Results 781-800 of 50,064 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The engagement and the visit to the US honours a long tradition of celebrating Irish America and the role it played in the building of America and the historic ties that exist. I know the Deputy would prefer if they had never existed because, in fairness to her, she has had a very consistent anti-American position for decades.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Irrespective of who is President, that has been the Deputy's position, but there are very significant economic links with the US. Thousands of Irish-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Over------
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I am sorry. The Deputy asked me a question about my trip to the US and if I thought it was this, that and the other. I just wish to make a very fundamental point. Hundreds of thousands of jobs in this country depend on that economic relationship. Many workers out there are working in multinational companies and so on.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Well, the Deputy did.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy did ask me about that.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I did. I publicly stated my position on Conor McGregor, but the Deputy asked me how did the trip go and did I think it was a success and so on.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Sure, I am not getting a chance-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy also twisted it a lot to suit her own agenda.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: In my view, she did not ask it in an honest, upfront or truthful manner either.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I have no truck with the-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----masculine toxicity of Mr. McGregor, but he is not a Member of this House.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to give him any-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I just want to say on the peace front, I genuinely believe that we need an end to both wars. I have said this repeatedly. It is a fact of record that President Trump's envoy did act very effectively in terms of getting the ceasefire in the first instance. That is documented, along with the work of President Biden's envoy. On Ukraine, it is-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Now, I am disappointed with what happened yesterday. It is not sufficient at all what happened yesterday in terms of a ceasefire, but Europe needs an end to the Ukrainian war on a sustainable and fair basis and all of us in Europe are pursuing that end.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy has raised a fair point, although some planning permissions do get through in west Cork, as the Deputy acknowledges. I think the guidelines do need some review, especially concerning people on farms and the children of farming communities, to maintain a sustainable community in certain areas. This is particularly the case with the improvements in technology, wastewater and so on....
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I appreciate the concerns of and pressures on the parents in his constituency. At the moment, the school transport scheme sees about 172,000 children transported daily in approximately 7,900 vehicles across 10,300 routes. It is a very complex scheme. It includes over 143,800 pupils travelling on primary and post-primary services. There are also...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. There will be a decision made before the end of the month and clarity and certainty brought to this topic. I think it needs to be said, though, that it has been a very generously resourced scheme by the Government. It has played a very significant role in accommodating Ukrainians fleeing from war. Originally, it started out at €400. It...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: First of all, I condemn the horrendous atrocity over the last two days in terms of the bombing of innocent men, women and children. I have not briefed anything of the sort the Deputy suggested. Again, if she had consulted me, she might have got the truth, but she decides just to go for the propaganda. That is what it is about. In my remarks in the Oval Office, I very succinctly...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----on the Middle East, and it is on the record. For the life of me, I will never understand why Deputy McDonald did not go to Capitol Hill.