Results 13,061-13,080 of 50,453 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: With respect, the Travers report was not behind any radiator but was published. It vindicated my role in that issue and was debated in the Oireachtas. Moreover, I appeared before an Oireachtas committee without difficulty and dealt with every single question asked. It did not go anywhere behind the radiator. However, my position is well known. The Taoiseach creates innuendo with the...
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is well known: I was in the United States as Minister for Foreign Affairs and participated in the incorporeal meeting. That is a matter of public record and it was covered in a major programme broadcast on RTE months ago. There is no secret or mystery about it. Moreover, there was a Cabinet meeting the following morning at which it was discussed.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Moreover, as the then Leader of the Opposition, the Taoiseach had plenty of time to obtain independent advice-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----between the Cabinet decision and the decision of the Oireachtas to pass legislation introducing the bank guarantee. Did the Taoiseach receive independent advice? He voted for the measure and led his party through it.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It suits the Taoiseach-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I put it to the Taoiseach that it suits him to create this aura of something wrong or hidden. At the time the late Brian Lenihan-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: There is a record of the deliberative process.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is from the Minister for Finance. The rationale for the decision is on the record of this House.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: When the late Minister for Finance came into this Chamber-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----and actually spoke to the Taoiseach before he brought in the bank guarantee-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The then Leader of the Opposition, now Taoiseach, was actually briefed by the Minister for Finance at the time on the rationale behind the bank guarantee.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: There are no secrets. I agree that this issue should certainly be examined and there is no difficulty in bringing forward-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: My fundamental question is that the Taoiseach's approach to this matter has been deeply cynical and political.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It vindicates the decision of the people taken last year on Oireachtas inquiries because they do not trust the capacity of politicians to be objective and impartial-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----and to follow due process in the pursuit of or when investigating a particular issue. I do not have a difficulty in so doing-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----but the Taoiseach should cut out the innuendo and the attempt to smear people, particularly previous holders of his office who certainly did not shred any document. He owes his predecessor an apology for what he attempted to suggest that day, which was unacceptable.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Cabinet memo.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Is there a Cabinet memo?
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Is there a Cabinet memo?
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is not true. There were the Honohan and the Watson and Regling reports.