Results 23,401-23,420 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: It concerns the Taoiseach's letter to the President of the European Commission.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the status of his visit to the United Kingdom to ask Irish persons there to vote for it to remain in the European Union. [16954/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach his plans regarding the Irish response to the British referendum vote. [17338/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I was due in Belfast on Friday but because of the murder of Jo Cox, I had to curtail my canvassing, as did the Deputy. I am very concerned about the absence of contingency planning. In the discussions I had with the Independents on the formation of Government, it was very clear to us that very little scenario planning in terms of the economy or the impact on agriculture had been undertaken...
- Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is important to express our solidarity with the family, community and political colleagues of Jo Cox. The murder of a public representative is a truly shocking event, particularly in a democracy, and many people were genuinely saddened and shocked by the event. The British Labour Party has lost a rising star who was passionate about politics and about issues outside purely party politics...
- Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I will just conclude, if I may. A vote for "Remain" is a vote for a positive vision of the future. A vote for "Leave" is at best a dramatic risk and more likely a return to a time defined by destructive competition between nations. Such a vote would be cheered by the extreme right and extreme left as well as authoritarian countries. Whatever happens, we should agree that next...
- Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: Ten minutes is too short.
- Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I know, but we would want to get these rules changed because we are either going to have a substantive debate or we are not. Ten minutes to me is just not enough, it is crazy------
- Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I thought we always had 15 minutes.
- Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: You are not. The Acting Chairman is a saint and I am not casting any aspersions.
- Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: With regard to agriculture and access to the below cost credit, I hope the Taoiseach's colleagues on the European Council really realise how grave the agriculture situation is. Our farmers are in dire trouble and there is real concern about the situation. The issue needs to be raised at the meeting next week.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cross-Border Projects (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 47. To ask the Taoiseach his role in working with the Northern Ireland Executive in agreeing and implementing cross-Border projects that can benefit from European Union funding, as per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13104/16]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cross-Border Projects (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 48. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the next British-Irish Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13106/16]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Overseas Visits (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 49. To ask the Taoiseach his plans for overseas visits for the remainder of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14515/16]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 51. To ask the Taoiseach his role in encouraging Irish persons living in Britain to vote to remain in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14461/16]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 52. To ask the Taoiseach his views that Border controls will return in the event of Britain and Northern Ireland voting to leave the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14463/16]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: UK Referendum on EU Membership (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 53. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to, written to or met with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, regarding the UK's referendum on 23 June 2016 on a British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14465/16]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 59. To ask the Taoiseach the changes to staffing and to the salaries of advisers in his Department since 1 March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14510/16]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 60. To ask the Taoiseach the changes he will implement in the structure and responsibilities of his Department subsequent to the formation of the new Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14511/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (21 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she received the O'Higgin's report from the commission of investigation into certain matters relative to the Cavan and Monaghan division of the Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11431/16]