Results 17,961-17,980 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----in the way it wants to organise this block by block, in other words to dilute the capacity of each Opposition party-----
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----to have its 20 minutes-----
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: No it was not.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Stagg was not even party to it but he is such a merciful person.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: He is all mercy and generosity. We all know about it. All I want to say is there were issues about speaking slots all morning. The Government side did not know how to order the state of affairs. I know the Ceann Comhairle's office had its views on the options for former members of Fine Gael with regard to speaking priorities and each party getting a block of time to respond.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: In essence what the Government proposed was a fragmented position for the Opposition whereby each speaker from the various parties would have seven minutes. It was very unacceptable from our perspective. The whole week is a farce. The idea the Dáil should have to spend three days backslapping the Government is a farce and ridiculous.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Government does not have legislation to bring forward so we could have the normal week everybody would want, which would allow for Order of Business and questions to the Taoiseach.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Why do we not have questions to the Taoiseach today? The Taoiseach decided not to have them.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is a jackboot approach to Parliament. The Government wants to dictate the debate the way the Executive wants to dictate it, with no input from the Opposition whatsoever in terms of the form or order of the schedule.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Government's approach is very anti-democratic. With regard to all of the proposals made on Dáil reform and so forth, this is the absolute antithesis of such proclamations by the Taoiseach in the past.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to delay proceedings further, but I ask the Taoiseach to clarify whether there will be time for questions and answers after each Minister's contribution, which is what was suggested earlier.
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: In fairness, that is not happening in the case of the Ministers for Health, the Environment, Community and Local Government and Children and Youth Affairs. Our spokespersons will not come in on the issues of health, the environment and children, mainly because of the availability of Ministers and so forth. That will not actually happen, even though the Taoiseach mentioned that there would...
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Yes, but the Taoiseach mentioned that there would be questions and answers. I take it that-----
- Business of Dáil (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Just statements.
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: On the long and growing list of abandoned promises made by Fine Gael and the Labour Party, the promise to reform politics has a prominent place. This is a Government that promised a "democratic revolution" but has worked to deny even basic accountability of Ministers to Dáil Éireann. This debate is a further example of a persistent trend towards marginalising the Dáil. It...
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will the Government activate it?
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will the Government activate in time before the-----
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: There is a March deadline because of the sale of the IBRC loan book.
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is flawed? Will it be in place before the IBRC sell-off of the mortgage book?
- Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: It will not be.