Results 43,761-43,780 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: That is the essence of the Sinn Féin policy, which I reject and oppose. Finally-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: -----anything we do-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Anything we do-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Anything we do will be utterly consistent with the UN Charter and the upholding of UN fundamental rights.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy has raised two issues, the first of which is the Middle East and the current situation there. I agree with everything the Deputy has articulated in respect of the appalling killing of children, innocent civilians and humanitarian aid workers whose work is extraordinarily brave and courageous. It is outrageous that the UN humanitarian workers are being killed, as it is in respect...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I found it shocking that people did not even want to give a debate a chance. They attacked the chairperson. They sought to undermine it. Then, when they went to it-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: You did.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Then, when people went to it-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: In any event, it was-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Deputy, you did-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Could I say to Deputy Bacik, in terms of the triple lock-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, in respect of the triple lock, the consultative forum was a very rational, reasonable, very well-balanced debate. That is important. There was clear consensus about supporting military neutrality. There is no question about that. In the context of the triple lock, there has not been a peacekeeping mission sanctioned by the UN since 2014.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I just happen to believe-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: -----that we cannot allow Russia, China and everybody else to dictate what we do.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I was 12 years of age in 1972, when the referendum on joining the European community took place. Parties across here opposed it at the time. There were groups, which are still at it today, arguing that if we joined what is now the European Union, we would have NATO troops and nuclear warheads parading down O'Connell Street within a few weeks. This is what was said as far back as 1972 and I...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: Because of their geopolitical ambition and agenda, they do not want peacekeeping missions around the world any more. We know where the world is today. It took six weeks-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: The alternative is we stay consistent to fundamental human rights and the UN Charter. The UN Charter mentions regional actors; the EU or the African Union are bona fide actors. We should not just react-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: -----in a knee-jerk way to what I proposed yesterday in terms of amendments. We should have reasonable debate but there seems to be an inability in this House to have a reasonable debate about these matters and false hares get sent up the field.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: I excuse you from that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Nov 2023)
Micheál Martin: There are two issues. The first is the financial issue and the second is the security and intelligence service. The Deputy is suggesting it should be an Irish citizen who takes the job, which I will come back to. I understand the concerns he has articulated about the fast-accrual pension scheme, which applies to An Garda Síochána, and the limit on pension funds, which has been...