Results 9,861-9,880 of 50,297 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the contact he has had with Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy concerning proposals for amending the EU treaties discussed by them during recent weeks. [24702/11]
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach the preparations he has made for submitting proposals to the EU Council concerning the consideration of reforms to the governance of the Union and the Eurozone. [24703/11]
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach the differences between the text agreed by him at the July meeting of Eurozone leaders concerning Ireland's corporate taxation and the text proposed in March. [24731/11]
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: No, it was not. They are not secured.
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: I have tabled five of the questions included in this group and I hope I receive a reasonable opportunity. I agree with what Deputy Adams stated on the unsatisfactory nature of grouping all of these questions, which are on quite different topics. The Taoiseach is spinning a great yarn about the international response to Ireland and our approach. The bottom line is that the response to...
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----that Ireland has bitten the bullet. It has nothing to do with what the Taoiseach did since he came into power because he has taken no substantive decision on anything. It is wrong of him to keep pedalling and spinning this yarn.
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is what it is; it is a yarn.
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach agree that he voted against every one of those measures?
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: He behaved in a reckless and irresponsible way and is now claiming credit six months later because he has not changed any of them. That is basically the factual position.
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach about the summit meeting which refused to address the issue of burning bondholders. Does he agree that the core issue is again about what politicians told the Irish people in a fundamental communication? I told people in advance of the election that there could not be a unilateral burning of bondholders.
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: I put it to the Taoiseach that the public was fundamentally misled on the issue in that he and his party told them there could be unilateral burning of bondholders. The Tánaiste said that it would be Frankfurt's way or Labour's way. I will put the core question to the Taoiseach again because I did not get an answer. Does he not agree it is now on the agenda? Perhaps he cannot comment...
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----yet we are being told that anything to do with non-secured bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank is completely off the agenda. It is wrong of the Taoiseach as well to use the term-----
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----"sleight of hand". I ask him to withdraw the term in regard to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan's late predecessor. It is unworthy. The Taoiseach is aware that it was quite transparent at the time and it was brought before the House.
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is fine if issues arise on renegotiating the agreement. I have no difficulty with that.
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why is that off the agenda? I put that point in particular to the Taoiseach in terms of the ongoing debate about Greece and the sovereign issue and the fact that he is working his way out in terms of spinning a yarn and getting off the hook of very clear commitments he made on burning bondholders, senior debt holders-----
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----and unsecured debt. I thank Deputy Mathews.
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is relevant.
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach answer the question I asked?
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach regret making the commitments?
- EU Affairs (27 Sep 2011)
Micheál Martin: We did. The Taoiseach keeps on saying "The Minister for Finance" as if he is independent of him. The Taoiseach is the Head of Government. Does he regret making the clear commitments to the Irish people that he made on senior bondholders - and made for a long time in this House, and attacked the outgoing Government on the issue time and time again?