Results 12,501-12,520 of 50,453 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not see it.
- Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: With regard to the Pat Finucane inquiry, the Taoiseach, on behalf of the Government, is party to an international agreement. He represents all of us with regard to the fulfilment and delivery of this agreement. As the Taoiseach is aware there is no sense of any breakthrough on getting the inquiry to which all sides have signed up. Does he see any light at the end of that tunnel? Have his...
- Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: It was not - he never dealt with it.
- Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: He never asked him.
- Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: No.
- Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach remember the Fine Gael document, "Credit where Credit is Due"?
- Official Engagements (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is Frankfurt's way or Labour's way.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: With regard to the situation pertaining to Deputy Mick Wallace, his statement last Thursday morning on RTE that he knowingly under-declared VAT to the Revenue and the subsequent public debate that has developed, which has been very widespread and has been in all the main media since then, I put it to the Taoiseach that the scale of the issue is substantial. I know the Deputy offered to make...
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I accept that.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: No, they were not. It was said they were too complex.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is a joke the way this is being dealt with.
- Modern Languages Initiative (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The decision by the Minister for Education and Skills to abolish the modern languages in primary schools initiative was extremely regressive and shortsighted. After benefiting 550 primary schools and thousands of young children for 13 years, this positive initiative will shortly come to an end. The benefits of the scheme far outweigh its cost. In times of financial difficulty, initiatives...
- Modern Languages Initiative (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am extremely disappointed by that dishonest response. It is not good enough to blame PISA for this. The vast majority of the 550 schools participating in the initiative do not face problems with numeracy or literacy. Stop trying to pretend that we are getting rid of a good scheme in order to introduce a broader literacy and numeracy programme. That is the kind of dishonesty that drives...
- Modern Languages Initiative (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is not true. No one called for its abolition.
- Modern Languages Initiative (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Disgraceful.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if officials in her Department will be involved in discussions with the Department of Education and Skills in relation to the changes in childcare provision moving towards the Scandinavian model being introduced here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21304/12]
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Since the election, the Government has announced a jobs initiative, a jobs protection budget and an action plan for jobs, all of which were meant to create approximately 100,000 jobs by 2016. However, when one considers the Government's own statistics in a no-spin zone, the number of people who are unemployed continues to rise. The quarterly national household survey released last week...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Clearly, they have not become obsessed with jobs because unfortunately, the initiatives are not making any impact whatsoever. I put it to the Taoiseach the initiatives the Government has taken have contributed to the worsening of the position. At its most basic, the decision to reduce the capital investment programme resulted in a net loss of 8,000 construction jobs in labour-intensive...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----which is a decline of 40,000. This appeared under the radar, buried in the Department of Finance's own statistics released this April. Does the Taoiseach accept the Government's jobs initiatives are failing to make an impact and are not improving the position in respect of employment in Ireland?
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is dealing with it very badly. That is the problem. It is not about job career changes and so on but about access to employment and people getting jobs, people who are well qualified but unemployed, and long-term unemployed.