Results 23,181-23,200 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: No, we will give it a shot. I only speak in jest.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: There are approximately four items covered.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Questions Nos. 1 to 8, inclusive, cover the European Council, Angela Merkel, Turkey, migration and housing. There are a lot of issues involved. We must be fair to everybody. I am open to the approach outlined but the discussion could become very general. One of the defining challenges of our time across Europe is the growth of populist extremism. The ideals of free democracies are...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: In resettlement. Is it the position that approximately 200 had arrived prior to that? Yet the Taoiseach stated we are on target for the figure of 4,000 people. He might outline to me whether somewhere within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Justice and Equality or wherever there is an actual timetable or programme putting flesh on the bones of the language,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Is it known when, where and how all of this will happen?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his lengthy reply, but I did not hear his views on what is happening in Turkey and his assessment of it in terms of the erosion of democratic norms through the harassment of the opposition, with the arrest of its members and attempts to change the constitution. To do this, opposing parliamentarians are being taken out to facilitate the vote. The country is moving...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: I mentioned the Calais experience. I was moved by a brilliant article written by two Norwegian journalists, which won the top journalism award in Norway, entitled "The Wetsuitman". It relates to human remains in wetsuits found on two beaches in Norway and the Netherlands. It is a riveting article that traces the details of what happened both individuals. They were young people who left...
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach may be aware that staff at the Central Remedial Clinic, CRC, were called to a meeting last Friday where they were informed that the CRC had dissolved its pension plan effective from Wednesday, 18 May 2016. About 50 staff attended the meeting. They have an average of at least 20 years dedicated service with the CRC. A total of 50 long-serving staff are on the old private...
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach accept that the Dáil has spent about a month discussing all of this?
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: It was about the Criminal Assets Bureau.
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach saying they have been established already?
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: I do not think so.
- Order of Business (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: On that point-----
- Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Is ceart agus is cóir dúinn uilig an cheist seo agus an tubaiste uafásach seo a phlé arís i mbliana. I welcome the opportunity to support this motion, which draws on previous all-party motions in July 2008 and May 2011. I extend my gratitude to the ongoing work of Justice for the Forgotten in continuing to shine a light on this dark moment in our past. I can assure...
- Commission of Investigation (Certain Matters Relative to the Cavan-Monaghan Division of An Garda Síochána) Report: Statements (25 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: I would like to share time with Deputy Jim O'Callaghan. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important report. I thank Judge O'Higgins and his team for their thorough, meticulous and comprehensive, detailed work. It is important to point out that there was a cynical, selective leaking of the document in the weeks before its belated publication. Such efforts to colour and dominate...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the business leaders he met when he was in the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9992/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his visit to the United States of America on 17 and 18 May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11432/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with elected representatives during his visit to the United States of America on 17 and 18 May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11433/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Will we proceed with a one-to-one interaction?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (31 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: It may be preferable to have the Taoiseach revert to me first.