Results 26,961-26,980 of 50,917 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: That is welcome. Where once the renewable heating initiative and Arlene Foster were so fundamental that the Executive and the Assembly had to be brought down, now they are barely worth a mention. I can certainly believe an agreement between the two parties at negotiator level was blocked subsequently by the DUP’s wider leadership. In this it is quite similar to the situation where...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: Let me make it very simple: no one has the right to question Fianna Fáil's good faith in relation to Northern Ireland. I refer to speech after speech made in the House and elsewhere that show how for seven straight years we have been pointing to the inevitability, unfortunately, of reaching this crisis point if the two Governments did not change their behaviour. We would much rather...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt the Tánaiste.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: I make these comments in a very constructive-----
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: They are very constructive comments, actually.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: I will just make the point-----
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: Deputy-----
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Acting Chairman. I have been making very constructive speeches on Northern Ireland here for the past six years. People should listen to and reflect on what I am saying. The fundamental dynamics have not been working over the past six or seven years.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: Even the DUP and Sinn Féin would have attacked me three years ago for pointing this out. I regret we are where we are in this regard.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: Deputy McDonald's predecessor, Deputy Adams, adopted the approach of angrily refuting the idea that Sinn Féin had any case to answer on any issue. High Court findings of sectarian behaviour, media revelations of funding abuses, sectarian comments about getting one over on the Protestants in elections and so on were ignored. Instead we got ever more elaborate attacks on the motivation...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: However, the Northern institutions are quite different. At a moment when the radical Brexiteers are trying to undermine the Good Friday Agreement, the failure to have a working assembly and Executive makes Ireland even more vulnerable. Given that Deputy Adams said Brexit is the defining challenge of this age, allowing the institutions to be re-established should surely be the priority. ...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: That is why you collapsed the institutions.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: That is in relation to the Good Friday Agreement.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (8 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to Mr. Barnier since the draft withdrawal agreement; and his views on his comments on Brexit transition being far from a sure thing. [11333/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (8 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the back stop arrangements he envisages if option 1, the Government's preferred option, and option 2 fail to be negotiated in the context of the withdrawal agreement. [11334/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (8 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the impact he and his officials view the draft withdrawal agreement will have on talks on reconvening the Northern Ireland Assembly. [11332/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 255. To ask the Minister for Health if a student placement in the health service is available and will be provided to a person (details supplied). [10838/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (8 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 289. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10947/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Development Plan (8 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if meetings have been held in his Department regarding the new hospitals announced in the NDP and NPF; when the process will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11288/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (8 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering extending the fuel allowance since the extreme cold spell started. [11335/18]