Results 481-500 of 51,735 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: ----enables us to zone more land and guess what? Some of you people will be out there opposing all of that too when it comes to the local authorities.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: First, I take strong exception to the Deputy's assertion that the Irish Government is funding genocide. It most certainly is not and never has.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: Hold on, now; do not be twisting. The Deputy knows full well that ISIF was established as a separate organisation in terms of all of its investment decisions.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy knows Government does not get involved in investment decisions by any fund that is established. He knows that is the case. In terms of this specific issue the Deputy raised this morning, I will follow through on that. I ask him not to make the assertion because he must understand and know that this Government is fundamentally opposed to the Israeli war in Gaza.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: Surely the Deputy knows that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: Surely Deputy O'Callaghan knows that when he meets Palestinian representatives in this country. The Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, met the deputy foreign minister yesterday in Europe, and what was the response of the Palestinian deputy foreign minister? To thank Ireland for the role it has played in terms of the Palestine question.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: I met Mr. Filippo Grandi this morning, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. What did he say to me? He said: "Your voice matters. We thank you for how you have articulated in respect of the Middle East and other issues." That is what international people are saying about Ireland - that Ireland has taken a strong position in respect of the Israeli war in Gaza, and also a strong position...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----before the ICJ under the Genocide Convention. Very few countries in the world have done that. The record is there with regard to the decisions taken by the sovereign Irish Government at every single forum, be it the European Union or the United Nations itself. That is fundamentally where we are as a Government, and we will continue to do that. The more fundamental issue is how we...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: The United States has a key role-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----in getting Israel to stop the war. The European Union has influence but because of divided historic positioning-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----on Israel and the Middle East, Ireland has pushed for the suspension of the Israel-European Union association agreement.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: We got traction on that in recent times but it still remains to be seen-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----whether we can get a majority to support measures on that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: We need perspective here as well. From my perspective, the ISIF has confirmed that at the end of 2024 it held €3.6 million in Israeli sovereign debt.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: That is not going to fund any war. Let us have a sense of perspective.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy can argue that it is not right or proper and I take that point.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: No, but the Deputy said we funded genocide. That is an outrageous, exaggerated assertion-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----and the Deputy lacks credibility in putting a point like that but he does it for political gain only.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: It has been a constant hobby. By the way, the ISIF also held €5.2 million in Egyptian sovereign debt and €2.3 million in Jordanian sovereign debt.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2025)
Micheál Martin: In the forthcoming budget, this Government will respond to those most in need. We will test Sinn Féin. This morning, I heard Sinn Féin's spokesman talking about universal benefits for the high rollers. That is what its spokesman, Deputy Doherty, said this morning, that he wants universal energy credits for the high rollers. I will test you and your commitment and principles....