Results 13,101-13,120 of 50,453 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should accept the choice of the people.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: They voted against it for good reason.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Not when one considers the way the Government is behaving.
- Regulatory Impact Assessments (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the success his Department is having in relation to the requirement outlined in the strategy statement regarding publishing Regulatory Impact Assessments before Government decisions are taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30314/12]
- Regulatory Impact Assessments (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the way his Department is rationalising regulators to promote consumer interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30315/12]
- Regulatory Impact Assessments (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is difficult to make much of the Taoiseach's reply which has been scripted in such a way as to avoid specifics. In the context of regulatory impact assessments being made before Government decisions are taken, do I understand from the initial part of the reply that this is not quite happening as normal in respect of legislation being brought forward? Is there a requirement to produce...
- Regulatory Impact Assessments (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Many business concerns state they are over-regulated. That was also said to be the case in the financial world for a long period. The Government's policy is to reduce regulation and the regulatory burden and also to simplify regulations in order to avoid duplication. The position of the European Union and the OECD is the same. However, every European directive brought forward will, in all...
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The child and family support agency Bill is more necessary than ever given the extent of the cuts the Government has applied to one-parent family supports, disability payments, the provision of special needs assistants and so on. Families are facing an increasing number of challenges as a result of these reductions. Will the Bill provide for a sufficiency of places for the hundreds of...
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: People are extremely concerned at the undermining of the hospital. It is symptomatic of the lack of governance in the health service.
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: No, you did not. This is a new, start-of-the-art hospital which we built and opened.
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Minister cynically promised these people the sun, moon and stars, just as he made promises to every community up and down the country.
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Will the HSE governance Bill be published during the summer recess? What is the intention? Does the Government have interim plans in terms of the legal structures governing the provision of health services at this time? There is a lack of clarity as to who is in charge, whether the Secretary General, the Minister, the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive, the officials-----
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Given the volume of issues we have to raise, putting in place a legislative framework would give much needed clarity to a situation that is of the Minister's own creation. He abolished the HSE board without putting anything in its place.
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Hallelujah.
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Has the Cabinet sub-committee met?
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It obviously did not have a full hearing.
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Irish Daily Mail got an exclusive on the issue today.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach the number of officials in his Department that will be working solely on the presidency for the remainder of 2012; if redeployment has occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34341/12]
- Written Answers — Job Initiatives: Job Initiatives (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach the efforts that are being made across Government to tackle unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34342/12]
- Written Answers — Defence Forces Property: Defence Forces Property (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 619: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the future of the 4th Infantry Battalion in Collins Barracks, Cork, in view of reports that it will be disbanded. [34731/12]