Results 33,201-33,220 of 51,089 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Dublin Government does not run the Northern Ireland Executive. The elected representatives in the North are responsible for their jurisdiction and the political decisions they take on the pandemic but the Deputy seems oblivious to that fact and that reality.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: According to the Chief Whip, that is a complete misrepresentation of what has transpired at the Business Committee. There was a consensus at the Business Committee to try to get business done, obviously, in a shortened timeframe because of Covid-19 and the current levels that we are at. Deputy Boyd Barrett should not be grandstanding in such a disingenuous way.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: The idea that the Deputy is being gagged or muzzled does not stand up to any scrutiny. There is also a pattern emerging here every week on the Order of Business that, irrespective of whatever is agreed by the Business Committee, the Deputy or someone on his behalf will stand up even though the Deputy was at the Business Committee and raise an issue of one kind or another.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: The issue of Covid dominates tomorrow's agenda, and rightly so. The Deputy wants to raise questions relating to the health service and so on. The reality is our personnel and the people on the front line are performing heroically, as I stated earlier, and they are doing extraordinary work on behalf of all of us. That is why we want to get the numbers down. That is why we want to continue...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: Tomorrow, the Minister for Health is in for 100 minutes on statements and questions and answers on Covid-19 vaccinations. I presume that will not stop the Deputy from asking other questions either and the Minister from responding. Then the Minister for Social Protection has 135 minutes on Covid-19 and then the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a fixed debate lasting...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Government is acutely aware of the enormous stress and anxiety that has been placed on leaving certificate students this year, particularly as they were in fifth year last year when schools closed as a result of the emergence of the pandemic and, because of this acute phase of the pandemic, schools have not been in a position to reopen. That creates real difficulties and challenges for...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: Last week, the Deputy was really on a rant about consultation in education.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy was the person who consistently argued about the need for consultation. To be fair to the Minister, Deputy Foley, she has been consistent on consultation.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: What I am saying is that consultation is under way and it is happening. When it is right and when the Minister has concluded those consultations with the partners and with the State Examination Commission, and with the advisory committee, they will-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: Deputy McDonald is out of order. The Deputy should not be interrupting me in that manner.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: I did not say that.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: I said last week Deputy McDonald-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: Hold on a second now. Deputy McDonald-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: No.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: That is what happened last week. The Minister for Education was attacked last week wrongly for not consulting by the Deputy.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Minister is consulting with the partners-----
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----and is engaging, and we will respond appropriately.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for his query. The broad range of regulations, which will emanate from yesterday's Government decisions, will be drawn up, hopefully, by the end of the week.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: I will make further inquiries on this. There are clearly legal obligations but that in itself is an enormous challenge going back to the early decades of the State from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. The 1940s in particular saw an appallingly high infant mortality rate in mother and baby homes. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is developing a broad base...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is well aware that the Government has honoured its statutory redundancy commitments to workers in Debenhams. The Government is the only party which has honoured its commitments in respect of the workers concerned. The Deputy is correct about the deficiencies in whatever collective agreement had been previously entered into at the time. We have gone through this with the...