Results 23,361-23,380 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: It will not do anything for therapists.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is a fair point by Deputy Howlin.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is not every day that the Deputy gets this far.
- Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: The programme for Government contains commitments on home help hours and packages for carers. Information released to Fianna Fáil has revealed that the average processing time of applications for carer's benefit and carer's allowance is over 18 weeks and that the appeals process can take a further 23 weeks. This means that carers may have to wait for more than nine months before they...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach his role in relation to the commitment in the programme for Government to reform Seanad Éireann by implementing the Manning report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13101/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: Of course, the Leader of the Seanad was a determined and committed advocate of its abolition; therefore, I will not hold my breath in terms of his new zeal to reform the House. However, it is not a matter for the Seanad alone; it is a matter for the entire Oireachtas but this House, in particular, because legislation would have to be passed. I would like the Taoiseach to clarify, as he said...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Oireachtas includes the Dáil and the Seanad.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Seanad Reform (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I welcome that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: International Terrorism (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the status of discussions at European Union Council level on tackling radicalism and terrorism outside the European Union's borders, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13102/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: International Terrorism (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. It is fair to say there is no doubt we are in middle of an age where severe threats are posed by extreme ideologies to all. The greatest victims of these ideologies are the people who belong to and live in the communities for whom groups like ISIS claim to speak. The people of Syria and Iraq are bearing the brunt of ISIS's barbarism. That is the bottom...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met the various religious groups since the general election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13103/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. However, one of the hallmarks of recent years was that there was no serious dialogue with faith leaders because Ministers insisted on talking through the media rather than face to face. There has been a great deal of talk about the issue schools, which is important. Hopefully, we can see some real progress on both enhancing and protecting choice. It...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is the suggestion.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: The opposite.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is not the case.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: On a point of information, the community school model is about eight or nine years old.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: It was never brought in as a method of discrimination. It was brought in as a method of providing badly needed school places for hundreds of children with no places at all.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy made a comment-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: They are not segregated.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I do not live in a monoculture.