Results 12,441-12,460 of 50,453 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The people voted "Yes" in the referendum on the stability treaty. We would all agree that, as we knocked on doors and travelled the country, there was a genuine fear among the people regarding the future prospects for their children, the country and, more important, dealing with the wider eurozone crisis which is having a direct impact on prospects here. The Taoiseach was in contact with...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: When the Taoiseach raised this issue with Chancellor Merkel, did he request specifically a write-down of Irish bank debt, particularly in regard to the promissory note, or a restructuring thereof? Will he indicate exactly what he requested of the Chancellor during that particular conversation and her response to him on the bank debt issue?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach a very simple question: what did Chancellor Merkel say to him? He raised these issues with her, but what did she say in response?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach mentioned officials and so on. The Canadian Prime Minister put it succinctly when he said we were four years into the crisis and still trying to get a sense of what the game plan was at European leaders' level. That is what external commentators are saying about the succession of European summits. Every summit in the past 15 months was said to be a breakthrough in dealing...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Another one.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is getting too late for this kind of crisis.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I want an answer.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach raised that. He made a big deal about the telephone call.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: His people leaked left, right and centre that he had been on to Chancellor Merkel straight way. He raised the view that we were all to expect something.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: He is now saying it was just a simple phone call, yet he will not state what the Chancellor said to him on the fundamental issue of bank debt. He cannot answer and refuses to answer.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Frankfurt's way or Labour's way; we are having more of it again.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The time for sticking plaster solutions is over. Spain is on the precipice.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste said it.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste said it. The Government side did the leaking. We all know how it works.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach made the call.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste was saying it non-stop until the date of the referendum.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I agree.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: It already has been - for four years.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: What did the Chancellor say to the Taoiseach?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Has she said anything?