Results 25,821-25,840 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: It deliberately withheld information from the Dáil. Parliamentary questions that were asked were not properly and comprehensively answered as they should have been.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Maybe a few of the Minister's colleagues went to some Jesuitical colleges because the replies to which I refer were very Jesuitical indeed. I suggest such an approach was taken for a reason.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: It has been updated six times.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Could the Minister not have said what was in it?
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: People need and deserve to know.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: I am making a basic point about parliamentary questions.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Can I make a point to the Taoiseach-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: All we want is for the Taoiseach to publish the report.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: That is all we want.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: We just want reports to be published and questions to be answered. It is very simple. The Government should not be hiding the truth from the public.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: There was some surprise on the announcement of the budget yesterday at the allocation of €5 million for the new strategic communications unit. It is not an insignificant sum of money when contrasted with for €3 million for DEIS schools and €2.5 million for the Irish language as well as other needy causes I could mention which required some extra allocation. In reply to...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach saying he contacted Mr. Concannon to ask him if he was available for this job and that, miraculously and without the Taoiseach saying it to him, the Secretary General came to the same conclusion and made the appointment? The Taoiseach is being a bit disingenuous. If he approached a senior civil servant, indicated that he was setting up a particular unit and that the person...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: This will grow and develop and it is no longer separate from the GIS. Essentially, it is taking over, strategically, the work of the GIS, which is a very dangerous development. The manner in which the Taoiseach appointed Mr. Concannon leaves a great deal to be desired.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: Originally, everything was about best international practice but best international practice means one holds a competition to select a person for the head of a unit which is totally divorced from the political realm. This appointment was not divorced from the political realm. The establishment of this unit did not originate from the civil servants; it originated from the Taoiseach. It was a...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach appointed him, did he not?
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: It is not the same thing.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach hand-picked and appointed the person.
- Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: This is a modest budget that has been, by some distance, the most overspun in our history. It represents a significant step back from the Taoiseach's intended radical and regressive policies. It includes many individual items that are welcome and it conforms to the core agreement that budget policy must be sustainable and progressive. However, there are also major gaps in this budget....
- Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)
Micheál Martin: If we were to follow this approach, where would we leave those who are retired or sick, who have disabilities or who have found themselves in need of a hand up? 1 o’clock What would it say about us, as a society, if we allowed this type of mentality to guide public policy? That is the background to the discussions that were held in recent weeks. The uncontroversial truth is that...