Results 22,481-22,500 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: It might keep families in their homes. They are barely hanging in there at the moment.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: They are losing their homes because they cannot afford the rent.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: I did not say it would.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is not right. It is out to 2026.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is just like the situation with universal health insurance.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: There is a need for social housing.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach about social housing.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: I know that.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should talk to Simon, Threshold, the Peter McVerry Trust; that is what they believe.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is not my position. That is the view of those working with the homeless.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: They have gone up 30% in the meantime.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the proposals for reform of Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33947/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the most recent Seanad reform document; the recommendations therein; the actions being taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38960/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. It is an extraordinary situation that since the Taoiseach got that wallop two years ago from the electorate, he has been extremely lacking in terms of bringing forward any substantial reform to how Seanad Éireann works, how people are elected to it and the work it does. We met the Taoiseach on this issue last July and while I do not want to upset...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: It was meant in the most parliamentary way. It is not meant to be----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: No, that is a well known phrase and many works of political science, actually----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: As a person who has studied political science, the Minister of State, Deputy Sean Sherlock, will find that phrase in many recommended documents, articles, books and so on. They use other language as well which one would not ordinarily use.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: My point is that it seems to be the Taoiseach's view that the less space there is for parliamentary debate, the better. The less room for debate between any politicians of any hue, the better. I was in Temple Bar last Saturday week. Deputy Lucinda Creighton and I turned up but the Taoiseach did not. No one from Fine Gael or the other parties attended.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: It was the same in UCD. There were six or seven politicians who attended but no leader from Fine Gael or the Labour Party. This is a trend. It is wrong that politicians should avoid debating with one another.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am sorry-----