Results 25,081-25,100 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach suggesting that the Government had not been forewarned about this catastrophe? Is he suggesting that the Minister, by means of an early warning system, would not have been alerted to the impending disaster? The dogs on the street knew about the impending disaster for some time. Indeed, the Director of Public Prosecutions was alerted to the issue as well as the manner and...
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: We cannot simply prolong it in terms of reports.
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Will the Minister come before the Dáil this week?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Under the programme for Government, there are commitments on the national security and defence policy. In the context of the appalling terrorist attack on young children in Manchester - from the impact of which people are still reeling and on which they are reflecting - attention must be drawn to whether our own structures and systems, particularly those relating to intelligence, are...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: We need to look at what can be done in advance.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: The same applies but it is always in different circumstances. Ireland's relations with Canada have always been excellent, although this is often over-looked due to the importance of our relationship with the United States. Given the new links between Ireland and "Star Wars" movies, it was a pity the Taoiseach did not match the Prime Minister's celebration of 4 May.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: I have no doubt that when the leadership context is over between the Taoiseach's colleagues, both will be promising to make 4 May a national holiday. I wish to focus on CETA. In particular, six months ago I asked for a debate on CETA because the issue of free trade is central to our economic development. There have been many loud noises here. We have heard that the loudest vessels make...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: The point I am making is that there has been a certain narrative abroad suggesting that any free trade agreement is anathema to Ireland's interests, and that they are evil and should be condemned. CETA has been condemned even before it has been debated here. I remember when I was Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment I opened an Enterprise Ireland office in Toronto. Why did we...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: We hear the opposite. We here a torrent of negativity about the whole concept of free trade. I put it to the Taoiseach that we need that sorted with a debate. I call on the Taoiseach to indicate what measures Irish firms are taking to benefit directly from this agreement.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economy, Trade and Jobs last met. [23333/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Some of this was dealt with yesterday when the Taoiseach replied at length but he did not answer all of the questions. The disruption of Brexit will be profound and it is not yet clear what the scale of the response will be from the Government or the European Union in terms of the facilitation of solidarity mechanisms which might enable us to help industries under pressure or help industries...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Did the Government provide €500 million?
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme (25 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for payment of compensation for unpurchased pension service for persons at a company (details supplied); the details of such compensation; the timeframe for this to be paid to the persons in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25054/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Insolvency Payments Scheme (25 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 134. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of cases referred to the dispute resolution process for former workers of a company (details supplied) that subsequently made an appeal with regard to the calculation of their compensation offer vis-à-vis contract service. [25055/17]
- Leaders' Questions (30 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: I have consistently raised with the Taoiseach the disconnect between rhetoric and reality and between aspiration and delivery. Nowhere are they to be seen more than in the damning report issued yesterday by Professor Geoffrey Shannon, special rapporteur to the Government on child protection. It is a report that calls into question the commitment of the Government to fulfil its...
- Leaders' Questions (30 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's last line, that Tusla does not instruct An Garda to keep anybody in a Garda station and that it is a matter for the Garda, sums it up. It sums up the pathetic nature of buck-passing and is trying to mask the reality of the findings of the report which states the initial de factoplace of safety for children is the Garda station. There is no point in dressing it up or trying...
- Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: We do not usually get involved in these matters.
- Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: I have only ever once questioned the Business Committee and that was over taking two weeks of holidays. That was attacked from all sides of the House. I have stayed silent since on the weekly recommendations of the Business Committee.
- Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Could I make the point? This is habitual, every week now. The Business Committee makes a decision and it is habitual to have two or three reservations about it two or three days later.
- Order of Business (30 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: There is an argument for consistency of membership of a particular committee on an issue as complex as this.