Results 30,741-30,760 of 51,063 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: This report says they went up in the past five years by 62%. The Taoiseach, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Justice and Equality have had a hands-off policy on this for years. Was the Government's response due to ignorance or gross incompetence? Did the Government know what was going on in recent years and the degree to which people, in particular young people, were being...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: In the long term.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: What is the Taoiseach's source?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach thinks it is the CSO. This is very important. He is speaking to the Dáil. He said 20% or 30% last week.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: I wish the Taoiseach the very best of luck in saying to the thousands of young people who have been ripped off over recent years that at least we compiled a report to tell them something they knew all along. That is essentially what the Taoiseach is saying. His source is essentially the CSO, which is asking the industry to present the figures. Is it not? This is a definitive study. It is...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: That is my point.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: He is saying they are fairly useless.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach may have been honest about the capacity of the Cabinet.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: The programme for Government contains a commitment to "fundamentally change the relationship between Government and the Oireachtas, and with it the relationship between the Irish people and their parliament". It is more than two weeks since former Deputy Dara Murphy formally resigned as a Member of the House. He effectively retired from serving the people of the northside of Cork about two...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach ask him?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: I did not ask whether the Taoiseach was aware of the provision but whether he had asked the Deputy.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: I asked a simple question and am entitled to an answer. Did the Taoiseach ask him or not? He is aware of the provision-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has been asked publicly about the matter, as has his party. I am asking him formally in the House whether he has asked Mr. Murphy to avail of the mechanism. It is a "Yes" or "No" question.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: I asked the question.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: I asked a simple question. The Deputy should not be so disparaging.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: At least I asked a question.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: I have never believed in the process of kneecapping people before asking questions.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: I am not talking about Deputy Doherty but about the movement that he supported for years. That was its modus operandi when asking questions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his officials have met the Sinn Féin leaders in relation to the Northern Ireland Assembly and the upcoming deadline of 13 January 2020. [50122/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (17 Dec 2019)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the leader of the DUP since 12 December 2019; and if so, the issues discussed. [53346/19]