Results 25,241-25,260 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: None of those persons who the Taoiseach named-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: -----had any negative tribunal findings hanging over them.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: The bottom line is-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that the former Attorney General, at the Fennelly commission, had to apologise for having given a contrary impression in her evidence to the commission and regrets that her at times "trenchant language" had undoubtedly left the commission with what she calls an "erroneous impression" that she had used such language at the meetings and in particular that she had used...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: This is not being personal at all and I have no axe to grind with the individual-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: I am making the point-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: With the greatest of respect, a bit more transparency from the Tánaiste would not go amiss in respect of all of this.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: I am simply making the point that there are substantive issues here arising out of Fennelly.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach cannot try to escape from that or try to cast aspersions on references I made that were made genuinely. The Taoiseach invited the comparisons, not I.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did so to circumvent the issue that goes to the heart of this.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach tried to create the impression that there were precedents with these individuals, but there were not. There was no precedent with those individuals.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: It was disingenuous. That is what the Taoiseach was at and he should not have done it. The Taoiseach should be much more straight about it. He should come clean, say this was badly handled and that it circumvented the law. That would end all of this. A bit of straight-talking and honesty from the Taoiseach in respect of the issue is needed.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: That is not true.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: That is not true.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: I did not say that.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: Most politicians would agree.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Technological Universities Bill, which was before the last Dáil and which is a critical piece of legislation in regard to the future of the institutes of technology, has been languishing for over 12 months now, with absolutely no progress in terms of bringing it to this House and having it passed. I said to the Taoiseach when we met some weeks ago that this is legislation we are...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Thomas Byrne has received completely contrary information.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mrs. May, or any EU leader since the horrendous attacks and loss of lives on London Bridge; and if he is setting up a COBRA type committee. [27551/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: In yesterday's session, the Taoiseach managed to talk at some length concerning the meeting in Downing Street but, as Deputy Howlin stated, the Taoiseach did not provide us with any additional information beyond what was available in the media. The core dysfunction in the Dublin-London relationship in recent years has been that there have been many meetings but no concrete outcome. The...