Results 21,841-21,860 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is what is being said.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I would appreciate it if the Taoiseach would do that. It appears that his office was asked to do so yesterday, but it did not respond to the questions that were put to it regarding this correspondence. I would like to refer to the international investigation, particularly in the United States, where the matter is being taken extremely seriously. The national crime investigation unit or...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: It sounds like the attitude of the European Central Bank to the banking inquiry.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I would appreciate that.
- Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am sure the Minister will agree that the loss to Dublin of the internationally renowned Web Summit is a hugely embarrassing development for the city and the country. Will the Minister indicate whether the Government has any legislative proposals or if it will implement the programme for Government to create a sufficient technology infrastructure and address the other factors which have...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach will recall his billboards from the last general election on which he declared he would end the scandal of patients on trolleys. I fast forward to 30 June of this year when in a new form of government by e-mail the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, e-mailed the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive and said we are losing the battle, any thoughts?...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----if this is not fixed. Then the CEO of the HSE is put in charge of the task force. Why he was not put in all along I do not know. Strangely, he has been put in from now until March, presumably to take care of the election for the Government and to try to deal with this issue during the electoral period. The real cynicism at the heart of the Minister’s position is that when...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The accountability should be with the Minister and with the Taoiseach. The Taoiseach said four and a half years ago he would end the scandal of people waiting on trolleys. He said that. There was a supplementary budget of €680 million last year. What is that saying? That speaks to the dishonesty at the heart of the Government’s approach to the health service, consistently,...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government has wasted health officials’ time for the past three years going on about universal health insurance. It should read what it said:This Government will introduce Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. Under this system there will be no discrimination between patients on the grounds of income or insurance status. The two-tier system of unequal...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: No, no. We implemented incredible reductions in waiting times.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: Bring back the national treatment purchase fund.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: This Government abolished it.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is the Taoiseach's plan. The Taoiseach should read it.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I would invite anybody to read the eight pages of the Government's programme for Government.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government told NAMA to accelerate the sales process.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: Nobody is denying the €7 million is in an offshore account.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department is assessing the impact of an exit by the United Kingdom from the European Union following a referendum being held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11634/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the actions he and his Department are taking to protect the business and trading relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom, which now amounts to over €1 billion per week, in the event of the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16206/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he is setting up a special working group that includes business representatives, to prepare for the possibility of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16207/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to speak at the next European Union Council meeting regarding the possible exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19226/15]