Results 25,481-25,500 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Business of Dáil (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: The issue is that people want to get things rammed in this week. That is the call of the House.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: The programme for Government makes clear commitments to patient safety. We are aware of the very tragic death of Mrs. Malak Thawley. Her husband Alan has been devastated and has called for an independent investigation into her untimely death. She had a blood vessel accidentally severed during routine surgery she was undergoing following an ectopic pregnancy. The coroner's inquest left...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: If this happened in a regional hospital such as Portlaoise or Portiuncula University Hospital, an independent inquiry would take place. However, this has happened in Holles Street in a national hospital and people seem to be satisfied with an internal investigation, which at best has been opaque and has not been fully transparent with the family of the deceased.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: I ask for the Minister, Deputy Harris, to meet Mr. Alan Thawley and for an external independent investigation to be conducted into the case. What occurred was appalling.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Deputies need to co-ordinate a bit more.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: Are they going to start?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; and if CETA, North Korea and climate change were discussed. [32470/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: It is a fair point to say that the curious thing about Prime Minister Trudeau's visit is how our Government's primary objective seemed to focus on personal publicity rather than on issues of substance, and while Prime Minister Trudeau did do events linked to Irish economic strengths, it was surprising that the Taoiseach decided to emphasise other aspects. The CETA agreement is the most...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: These are small companies we are talking about. These are two young men who set up a software company and they could not understand the disconnect between some politicians and the real world out there, where people want the Canadian trade deal in order that they can export their products. To a certain extent, all of the noise made has been negative and anti-CETA, and there has been no...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: They are not my friends.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: Let him speak.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday, we had a discussion with the Taoiseach about Cabinet committees and he managed to provide almost zero detail on how these new cumbersome committees will work apart from the fact there will be a constantly changing membership. The idea that the old committees had to be abolished because too many were attending – I think the Taoiseach said there were up to 30 or 40 –...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: We did that and it is an enduring document that I am proud of. The arts have had cycles of being up and down. There have been good periods when Governments did a lot for the arts. This House, generally speaking, is committed to them. I agree the Government could do more and that an arts committee should be established.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: He was a member of the Labour Party. He was a Minister of Government.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: He was mainstream pretty quickly.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: As this is the first time since the Taoiseach's appointment that the topic has been discussed, I wish the staff of the Government Information Service well. Given the emphasis the Taoiseach and his advisers place on photo opportunities and media management, their jobs will be quite difficult. The Taoiseach might explain why the summer economic statement is being delivered at a press...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Government never co-ordinates Deputy Shane Ross with what it is doing itself, so the idea that this strategic communications unit will bring greater coherence to the Government message is not the issue. Fundamentally, it seems to me that we are getting a beefed-up political operation. It is a bit like the noted New Labour operative in the UK, Alastair-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: -----Campbell. I was watching the comedy "The Thick of It" recently. I hope the Taoiseach does not end up there in terms of that type of operation.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Government Information Service (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: That is, in terms of the comedy side of it. The point I am making is that the Taoiseach needs to be very clear as to what is envisaged, how it is going to work alongside the Government Information Service, and that it would not be not politicised and not be part of some political operation over the next 12 months.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Seanad Reform (12 Jul 2017)
Micheál Martin: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on Seanad reform. [32473/17]