Results 15,401-15,420 of 50,683 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The draft guidelines illustrate the degree to which-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----the banks are fundamentally going to ignore the Taoiseach's best intentions in terms of this issue, and they will proceed to look after their position first and not the people in mortgage arrears who are coming under increasing pressure from the banks on a daily basis.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Tell the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, that. He said that it must be taken into account. That is what he said to The Irish Times.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, said that it must be taken into account.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: That are published.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is not up to the people. The banks are going to call it. The Taoiseach should not be disingenuous.
- Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach yesterday about the public service pay deal and the promised legislation arising from it. He was unclear yesterday and was not in a position to outline the time schedule for the legislation in respect of the Payment of Wages Act, hours of work, times, pay and conditions. This was outlined in the report of the Labour Relations Commission, and the Minister for Public...
- Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Is there one Bill to cover the pay and pensions issues? Would it need separate legislation if that is not passed?
- Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Jerry Buttimer is playing for local headlines.
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has, once again, come into the Dáil to tell us how he and his colleagues in the European Council are on top of things, that they are working flat out on a wide range of policies which are restoring confidence and will deliver jobs and growth. Listening to the Taoiseach's statement one would think the European Union was progressing steadily with calm and controlled...
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is.
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said it was not covered.
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: It was an extraordinary statement by the Taoiseach.
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach and his counterparts did not even discuss this full-blown crisis or meltdown.
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: As the Taoiseach knows, the threat to Cyprus from the Greek deal was raised in this House on a number of occasions, as was the possibility that Cyprus might be forced out of the euro area. I raised these issues on a number of occasions. They did not appear out of nowhere. Having said that, the scale of the incompetence and inaction in the last fortnight was a surprise. Everyone in Europe...
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said at the time that it was a good deal for Cyprus, a good deal for Ireland and a good deal for Europe.
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is what the Government stated in welcoming the initial deal.
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government agreed to it at the Eurogroup of Finance Ministers. There is no welching on this.
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government made a mistake. It was wrong to have agreed to the deal. I would like the Taoiseach to explain why the Government issued a statement welcoming the proposal and claiming it provided the basis for long-term stability in Cyprus. Why did he and the Irish Presidency of the Council quietly support the bullying of Cyprus with threats to immediately withdraw liquidity from its...
- European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)
Micheál Martin: Who is taking the questions? The Tánaiste will forgive me for asking. The presence of the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Lucinda Creighton, suggests she might take questions, which she is well able to do. I would like to ask her about her criticisms of finance Ministers at the Eurogroup meeting, but I am not going to do that. I put it to the...