Results 21,401-21,420 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the letter he mentioned during the Order of Business on 28 January 2015 that he received from a legal firm in respect of the terms of reference on the commission of inquiry to be established following the Guerin report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5475/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: I wanted to raise this issue some months ago but with the passage of time our getting to deal with it has been somewhat delayed, but I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I put it to the Taoiseach that Deputy Alan Shatter and his legal firm wrote to the Taoiseach and, I think, the Ceann Comhairle and essentially wanted to delay the terms of reference-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: At all.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: Not on this particular one.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Shatter had written to the Ceann Comhairle before.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: Okay.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said in his reply that the Government had intended to have a two hour debate on the commission of inquiry. That debate was stopped. The Ceann Comhairle made a ruling that there would be no debate. I find it extraordinary that a Member of the House would seek to suppress a debate on the establishment of an inquiry because of his particular perspective on that inquiry and its...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Commissions of Investigation (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach believe his approach was the correct one?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Humanist Association of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6609/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Atheist Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6610/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with representatives of the Jewish faith and the Islamic community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6611/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met religious leaders since the referendum campaign on marriage equality began; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19224/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. He outlined a series of meetings he had with the Humanist Association of Ireland, Atheist Ireland and the Catholic Church and Church of Ireland. Let me move quickly to the issue concerning our schools, and school patronage in particular. The Taoiseach will recall that in the early days of Deputy Ruairí Quinn's time as Minister for Education and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government made a commitment and the Constitutional Convention was in favour of one. We were told there would be one but the Government did not proceed with it. I just want to find out why.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: We are four years into the term of the current Government and I am entitled to ask the Taoiseach why the Government did not proceed with the blasphemy referendum. Was it dissuaded from doing so by others? Did the Atheist Association, on which I have a question, raise the issue of the Angelus? It made very strong representations to RTE. I believe it is overdoing it in this regard. One...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: Why not the one on blasphemy?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government cut it the previous year.
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. What the Government is proposing represents a further illustration of the sheer contempt it has for the Dáil. The arrangements for the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill are entirely unacceptable. Our party Whip wrote to the Ceann Comhairle's office some days ago pointing out that we had significant issues with the Government's approach to the Report Stage...
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----
- Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)
Micheál Martin: This is a very serious matter.