Results 27,461-27,480 of 50,917 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: The Government has not been good enough in terms of Oireachtas reform. Will the Taoiseach take the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to one side and say we have all agreed that proper status should be given to the various entities that have been established such as the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Adviser and the Parliamentary Budget Office? We need high status individuals to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: It is not happening.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: The reason the Department of the Taoiseach was swamped with freedom of information requests about the strategic communications unit was that the information was withheld for quite some time. Media inquiries, Dáil questions and letters to senior officials failed to secure the necessary information. Considerable time and expense was required to obtain information which should have been...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach serious?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach answer the question I asked? Who knew about the timing of the release of these documents?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach's adviser know?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Freedom of Information Requests (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: I know.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Agreements with Members (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he has specific deals or arrangements with Independent Deputies. [21487/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Agreements with Members (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if the deals being done with Independent Deputies or other Deputies are being updated; and if there have been additions or new commitments regarding same. [23441/18]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Agreements with Members (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: Government deals with Independent Deputies in return for support have been a feature of political life in Ireland for 36 years. The assignment of a small number of officials to facilitate such arrangements is a long-established practice. The refusal of this Government, however, not only to provide details of what exactly it has promised in return for support but also to clarify who is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Agreements with Members (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: I did not mention the phrase "written agreement". I asked if a deal had been done.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Agreements with Members (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: Therefore, there is a deal.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Agreements with Members (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: Of course, it does.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Agreements with Members (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: I said it was unprecedented in respect of who was giving the Government support. I asked for clarity on who was supporting the Government.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Agreements with Members (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: I only found out about Deputy Michael Harty last week in terms of his role as a conduit for the Rural Alliance.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the recent violence and killing of Palestinians on the Israeli border will be discussed by him at the next EU Council meeting in June 2018. [23796/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his or the attention of his officials has been drawn to the most recent report to the European Parliament Constitutional Affairs Committee on the implications of a hard Brexit and invoking Article XXIV of the GATT which could allow for keeping an open border. [23792/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (30 May 2018)
Micheál Martin: 88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his French counterpart recently regarding Brexit negotiations. [23794/18]
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2018)
Micheál Martin: We learned from Ms Susan Mitchell in the Sunday Business Post last weekend that the Government hired private investigators to spy on hospital consultants as part of a strategy to fight a pay claim pursued by these consultants, which is currently before the High Court. As part of a Government strategy, it seems that Ministers or their Departments authorised the hiring of private investigators...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2018)
Micheál Martin: Who?