Results 17,381-17,400 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: We do not.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: Could you blame anybody, a Cheann Comhairle?
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: Given the fundamental disrespect for parliamentary democracy-----
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: I beg your indulgence, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: Very briefly, we have absolutely no intention of participating in this charade-----
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----and I am going to lead our party out of this House.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if the claim on 20 November 2013 that some 20,000 new discretionary medical cards have been granted this year alone is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54812/13]
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: The manner in which Irish Water has been established under a cloak of secrecy has angered many people across the country. The people were not told by anyone in Government that the establishment of Irish Water would cost €180 million, €50 million of it for consultancies, a fact that we learned only from the Today with Sean O’Rourke radio programme last Thursday....
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: This was a deliberate, premeditated, conscious decision to hide information that he had in his possession from the Dáil. He made a decision not to give that information to the House when he was asked for it and by extension to deny it to the people of the country and our citizens. In short, our Parliament and our citizens have been treated with contempt by the Minister and the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: There were further attempts to make sure that Irish Water was wrapped in a cloud of secrecy. There was a debacle before Christmas when the entire Opposition had to walk out because debate on Irish Water was shut down. There was a deliberate decision taken to exclude Irish Water from the parameters of the Freedom of Information Act and so forth. All last week Ministers pretended they did...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: From when?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: It was not. The Taoiseach is wrong.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach’s response is incredible and disgraceful.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is disgraceful for the Taoiseach to come in here and say that every bit of information is available to the House. I have the list of questions that were tabled over the past 12 months about Irish Water and absolutely no detail or answers were forthcoming for Members of this House.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: Members have been treated with contempt. The Taoiseach has come here today and added insult to injury today by pretending all is well, all is transparent. The only reason we are discussing this question today and people came in yesterday is because Sean O’Rourke asked the question of Mr. Tierney, who gave an answer about consultancies. The Taoiseach and the Minister in particular...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should not say what he did about savings. The savings will arise because people will be paying for water. That is the basic major saving that will be occasioned as a consequence of the imposition of charges.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is a disingenuous proposition to put to this House, as the Taoiseach has done today, that somehow information will be available to Members when they ask questions, or through freedom of information requests. When the Act was published there was a conscious decision to exclude Irish Water from its parameters. The Taoiseach also needs to confirm that the 34 local authorities will continue...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: I want the Taoiseach to answer the question that I asked originally. Why did the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government decide not to provide specific answers and give the actual information that he had in his possession about the establishment costs of Irish Water to Deputies when they asked those questions over the past 12 months? Why did he refuse to provide that...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: I merely leaned forward.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: It has been spending money for the past 12 months.