Results 13,641-13,660 of 50,453 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Everything gets referred to freedom of information. When will the legislation be before the House?
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: There is nothing transformational about the current practice.
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: We are not getting any information.
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: May we have the documentation on the primary care centres?
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is not.
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is wilful and deliberate withholding of information.
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is a serious issue.
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is uncalled for.
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (18 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to tackle drug driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45186/12]
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that in health and infrastructure terms, the top priority for the Oireachtas must be meeting the needs of sick children and the provision of world class facilities for them. It is six months since An Bord Pleanála refused planning permission for the proposed national children's hospital. At the time an independent assessment, subsequently known as the...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach two questions which he did not answer. First, was he aware that the Tánaiste was pursuing an independent track and that his officials and advisers had been meeting with the various bidders and getting their opinions? Was the Taoiseach aware that the Tánaiste was pursuing that independent approach on the location of the national children's hospital? Second -...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----but, rather, that the best interests of the nation's children will be paramount in any decision.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, approved of that-----
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Has anybody else been commissioned?
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: There was no evidence to sustain that. The Taoiseach should not tell untruths. The Minister endorsed that subsequently. It is not good enough.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach voted for it though.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I did issue a statement and I will also issue a very substantive statement tomorrow. We have 85 minutes of debate on it here tomorrow too.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach the board appointments he has made in the past 18 months; if there is a gender balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40095/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: There were three questions in the group. The first question was whether the Taoiseach can explain why he reiterated last year a rock-hard commitment that there would be a 40% gender balance rule applied. Clearly he has not abided by it. Can the Taoiseach explain the reasons he has not been in a position to abide by it and why the Government has not done so? The Taoiseach stated that the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Prior to the general election we were promised there would be a broadening in the programme for Government. How many of the Taoiseach's appointees are persons who expressed an interest and have no connections with the political parties within the coalition?