Results 26,981-27,000 of 50,917 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: We never complained about the information.
- Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: I wish to share my time with Deputies Dooley, Calleary and MacSharry. Given the scale of current problems in vital areas such as hospital waiting lists, homelessness, non-functioning Northern institutions and Brexit, it is indeed to be regretted that we have to spend parliamentary time discussing Government communications. However, there is no alternative because the Taoiseach's approach to...
- Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: He has admitted it there. He has of course.
- Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: While the clear abuse evident in the launch of the national development plan brought this controversy to a head, the reality is that all of the unit's work serves the same goal. The squalid reality is that the Government has sought to use public money to compromise the boundary between public information and propaganda. We have seen that revealed with a Minister sitting at her desk deciding...
- Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: The strategic communications unit should never have been established in the way it was. It should now be disbanded. If the Government is confident in its argument, it should submit it to an independent review process. The motion will most likely pass with a strong majority of the House. The issue then for the Taoiseach will be whether he is willing to respect the will of Parliament or if...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Recruitment (20 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there will be an increase in the number of staff in his Department in 2018 particularly in the areas covering Brexit in Dublin and Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11818/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (20 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the negotiations on reconvening the Northern Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11819/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (20 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the shadow chancellor in London on 5 March 2018; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11923/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (20 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Philip Hammond, in London on 5 March 2018; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11924/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (20 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will have a place in a secondary school which caters for their special needs in September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12271/18]
- Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: Last Friday, with Deputy Billy Kelleher, I met a group of Alpha-1 patients who were on the drug Respreeza and who told us their stories and individual case histories. From 2006 onwards they had been part of a clinical trial involving the drug, which slows down the progression of emphysema in patients with severe Alpha-1 deficiency. From 2010 onwards they had been part of a compassionate...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that two people have died. The Taoiseach can talk about systems all he likes, but more people will die if the issue is not resolved. The system described by him is not working; it is failing. Professor McElvaney has been the lead clinician in this area for well over a decade. He has worked on the Alpha-1 gene and Alpha-1 deficiency and his expertise has been ignored....
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: Mar is eol don Taoiseach, d'fhoilsigh an Teachta Lawless an Bille um Fhógraíocht Ar-Líne agus na Meáin Shóisialta (Trédhearcacht) 2017 anuraidh. Mar is eol dó freisin, tá raic ar siúl faoi láthair maidir leis an mhéid atá ag tarlú le Cambridge Analytica agus Facebook. Tá daoine ar fud na hEorpa agus ar fud an domhain...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: It was not rushed through the Dáil.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: It can be amended on Committee Stage. Tá sé dochreidte.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: In yesterday's petty and self-regarding speech from the Taoiseach, he again questioned why we should be talking about this at all. I must remind the Taoiseach that it was him who made this a personal priority and devoted significant Government time and resources to it. After only nine months in office, the Taoiseach is becoming increasingly intolerant of people challenging him. We have...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: What about my question about the editors of national newspapers?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach give them to us and tell us who met who?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: Will he give a commitment to furnish us with the details?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Strategic Communications Unit (21 Mar 2018)
Micheál Martin: It is about transparency. We have been dragging out information for the past five months on this.