. I also...
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: I never have.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy should read it again.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: We did not. That is unfair.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: We allowed the Deputies to go to Hong Kong.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Hogan's remark is unfair.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: It was not.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is wrong again.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: Where do the Deputies stand on all of this?
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: They are playing both sides of it.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: Why not?
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: We did not get the evidence because the sectors did not want to give it.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy knows damn well why not.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: Nobody was volunteering the amount of the discounts they were giving.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: Come off the stage, Deputy Hogan.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: Nobody I have met has denied the existence of discounts.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: No group has denied it.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: The only information they would not give related to the exact amounts.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: I thought I was entitled to intervene in response to the Deputies' comments.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (26 Jan 2006)
Micheál Martin: I assumed by the gestures of Deputy Hogan that he was inviting commentary.