Results 17,421-17,440 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: On the health services plan.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership Issues (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a statement on the possibility of Britain leaving the EU. [50299/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership Issues (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed the possibility of a referendum on leaving the EU when he met Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50125/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments made recently on past crimes from the Attorney General in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51400/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be raising the outstanding Weston Park agreement issues with Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53727/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be repeating the request for an independent inquiry into the murder of Mr Pat Finucane following the Smithwick Inquiry Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53728/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has mentioned retrospective recapitalisation at any of his bilaterals with EU leaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51399/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his letter to the other 27 EU Heads of State on the need for retrospective recapitalisation of Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51398/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he attended where the possibility of a precautionary credit line was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50151/13]
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: The ongoing revelations concerning the establishment of Irish Water are making many people angry out in the community. People have been extremely surprised by the drip-feed of revelations over recent days. It is fair to say that, since the Government set up Irish Water, it has until recent days been run like a secret service, with very little information being given to anybody, particularly...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: Second, will the Tánaiste indicate how the Government is going to intervene to protect families with young children from excessive charges of €400 plus, given the role of the regulator and also given his own stated position that he was against water charges? He said: "I’m against water charging. ... [They are] essential services [that] should be delivered as a public...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste deliberately avoided answering the question about the bonuses.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: I asked him why the Government approved the bonuses. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte, approved it and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, approved it, as did the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, although he is now passing the buck to the Minister, Deputy Howlin, as per his...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: Was she kept in the dark? That is the problem. Nobody knows what to believe. It is incredible. It is insulting to people to say that all of this information is available. The only reason Irish Water is before committees this week is because Seán O'Rourke asked that question.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: Dáil Éireann was kept in the dark for 12 months. Freedom of information explicitly excluded Irish Water. It was not included.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: Prior to Christmas, Dáil debate was shut down.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: I think I know the reason for that. The reason was to keep this thing under the radar until after the local elections in May. That is why people are sceptical and angry. The first charge would happen in the last quarter of 2014.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: The regulator will be a powerful force in terms of levying those charges. I do not accept-----
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: We need far greater clarity and certainty for families with younger children in particular. Will the Tánaiste answer the question on the bonuses in the first instance? There are many more questions we can ask but, given the time limits we have, we will have to wait. None the less, we would like to have straight answers. Why were bonuses approved and what will the power of the...
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is not what the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, said.