Results 8,121-8,140 of 50,294 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the procedures he intends to put in place to review implementation of the Programme for Government and if he will publish a detailed implementation timetable [5341/11]
- Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: In my question I asked for a detailed timetable for the implementation of the Government programme. What goes to the core of the programme is a commitment to transparency, openness and so forth. When did the Taoiseach and the Government become aware that the Moriarty tribunal report was to be published this morning? It is a matter of grave importance. The findings have grave implications...
- Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is a very serious report and the findings are grave. I want to ask, in the context of the programme for Government-----
- Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It has, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am not dealing with the report itself. I am dealing with-----
- Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle, the programme for Government is on the agenda here in terms of the question.
- Programmes for Government (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: If the Ceann Comhairle would allow me to make my point. In the spirit of the programme for Government, which is very strong on transparency, honesty and accountability for actions taken, the Taoiseach did not answer my basic question: Is he prepared, along with the other Ministers who were a party to that collective decision taken in 1995, to come before the House to answer any questions...
- EU Summits (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach his views on proposals for a greater role for Eurozone summits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5335/11]
- EU Summits (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: We must look at this issue with a degree of frankness, transparency and honesty. Work has been underway for some time, even before the general election, to revamp the mechanisms deployed by Europe, particularly in terms of the EFSF and ESM, focusing on the enlargement of the fund and a reduction of interest rates to enshrine the principles of sustainability and recoverability and to send a...
- EU Summits (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: The speculation is that the work done last week and that which will be done next week will come up short in the context of dealing with the fundamentals involved. There is also a suspicion that the issues of burden sharing, restructuring and debt will be kicked down the road until post-2013. Again, the latter is possibly as a result of domestic electoral considerations in the countries to...
- EU Summits (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It does not stack up.
- EU Summits (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is more transparent than the K Club.
- EU Summits (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: They do not appreciate what they perceive as a bailout.
- EU Summits (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy will comment in a rhetorical manner.
- EU Summits (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: For clarification, I would like to ask the Taoiseach a short question on that final point.
- EU Summits (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is just a one-line question. Has any official statement emanated from the Government on the Libyan situation?
- Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: In light of the fact that the Moriarty tribunal has issued a report concerning the awarding of the most valuable commercial licence ever awarded by an Irish Government - and accepting and acknowledging the report is detailed and complex and this is no small issue, which has enormous implications for the State, both financial and political - and that it represents a damning indictment of the...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Am I to understand that the Taoiseach will not be here for the private notice question and that it is just for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources?
- Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: But the Taoiseach will not be answering questions today on it.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should be under no illusions that this decision and the findings of this report do enormous reputational damage to the country in terms of the way it does its business. In respect of many of the issues in the report the Taoiseach does not need to read some aspects of it.