Results 38,701-38,720 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: No, I am not saying that, but let us not try to make a moral equivalence. The Deputy should just be honest.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: He should be unequivocal in his condemnation-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----of what is the worst form of warfare I have ever witnessed, on a relentless basis. Putin's Russia is bombing and levelling village after village-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----and town after town and civilian after civilian.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Putin has weaponised food and weaponised energy-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----which is having global consequences-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Irish effort in respect of Palestine has been very proactive down through the years-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----but the Deputy does not have the wherewithal even to acknowledge that because it is his way or the highway. He has a broader world view in always trying somehow to make the real, shocking brutality of what is going on equal to somebody else's actions. We have to deal with the Middle East situation.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: We have to deal with settlements. We have to deal with other European Union colleagues, the United States and other countries-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----to bring about a resolution to the Middle East crisis. Ireland continues to support generously-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----the Palestinians. I will raise Deputy Bríd Smith's points with our colleagues in the European Parliament. I am not familiar with the precise nature of the amendment. Was the Deputy talking about the European Parliament?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I am sorry. I thought the Deputy meant the European Parliament because, obviously-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: We do not have such powers. I do not have powers-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy has clarified the matter. We do not have powers in respect of the Polish Parliament.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: We have spoken to the Polish Government. We have had discussions at the European Council on a range of issues as to what can be done. Again, we will raise-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: May I answer? We will raise it with the Polish Government.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy did not make it clear that it was the Polish Parliament she was referring to. I wanted to establish if it was the European Parliament that was being referred to.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: We will raise that matter with the Polish Government. Deputy Haughey raised the protocol issue. I do not disagree with his fundamental point that this is fundamentally an issue of relationships, trust and, above all, honouring international agreements which were freely entered into by the British Government and ratified at parliamentary level in Westminster. This is very serious in its...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 to 16, inclusive, together. The National Economic and Social Council, NESC, advises me on strategic policy issues relating to sustainable economic, social and environmental development in Ireland. The NESC work programme in 2022 includes five main areas. It will carry out a major piece of research and consultation on climate, biodiversity and how to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I know. It will be difficult. Deputy McDonald's negativity towards the shared island unit is striking because when I was at the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement there was unanimous support for what it has been doing from all members, including those from Sinn Féin to be fair, on that committee. We do work with elected representatives all over Northern...