Results 8,601-8,620 of 50,297 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach used to be. The Minister, Deputy Bruton tried-----
- Leaders' Questions (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is waxing lyrical.
- Order of Business (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: The business of the House is being arranged in a stop-gap way with a large amount of time given to statements but little to legislation. There will be statements all this week. We started on Monday with a rather damp squib of a debate on Europe. There are a mounting number of measures which the Government has indicated it will introduce and publish over the next two months. Members would...
- Order of Business (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: I appreciate the difficulties with drafting legislation but a schedule would be useful. There is a sense of filling space in the business of the House over the past several weeks with various statements. I must add that Fianna Fáil has drafted a comprehensive and sound political donations Bill. If the Taoiseach accepted it, it could be moved to Committee Stage and by the summer recess...
- Order of Business (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: I did not, I said the opposite.
- Order of Business (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: Our Bill covers all the Moriarty tribunal report recommendations.
- Order of Business (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, but there was no admission of any inadequacy. I do not know from where the Taoiseach is picking that up.
- Order of Business (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is wrong. He should accept the legislation. Amendments can be made on Committee Stage. It is politics as usual.
- Order of Business (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: I knew it would not last. The Deputy misses the Order of Business too much.
- Ministerial Staff (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he has assigned responsibility for policy relating to Northern Ireland to any special advisor. [9568/11]
- Ministerial Staff (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a full list of advisors and other staff appointed to his Department since his election as Taoiseach; and if he will provide details of the salaries each person will receive. [10720/11]
- Ministerial Staff (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: Questions Nos. 2 and 3 were submitted by me. There is no issue, from my perspective, with the employment of special advisers. It is only in this country that the notion has developed that there is something wrong with Ministers having staff who are independent of the Civil Service. Even in the Northern Ireland Executive, Ministers have political advisers. Equally, if we want people with...
- Ministerial Staff (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: He will have many other responsibilities as well if he is chief of staff.
- Ministerial Staff (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: Would it be preferable that the Taoiseach has a specialist adviser in regard to the situation in Northern Ireland to work exclusively on the agenda of the significant work that lies ahead in embedding the peace process and in advancing the North-South agenda in terms of linkages with communities and in particular the social and economic advancement of conditions of the people of the island of...
- Church-State Dialogue (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: It was a good initiative of previous taoisigh to establish this dialogue between the churches, other faith communities and the office of the Taoiseach. Many of these churches and faith groups now see the Taoiseach's office as a protector or promoter of diversity and tolerance. In this context, many of the churches, including minority churches, will be worried about the impact of Government...
- Church-State Dialogue (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: May I ask a supplementary?
- Church-State Dialogue (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: I come from a position of being a very strong supporter of pluralism within the education system and I was a very strong supporter of Educate Together when I was Minister for Education. However, I believe consultation in the broadest sense is important for moving forward. I take from the Taoiseach's reply he does not necessarily agree with the Minister for Education and Skills on the 50%-----
- Church-State Dialogue (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: As the Taoiseach approaches dialogue with the churches, is it his view, for example, that instruction for communion and confirmation should take place outside the classroom?
- Church-State Dialogue (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am asking about the Taoiseach's mind, his own impression on this issue.
- Official Engagements (11 May 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the talks he has held with Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy which he mentioned in his London speech of 18 April 2011 [9558/11]