Results 17,681-17,700 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is only three months away, 16 weeks.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Management Council Meetings (11 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: March or April?
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: The situation in our health service is a cause of grave concern with the hospitals in disarray and waiting lists increasing to an extraordinary degree, in particular in the children's hospitals where they are up to three to four years. The primary care system is at a very poor level. Morale is shockingly low in general practice and it has been said we will not be able recruit people for...
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will it be March or April?
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: A debate, maybe.
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: What about the charges, or the amount people will have to pay?
- Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: Why is that?
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: The office of the Garda confidential recipient was appointed after the Morris tribunal, which investigated serious wrongdoings within the Garda in Donegal. It was set up to hear complaints from members of An Garda Síochána and, above all, to protect the integrity of the force and to offer full protection to Garda whistleblowers. I have read a transcript of a conversation between...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: Sorry?
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply, but when I put this question to him yesterday, he was silent on it. There has been no comprehensive statement from the Minister on this matter. There is no evidence that he has been proactive in this regard since the issue was first raised on the floor of the House last week. The Taoiseach has answered some questions that were not asked. I have made no...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: The entire purpose of the exchange seems to be that, no matter what else happens, the complaint must not get to the media. I have heard from other whistleblowers. The strategy seems to be to get some of this stuff into the courts, then to get mediation and then to reach a confidential agreement to settle matters. Much of this stuff never comes out. We have had fine-sounding words and...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: The entire machinery of the State and even some of the media pointed their guns in the direction of the victim and everything got messed up. The same is happening in this instance. The whistleblowers feel that there is no one out there. They feel that the entire system is against them, from the Minister to the Department. The quality and import of what they were saying were undermined....
- Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----whatever else happens, this must not get into the media because it will make a lot of people in high positions very angry. That would not be good for the whistleblower.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: Section 80(5) of the Garda Síochána Act states: "The Ombudsman Commission may make any other reports that it considers appropriate for drawing to the Minister's attention matters that have come to its notice and that, in its opinion, should, because of their gravity or other exceptional circumstances, be the subject of a special report to the Minister." The Taoiseach is on the...
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: In the context of a question I put to the Taoiseach yesterday in regard to the setting aside of time for a debate on the financial model for Irish Water, I asked if people would know well in advance of the local elections what they are likely to be charged for water and the Taoiseach's response was that they would. The Taoiseach did not, perhaps, realise at that time that the regulator would...
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: I think it is in order to-----
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: I am not going through the issues.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: The record of this House in terms of a question I put to the Taoiseach yesterday during Leaders' Questions states one thing and the record of a committee meeting yesterday in respect of the response from the regulator on the same matter states something different. I am asking the Taoiseach to clear that up and if, as agreed by him yesterday, time will be set aside to debate this issue. Will...
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said "Yes" yesterday.
- Order of Business (12 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said yesterday that people would know that.