Results 17,101-17,120 of 50,772 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The only direct and proven impact of having conditional credit would be to reduce the risk of lending to Ireland and therefore the cost of that funding.
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is the key point that should inform the decision as to whether we want a backstop. It is clear the IMF and the ECB would have preferred that the country seek such a backstop arrangement. The ESM and the precautionary credit line system and approach is to support countries whose finances are becoming economically sound. It is not a sign of weakness, it is to seek maximum security for...
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is fair enough. The Government is entitled to do that. The key point is that serious issues remain across the eurozone. We know that. Mario Draghi did not reduce interest rates last week for nothing. He did it out of deep concern about deflation across the eurozone. Greece is raising its head again, as the Government well knows, and may seek further assistance. Italy and France...
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Those issues are important to the overall context of the market in which we will be borrowing. There are also the stress tests to come, which may necessitate some form of recapitalisation. That is important because that could - and I hope it does not – undermine our capacity to borrow. I accept we have an expensive backstop in the €25 billion that the National Treasury...
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The rates are favourable at the moment and in the immediate 12 months there may not be an issue. In the aftermath of 2014, many analysts say there could be difficulties, not just for us but for Europe. It would have made sense to take out an insurance policy which would have been to the benefit of the people and the country.
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The trouble is over there, on the Government side.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Prior to the Cabinet meeting this morning, the significant issue of the day was the extraordinary and gigantic criminal offence that has occurred and which concerns, we are told, up to 1.1 million people. It is probably the largest ever offence in terms of affecting so many people in the State. The hacking into the personal financial data of so many people is a very worrying development....
- Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply, but I am somewhat disappointed that I do not detect a sense of urgency about this issue from the Government and political leaders. The Tánaiste read from the website of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. Addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of 1.12 million clients have been breached. This is a massive criminal...
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is now 12.45 p.m. and we are only now agreeing the Order of Business, which is indicative of the type of situation we are in in this great era of radical Dáil reform.
- Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: We have done very little work yet today. The last episode may have been good public relations but not substantive work in terms of the key issues. On proposed legislation, the programme for Government contains a number of commitments in relation to primary care, including legislative commitments. The programme for Government commits specifically to the introduction of legislation to...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Reports in The Irish Times today make the disturbing revelation that more than one quarter of the country's health and disability agencies are in breach of public pay policy. There are related stories in the Irish Independent and other media. Given that it is only a few months since the Haddington Road agreement, it beggars belief the allowances have been sustained and, more importantly,...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Were the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health aware of the allowances in the health and disability agencies? Were the allowances brought to the attention of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, and what was done about them? What does the Government intend to do about them now?
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said the same rules must apply; they do not apply. There seems to have been a vow of silence on the issue in the lead-up to the Haddington Road agreement. I recall the major attack on allowances by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, which went on for six to nine months without any mention of these super allowances for people at the top. The...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: There was knowledge that cuts being effected elsewhere were not being effected here and the situation was left to drift. The picture is well known and we do not have to wait for a fuller picture. Can the Taoiseach indicate the policy and what actions the Government will take with these agencies to make sure they fall in line with everyone else in the public service?
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: But they are.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU affairs met last. [39244/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The role of the Cabinet committee on EU affairs is to oversee our preparations for Council meetings and ongoing negotiations with European Union partners. Given what the Taoiseach said last week about the decision on conditional funding emerging from what were called intensive discussions with EU institutions and governments, we must presume the Cabinet committee was involved. The...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, did promise last week that he would publish all documentation that informed the Government's decision not to apply for a credit line. He said he would publish that documentation and that he would have no difficulty in doing so. Will the Taoiseach confirm that it will be published?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is a very basic question.