Results 16,761-16,780 of 50,762 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach denied last week that discretionary medical cards were being taken from people.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It took a host of letters from Deputies and the message from the Taoiseach's people at the weekend that there was a problem with discretionary medical cards, despite his denial last week. Therefore, people have been hit. Will the Taoiseach consider reversing the abolition of household benefits, which is a direct hit on the income of older people? Will he also reverse the decision to lower...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The telephone allowance has.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Answer the question on this budget. Can the Taoiseach stand over it?
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Answer the question asked.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is not the issue in the case of those over 70 years. The issue has to do with the reduction in the thresholds.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Medical cards are being taken from people all over the place.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is due to emigration.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The new HSE national director of acute hospitals, Mr. Ian Carter, warned of further dysfunction if the Government kept taking money out of the system. Since yesterday, there has been a major lack of credibility with regard to the figures presented for the health budget and the proposed cuts of some €666 million. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, did not do a good job of explaining this...
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Do they stand over the figures?
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste made up a lot of stuff himself.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: They are not. The fact he is working for three days means he does not get rent allowance.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It was a nice piece of fiction.
- Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is not true at all.
- Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Once again the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste have delivered budget speeches full of empty self-praise and political soundbites which completely ignore the reality of what this Government has just proposed. This is a bad and damaging budget. Within the tight constraints there remained choices that could be made but once again this Government chose a mean-spirited and regressive approach....
- Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I listened to both the Deputies opposite and would appreciate the same courtesy. The Deputy can shout and heckle all he likes but this is meant to be a democratic Chamber where people are allowed to make speeches. I listened to the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste without interrupting and I would expect the same opportunity when I make my speech, even if the Deputy does not like the content...
- Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government sees its main task as working to claim credit for recovery rather than actually doing anything to deliver it. It has delivered regressive budgets which have cut growth and employment and increased unfairness. It is only hitting overall fiscal targets because of developments in Europe. From the very beginning this has been a Government obsessed with public relations. It...
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. I am very surprised that the Government has brought forward this motion to debate amendments to Standing Orders, given the lack of fundamental reform contained in these Standing Orders regarding how this House operates, the relationship between this House and the Government and the parliamentary system in general. We have just come through a referendum on the abolition of...
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: When the Government published its reforms, it did not consult anybody that night. It is now stating we only have 50 minutes to discuss the issue of reform of the Dáil. That shows how untrue all the rhetoric was during the campaign, when people were saying they were really committed to reform. The bottom line is that there will be 50 minutes for debate, after which it will be...
- Order of Business (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I accept that, a Cheann Comhairle, but you must accept that this is a very serious issue for the House, short of Deputies walking out of here and just not co-operating with the Government. The motion does not take on board what the Opposition parties are stating about how the House is operating.