Results 42,161-42,180 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: I am sorry. I will have to come back to the Deputy in respect of that. It is my understanding that the legislation was progressing-----
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: -----so I will come back to the Deputy with a timeline on that.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: I will come back to the Deputy.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: Cuirim fáilte roimh an ócáid seo agus an chaoi seo labhairt faoi pholasaithe gnóthaí eachtracha, polasaithe a bhaineann le cúrsaí cosanta agus na dúshláin atá ann agus atá le teacht ar an bhfód sna blianta atá romhainn. Tá seans againn an díospóireacht leathan sin a bheith againn, ní hamháin anois ach...
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: It is on the way.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: Few anticipated that the largest refugee movements in Europe since the Second World War would take place in a matter of weeks in the springtime of 2022. Ireland's foreign policy has always been grounded in the principles of international law, human rights, equality, respect, dialogue and engagement. Article 29 of our Constitution sets out the principles that guide Ireland's conduct of...
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy set it out earlier in his speech.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: The liberation struggle? Some 1,700 civilians were murdered.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: It is still there.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: We created it, for God's sake. We developed it.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: It happens every-----
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: I will let the Deputy off.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: No, I do.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: It is not.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy: Statements (18 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: That is not how it started.
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (16 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: Ireland has fully supported the establishment of the European Union Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine) and Government approval is in place in respect of the areas where the Defence Forces can contribute to the mission, responding to the identified needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The aim of EUMAM Ukraine, formally established on 17 October 2022, is to...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Meetings (16 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: EU Defence Ministers most recently met in Brussels in March with their Foreign Affairs' colleagues in a joint session. In my unavoidable absence, this meeting was attended by the Minister of State for European Affairs and Defence, Mr. Peter Burke TD. Among the topics discussed were EU Support to Ukraine and progress made on the Implementation of the Strategic Compass. While...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: My priority as Minister for Defence is to ensure that the operational capability of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service is maintained and developed. This is to enable the Defence Forces to carry out the roles assigned by Government, as set out in the White Paper on Defence. In this context, the principal aim over the period of the White Paper is to replace and upgrade, as required,...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: While acknowledging the high regard in which the Defence Forces is held and the many honest hardworking individuals amongst the ranks, as I have already stated, one cannot but be disturbed and upset by the contents in the Report of the Independent Review Group. The conclusions in the Report are stark and shocking and go to the very heart of issues relating to dignity, mutual respect and...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 16, 44 and 200 together. The Defence Forces are currently excluded from the provisions of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, which transposed the EU Working Time Directive into Irish Law. I wish to assure you however I am fully committed to ensuring that the provisions of the Working Time Directive are applied, where appropriate, to its members....