Results 16,841-16,860 of 50,772 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister of State wants to chair the operation now.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The jackboot nature of the Minister of State's performance as Chief Whip is causing a reaction.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: One should take note when Government backbenchers have the courage to ask that backbenchers have a say in how the Dáil should operate and on the implications of the changes. It is a reasonable request. They should not be frowned on and people should not give out to them for having the courage of their convictions and to make basic points.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government had an opportunity but did not take it.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I will conclude under protest. As a party, we are furious at how the House is being treated. I do not understand why the Government has stated 50 minutes is all we have to debate the issue.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: No, the Tánaiste did not. That is just a sop on the Order of Business.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Why not debate the issue?
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Why can we not debate it and let Deputies contribute? This is ordained. The Government rushed the reform proposals during the debate on the Seanad to pretend to the public that it was interested in reform.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government engaged in no prior consultation with anyone in a meaningful form. We had one meeting in the middle of the campaign and the Tánaiste pretends that that constitutes consultation.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I attended one meeting of the party leadership. It is a complete charade.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is a facade. The Tánaiste should be ashamed of himself as the leader of the Labour Party who took office pretending that he would radically reform how the country was governed. He has done nothing of the sort. The Government has become more regressive in terms of parliamentary reform.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government has guillotined the debates on more Bills than any other Government in such a short space of time and does not allow any meaningful engagement.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: The proof of the pudding is in the fact.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I challenge the Tánaiste to withdraw the proposition on the social welfare Bill.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Will the Tánaiste withdraw what the Government is putting before the House next week?
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: It would be a small, concrete illustration of the Government's genuine commitment to reform that we could vote on amendments tabled on the Social Welfare Bill. That is included in the reforms I submitted.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: I do. I will give the Minister of State a suggestion.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Before I conclude, I will give one concrete suggestion. The Government should make it clear that a set number of amendments tabled by the Opposition to the Social Welfare Bill will be voted on next week.
- Standing Orders: Motion (17 Oct 2013)
Micheál Martin: Will the Government do this?