Results 15,161-15,180 of 50,572 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has held a bilateral with Prime Minister Katainen of Finland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2390/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has held a bilateral with Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt of Denmark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2391/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke with President Hollande recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5086/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has met the Spanish Prime Minister recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10968/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: I have tabled 11 of the 22 questions being taken. I will not get to all of them but I hope I have another opportunity to speak later. Last week I raised with the Taoiseach the fact that the European Central Bank earns more than €500 million per year in profits from the holding of Irish bonds. Six months ago the European Central Bank agreed to return all profits on Greek bonds to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: No. I am referring to quantifying the impact of a British exit on the Irish economy. Have we commissioned any study on what the actual impact would be on the Irish economy?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Has the Taoiseach commissioned any such studies?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: As befits the Scandinavians.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: High repute.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach took the embassy away from the Vatican so that is no longer an option.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: I asked earlier in respect of the ECB and the profits it is making on Irish holdings of Irish bonds. The Taoiseach read from a lengthy document and I ask him to forward the document to me.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach send a copy to us?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is very helpful.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer the question I asked, which was whether he had formally asked for ECB profits on Irish bonds to be returned to Ireland. If a deal is done for Greece, the same should apply to Portugal, Ireland and other countries in programmes. That has been the principle since the outset of the crisis. What is provided for in one country is provided for in another, as we had...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Everyone does scenario setting.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: No, it would have been helpful now.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: We do not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am not referring to trade.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am referring to the broad economic impact.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (5 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: No, I just-----