Results 15,901-15,920 of 50,683 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Calming Measures (28 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: 698. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current funding status of the Whitehall Road phase 2 traffic calming scheme in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25124/13]
- Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Last week, I questioned the Tánaiste about the "Prime Time" special on the quality of services in crèches and early childhood services. We both agreed the early years are the most crucial in terms of development of children, with the most critical years being from zero to three. Anyone who watched "Prime Time" last night, as I did, would have been shocked and concerned at the...
- Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: I would be concerned at the time lines for the legislation. After the children's referendum, we were told that the child and family support agency Bill would be ready and the heads of the Bill had been approved at that stage. The Taoiseach did not indicate the timeline for the Children First Bill, which is the critical legislation on child protection and welfare. There are immediate...
- Leaders' Questions (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: No. We had the Child Care Bill. It was bigger. All-party committees dealt with it.
- Order of Business (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: A pattern seems to be emerging whereby the Government seems to be of a disposition to ram through the House as quickly as possible any legislation which may have a hint of controversy about it, particularly with regard to financial matters, and in essence guillotine the Bill. This pattern was well demonstrated with regard to the family home tax Bill prior to and after Christmas when two...
- Order of Business (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: They have not been consulted. Pensioners' organisations around the country are contacting Deputies to say that their pensions are being cut without consultation.
- Order of Business (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Nobody represented them at Haddington Road or Beggar's Bush.
- Order of Business (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Oireachtas is being forced to guillotine and ram through legislation, but there is no necessity for doing this. There is no necessity for these timelines this week at all. It is a "get the bad news over quickly" mentality. That is what is going on here, without question. They want to get the bad news over as quickly as they possibly can so there will be less hassle for the...
- Order of Business (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Murphy should not be treated like this.
- Order of Business (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Murphy is a reasonable, moderate Deputy and has not caused any difficulty here.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: We are past the smart-alecky. Less of that.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach summed it up himself. He said the Government had been working for five months on this but the Dáil gets only two days.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is the very point I am making.
- Order of Business (Resumed) (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: No offer was made.
- European Council: Statements (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: The best that can be said for last week’s summit is that it received very little attention and did not cause any new crisis. The Taoiseach clearly shares my view that the summit was inconsequential given that he was prepared to postpone this debate for several weeks. However, the record shows that at a time of urgent need for action the leaders of Europe chose to spend their time on...
- European Council: Statements (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Over the years, we have given up key areas of tax competition in the name of transparency and co-operation. It appears the US issue is with the failure of their companies to repatriate profits. It is not that they have been routed through Ireland. In cases such as that of Apple, one is faced with a major employer which has been here for decades. Much of the work carried out by it and...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Fund for Ireland (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met with the Ulster based youth engagement Wider Horizons group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25978/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Fund for Ireland (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered alternative funding arrangements for the Wider Horizons group in view of the winding down of International Fund for Ireland revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25979/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Fund for Ireland (29 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the matter of Wider Horizons with the Departments of Education and Skills, Social Protection, and Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25980/13]
- Leaders' Questions (30 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Parents and people throughout the country are still reacting to the "Prime Time" exposé of behaviour in crèches and the cruelty to children and emotional abuse that was witnessed in the film footage of that programme. Many people are looking for immediate responses as well as medium and short-term responses. The situation has clearly shocked many people across the country. I put...