Results 20,441-20,460 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is just not credible, but in 2009 we learned that the leader of Sinn Féin, on his own admission, knew about this and did not refer it to the HSE or the Garda at the time.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is as plain, simple and straightforward as that, and no satisfactory response or explanation has come from the leader of Sinn Féin, and none will come because we are tired of the mantra of "Please come forward".
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: These people themselves know, so a statutory basis is the only way forward now in terms of trying to get to the bottom of this and getting the truth.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Given that the teachers' unions have not found favour with Dr. Travers' recent proposals relating to junior certificate reform, given the botched manner in which this was dealt with historically, particularly by the Minister's predecessor, Deputy Quinn, who in a very ham-fisted way ignored the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment's original recommendations on this issue, and given...
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Sorry?
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy has 16 more minutes. He should not become part of the Sinn Féin agenda of suppressing legitimate articulation of views and perspectives. Will the Minister clarify the matter and tell me when we can expect the education Bill?
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Yes.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Finance did not promise it.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: Do not tell Joan that.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I wish to raise the issue of the unedifying spectacle of the HSE threatening legal injunctions against the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, in the context of an investigation into quality, patient safety and standards of service at the Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. The background to this is that, more than one year ago, the chief medical officer, Dr. Tony Holohan,...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: We need to be sensitive to the parents of babies who have died at the hospital and their absolute need for the full truth to emerge unhindered. I put it to the Taoiseach that this could be a defining moment for HIQA, its independence and its capacity to investigate without being emasculated, undermined or, to put it more bluntly, told to "shut up" or to pull its punches behind the scenes....
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The language used by the Taoiseach goes to the core of the problem. He has said they are "sitting down and working it out." Working what out?
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: I accept the need for fair procedure and due process but the idea now seems to be emerging that, behind the scenes, the two bodies are going to sit down and work it out. Work what out? The job of HIQA is to investigate and come to conclusions. These conclusions may be unpalatable to the HSE, but their full extent and range should not be up for grabs or "sorted out" behind the scenes. Are...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It has not been put to it.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: With respect, the Taoiseach should change his terminology. He is playing with words. It suggests the board is against the investigation.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: What the Taoiseach is saying is very worrying.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: We do not know that; we do not know anything about it.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: The entity being investigated is selectively leaking what is going on.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is not the only party to be wildly off the mark.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Mar 2015)
Micheál Martin: There was a time Eric, it was back in 1985 I think-----