Results 43,661-43,680 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: On my visit, I had the opportunity to engage in person with a range of interlocutors. I took every opportunity to stress the need for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, for de-escalation and for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, including Emily Hand. During my visit, I also visited the Sderot area in southern Israel, meeting with families and communities...
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: It was not anything of the sort. What I saw there was horrific and I only saw the village and neighbourhood that were destroyed. It is not wrong to do that and to visit that area. His outrageous assertion that this represented a sort of propaganda exercise-----
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: -----is incomprehensible and shows a complete disregard for the loss of human life in respect of the Hamas attack on that particular neighbourhood. That is informative in itself. We have not forgotten and nor do we underestimate the impact of those brutal attacks on the people in Israel. Our thoughts continue to be with those who have been killed, including our fellow citizen, Kim Damti,...
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Ireland will continue to be a leading voice in raising these issues. The Government will continue to push for a halt to settler violence and forced displacement, while actively supporting the resilience of Palestinians living under threat. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is catastrophic and has worsened daily. The reports of the situation and the numbers of civilian casualties in...
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I want to talk today about the State's approach to international security. This is my first time to address the House in detail on the outcome of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy since it took place in June this year. I thank the many colleagues who participated in the sessions, particularly those from the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence. I also pay...
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is talking nonsense.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: It is time the Deputy got real.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Idiotic.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is being idiotic and stupid.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I just do not want Russia vetoing everything we do, that is all.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: So stupid, for Christ's sake.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin did not do so in 2014. It backed Russia in 2014.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: You are playing politics all the time with this issue.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: You have been a disgrace.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: You have been a disgrace on this.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Do not lecture me on the loss of civilian life, Deputy. You know a lot more about it than I do-----
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: -----and your organisation does.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: It is a bit rich for you now to be lecturing us.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Do you condemn the Provisional IRA?
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin does not.