Results 23,901-23,920 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply, although it seems that the labour relations machinery should have been put at the disposal of those involved in this dispute far earlier. Can the Taoiseach confirm that it will be a permanent arrangement in terms of access to the industrial relations machinery? The reality is that they got left at the end of a long queue for far too long while the...
- Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: I think the Taoiseach was making an early run for the border.
- Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Yes, what border? That is correct.
- Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: I wish to raise an important issue. When the Government and our party entered into the confidence and supply agreement, the Government was adamant that the Lansdowne Road agreement had to be a centrepiece and key part of it, yet yesterday the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, clearly signalled a change in direction and of approach to the agreement, in so far...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (2 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or his Department were made aware of the sudden death of a person (details supplied) and when their colleagues wanted to attend the funeral on a school day there was no facility or discretion allowed for them to do so; if there is a policy in his Department on when a practising teacher passes away; if he will review this particular case;...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress made in the programme for Government on housing. [33056/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Ministerial Council (2 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 242. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the upcoming North-South Ministerial Council meeting in November 2016. [33055/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (3 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his Department have received a communication from groups (details supplied) seeking assistance in respect of funding to complete support group archives and voice interviews with former residents to be established; if their request will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33062/16]
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday there were secondary schools closed across the country. Today there are secondary schools closed across the country. It is happening for a number of reasons, including fundamentally because there was a failure to engage early and effectively on the secondary school strikes and the situation pertaining to the ASTI and the issues it had raised. The first issue relates to equal pay...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Hoping will not solve it or get it sorted. On supervision and substitution, in some schools one is only talking about 100 leaving certificate students and in others, 80 or 60. While some schools may have more than 100, the Taoiseach cannot tell me that it was not within the capacity of school managers to facilitate the opening of schools to teach these students. This is a serious issue...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Finian McGrath is looking uneasy.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach endorse what he said?
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is not true. That is outrageous.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy should not be telling untruths to the House.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: Does Deputy Ryan believe in equality? He clearly does not.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Lansdowne Road agreement was a central part of the programme for Government and the confidence and supply agreement. Last evening, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Leo Varadkar, made the comment that the context had changed. I understand the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is to meet the unions, and the Government has assessed the matter this morning. In...
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Minister has already met the ICTU.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: To be frank, I do not believe the Taoiseach has brought clarity to the issue.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: We might have to meet to discuss this issue.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)
Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the reason he indicated at the civic forum that the British Government could initiate Article 50 by December 2016. [33802/16]