Results 16,561-16,580 of 50,762 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if officials in his Department attended a IFSC Financial Clearing House Group meeting recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39090/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Publication of the minutes of meetings of the IFSC Clearing House Group tends to happen approximately three months after a meeting, which is not great in terms of transparency, and a much earlier publication of minutes would be very helpful. I am somewhat puzzled by the May minutes, which revealed that the State's top civil servant, as the Secretary...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Is it not?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach says it does not involve a new strategy but the minutes indicate that is what his Secretary General and the assistant secretary from the Department of Finance want. Mr. Fraser, the Taoiseach's Secretary General, "noted it was clear that something must be done. He expressed his view that Food Harvest 2020 was an interesting model, with a clear strategy, targets and branding...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The IFSC's president, John Bruton, has called for banking regulation to be kept flexible. Does the Taoiseach know what he has in mind? Does he agree with him on that matter?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: He wants more flexible regulation.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Those corporations have very good access to Sinn Féin in North America.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: They funded many a banquet there. The list is quite revealing.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is true.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I cannot rival Deputy Adams in the United States in terms of the big corporations that finance his party.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Adams has a cheek to come to the House and talk about access to the Government for a sector that provides 30,000 jobs.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Yet in his fund-raising in the United States Sinn Féin has gone to those corporations and received $1.7 million.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am not talking about that. I am talking about fund-raising.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: How much time is left?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should keep his replies short.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Was it a meeting RTE could not record?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: He is in good flow.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is coming now.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Peter Mathews was not talking about his relationship with the Taoiseach.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Financial Services Sector (1 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should not get personal.