Results 38,861-38,880 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy always uses the opportunity to attack the European Union-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----whether it is on vaccines, helping Ukraine or migration.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Of all the actors in the world, if one goes through any of the data and analyses them objectively, the EU does more than any other in trying to look after and provide for people. That is the reality of what is happening. With regard to Deputy Smith's point-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: With regard to Deputy Smith's points-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I have the floor now. I have made my points.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I have dealt with-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----the Deputy's ceaseless propaganda against the European Union. He is consistently anti-EU.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy should attack the authorities in which many of these reside-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----that create an authoritarian regimes and conditions that makes life impossible for people.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Europe has a migration policy and frontier management. Every authority in the world has a migration policy and manages migration, but the bottom line is that this authoritarianism is undermining the world. It is creating-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Here the Deputy goes again interrupting. Other Members have asked questions. The Deputy should have the good faith to allow me to answer other Members.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy does not like the answer because he is a propagandist at heart and he lacks objectivity in every presentation he makes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Smith is correct about what is transpiring in respect of the decision that has been made on the dual regulatory framework. All of those involved in industry, manufacturing, the dairy industry and agrifood are saying this loud and clear. It is a form of economic illiteracy from the perspective of Northern Ireland that one would create such a dual regulatory framework because it does...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19 to 26, inclusive, together. Like public representatives generally, I meet church leaders informally from time to time in the course of attending official functions. The most recent formal meeting I had took place on 15 April 2021, when I met the leaders of the all-island Christian churches, including the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputies for their questions. Deputy Bacik raised the issue of the role of the church within education. The situation has evolved significantly. I was one of the original supporters of Educate Together through measures I took with capital expenditure way back in the late 1990s to facilitate the purchase and acquisition of sites much more cost-effectively for Educate Together...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: One of the issues historically has been delivery within the schools. Some teachers feel uncomfortable delivering the programme, particularly at post-primary level. I would argue that more work needs to be done in that regard. Legislation needs amendment also but the more critical issue is curriculum, the delivery of the curriculum, the capacity to deliver it and to develop a culture across...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Economic Policy Unit is part of the Economic Division of my Department. The Unit supports me, as Taoiseach, in delivering sustainable and balanced economic growth and in advancing the Government’s economic priorities, including through supporting the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment, and related Senior Officials Groups, and the Cabinet Committee Sub-Group on...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: On 23 May, I welcomed a delegation from the US House of Representatives, led by Congressman Richard E. Neal, for a meeting at Government Buildings. The bipartisan delegation comprised nine members of Congress. The majority of the delegation sit on the House Ways and Means Committee, including Chairman Neal, and ranking minority member Kevin Brady. Our meeting in Government Buildings was...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: No staff of my Department are currently seconded to the university or third-level sector.
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (28 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach appoints members to two state boards – the NESDO and the National Statistics Board. The role of the National Statistics Board is to guide the broad strategic direction of the Central Statistics Office and to establish priorities for the development of official statistics in Ireland. The NESDO board is responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose,...