Results 6,341-6,360 of 50,136 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I instanced the paralysis of the Security Council in terms of getting anything done at UN security level.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I did so in my contribution yesterday. It is one of the reasons for this suggestion and proposal. I will come back to the House with proposed amendments to the legislation that governs the triple lock. It is about bringing back a degree of independence to Irish foreign policy, restoring a degree of sovereignty and decision-making in respect of our troops and not having any of the permanent...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: -----in a position to veto what we might like to do in the western Balkans or in the Middle East.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: It will be some time next year. It will not be before Christmas as there are only a few weeks left before the recess. When the time is right, we can certainly arrange briefings of Deputies by our officials.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: It is my understanding that University Hospital Limerick has the largest capital investment programme at the moment in terms of new projects that are in the pipeline. The Minister has indicated that to me. Much of that has to happen. As the Deputy knows, work on the new €90 million project, consisting of a 96-bed inpatient block and renal dialysis unit, commenced in October 2022....
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I do not disagree with the Deputy in terms of alternatives. Sporting injuries, unless they are very serious, should not automatically end up in the emergency department of UHL.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: in County Cork, the Gurranabraher centre injury unit has become a phenomenal service.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I know, but there are injury units in the mid-west and they are going to be expanded. The Deputy is right. To me, that is elementary and should be pursued. There is also the alternative pre-hospital pathway that has been developed since September of this year between the UL Hospitals Group and the National Ambulance Service, which will see definitive care provided in the community to...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I was 12 years of age in 1972, when the referendum on joining the European community took place. Parties across here opposed it at the time. There were groups, which are still at it today, arguing that if we joined what is now the European Union, we would have NATO troops and nuclear warheads parading down O'Connell Street within a few weeks. This is what was said as far back as 1972 and I...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Because of their geopolitical ambition and agenda, they do not want peacekeeping missions around the world any more. We know where the world is today. It took six weeks-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: The alternative is we stay consistent to fundamental human rights and the UN Charter. The UN Charter mentions regional actors; the EU or the African Union are bona fide actors. We should not just react-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: -----in a knee-jerk way to what I proposed yesterday in terms of amendments. We should have reasonable debate but there seems to be an inability in this House to have a reasonable debate about these matters and false hares get sent up the field.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I excuse you from that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: There are two issues. The first is the financial issue and the second is the security and intelligence service. The Deputy is suggesting it should be an Irish citizen who takes the job, which I will come back to. I understand the concerns he has articulated about the fast-accrual pension scheme, which applies to An Garda Síochána, and the limit on pension funds, which has been...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: It applies to all aspects of the public and private sector, but particularly to the public service at a given stage, especially where there are fast-accrual pension systems. I will revert to the Ministers for Finance and Justice on the issues.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: You are. That is exactly what you are saying. We know the-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, I think-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, when you say, "can we do it through the Chair", I have been doing it consistently through the Chair.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I have been interrupted repeatedly by Deputy Doherty------
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: -----and this has happened every week now. This is happening every week.