Results 25,721-25,740 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: Deputy McDonald was not. She was never in negotiations.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: When I was Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy McDonald, was nowhere. What tended to happen was that certain people came out for the photo calls. The Deputy was never at negotiations with me or Shaun Woodward. Commitments that were given then were not dealt with or seen through. Every now and again it suits to create a crisis. There is a media acceptance of this which, at times, we all...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: We have the same sort of choreography going on there all the time - the same drama and melodrama of meetings, and will the crisis be resolved?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: At the heart of it, there is a cynicism at play.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (27 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: I have to put that on the record of the House. That said, it is particularly serious in the context of Brexit. That is the most serious issue facing jobs and the quality of life of people on this island. It should trump every other issue facing this island right now. Has the Taoiseach put it directly to the British Government that Northern Ireland needs special treatment in the context of...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North South Inter-Parliamentary Association (27 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the North South Inter-Parliamentary Association last met. [40676/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (28 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the attempts she made to secure funding to buy the Yeats collection for the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41125/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (28 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her departmental officials are of the view that the most recent Yeats memorabilia that has become available to auction should be bought by State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41126/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cultural Policy (28 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received many requests for the Sate to buy the latest Yeats collection at auction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41127/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Planning Issues (28 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his departmental officials made a submission to An Bord Pleanála regarding the planning permission sought to build an incinerator (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41097/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Planning Issues (28 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 287. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or his departmental officials have carried out an assessment on whether there will be an impact on the operations of the Naval Service and the Air Corps at Ringaskiddy harbour if an incinerator (details supplied) is allowed to go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41095/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Planning Issues (28 Sep 2017)
Micheál Martin: 288. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or his departmental officials made a submission to An Bord Pleanála regarding the planning permission sought for an incinerator (details supplied) in Ringaskiddy, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41096/17]
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: On my own behalf and that of my party, I wish to express our deepest sympathies for the families of all those who were murdered or injured in Las Vegas. It was an appalling atrocity with so many innocent people mowed down. At times like this, we are reminded of the extraordinary role of first responders in situations like this and we salute them and their courage in assisting. One hopes...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: That, in essence, is the dishonesty of the Government's response. Correspondence to me states that as a section 39 body, they were instructed by the HSE to stay in line with the HSE pay scales and apply the cuts as per the Haddington Road agreement. All hospices were so instructed. All of them have communicated to the Minister in this vein, and the other organisations as well. It is not...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach knows where it came from. It came from the HSE.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: They were told to take the cuts. It is dishonest.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: As I said, that is a cop-out.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach needs to give people a little more credit. They are a little more intelligent than he thinks.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Macroom is in County Cork.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is hardly taking credit for the national sports campus.