Results 17,081-17,100 of 50,772 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact the higher diploma in education is to be replaced by a two year masters degree in education from 2014 if his attention has been drawn to the fact the back to education allowance is not available for a masters degree in education, as it was for the higher diploma in education, and maintenance grants are not available for the...
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I oppose the motion in terms of the timing involved. It is a very shambolic way of treating Parliament regarding this important issue. We have no objection to facilitating a statement from the Government on the issue at hand, although we have been seeking over the past number of weeks a fuller debate on the issues relating to the exit strategy from the troika programme. To come in at 11.15...
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: There was wider debate on the issues.
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, I am entitled to speak without interruption. The Deputies opposite want to suppress speech. That is their attitude.
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Deputy O'Donovan does not run the Dáil. Will the Chief Whip agree to resume proceedings at 12 noon to give Members reasonable time to prepare for the debate in an informed manner? It is almost 11.20 a.m. and he has proposed that we return to the House in ten minutes to debate something about which we have not been apprised. The Cabinet has met and, therefore, the Taoiseach and the...
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Obviously, the Government has made a decision. We have no difficulty in facilitating the Government in making a statement to the House but can it not start at 12 p.m.? It is now 11.20 a.m. and we have had absolutely no notice of this.
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am trying to be reasonable, constructive and to give the outside world some sense that this House and Parliament matter. I am simply asking that we start at 12 p.m. instead of 11.30 a.m., which is reasonable so that people can make an informed contribution to whatever announcement is made.
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is not what I am proposing.
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Chief Whip gave the impression that he wanted to-----
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed.
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: At the outset, the Taoiseach said he was making his statement as a matter of courtesy to the Dáil. I suggest to him that the Dáil deserves more than a courtesy.
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: It deserves the fundamental presentation of a case justifying the Government decision-----
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----not to seek a backstop and not to seek a precautionary credit line. That is the very least the Dáil deserves today. I respectfully say-----
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Is this democracy here? Are you going to allow-----
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Last week we had a debate in advance of an EU Council meeting.
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I suggested to the Taoiseach at the time that it was a good opportunity to present the case, the pros and the cons of whether we should have a precautionary credit line, but he refused to do so. That has been characteristic of the Government's position on this key issue, which deserves far more than the Dáil is getting today. A total of €53 billion is needed over the next three...
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: There was no need for this politically stage-managed event because we know that as a result of the decision taken by the European Union General Affairs Council last month, the actual date for ending the oversight arrangement of the bailout programme has been delayed until next February. What the Cabinet has agreed today is not to seek any new programme. It has not negotiated any exit or...
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Throughout this programme the Government has never acknowledged the fact that it condemned it before the election and voted against 70% of its measures. Many economic analysts and other people have advised-----
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is clear that Government Deputies do not cherish parliamentary democracy in this House any more. This is an important issue for the country. The Government has put political strategy above what is right for the country.
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Not a single piece of paper has been presented to anybody as to the merits or demerits of the decision not to seek a backstop arrangement, not from the Minister for Finance, the Taoiseach or the Tánaiste. No figures have been produced about how much we would save in interest payments if this conditional funding were available.