Results 18,121-18,140 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if youth unemployment was discussed at the December Council meeting;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2199/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met or had discussions with President Hollande recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2310/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had discussions or met with the Prime Minister of Latvia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2311/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: 34. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with Chancellor Angela Merkel; the issues they discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12782/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: 35. To ask the Taoiseach if the European Council agreement of June 2012 was discussed with Chancellor Merkel on 7 March when they met; if there was a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12785/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: We are dealing with questions Nos. 1 to 35, which address a broad range of issues. After last December's meeting of the Council of Europe the Taoiseach said again that all of the agreements meant that the toxic link between sovereign and banking debt had been broken. What he has yet to do, however, is to explain how this is actually the case. It is a year and a half since the Taoiseach...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: What exactly is Ireland looking for in terms of the debt situation and the breaking of the link between sovereign and financial sector debt? Yesterday my party revealed letters from Mario Draghi to our finance spokesperson, Deputy Michael McGrath. Essentially, Mr. Draghi said that he does not agree with the Government's claim that everything is progressing fine with Ireland's banks. If...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Does the Government believe the sanctions should be stronger?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I was referring to the bugging of European governments.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach ask the British Government if it had bugged us?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I have a brief supplementary.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: The so-called banking union will only provide enough money to cover less than 1% of the capital base of the banks. Is that adequate?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Nobody thinks it is adequate.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: A growing scandal is emerging relating to the administration of justice, and a range of issues are evident regarding the penalty points saga, the undermining of whistleblowers and the Garda inspectorate report contrasting very starkly with the O'Mahoney report on the penalty points issue. The bugging inquiry was established to consider occurrences at the office of the Garda...
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I am going to ask a question. These are very serious issues.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I have a lot of experience in the House. It beggars belief that there is no statement in the House - that the Minister for Justice and Equality has not come before the House to comment on the resignation of the Garda Commissioner following the statements of a succession of Ministers about the Commissioner's comments to the Committee on Public Accounts, and about the Minister’s...
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----and that no formal mechanism is provided for the Minister for Justice and Equality to come in to answer basic questions about why the Commissioner is resigning now. He left certain things in the air in his briefing with me on the most recent issue. The Taoiseach suggested it would do on Thursday, but the statements on Thursday are on the Garda inspectorate's report on the fixed charge...
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: There is a lot of cynical stuff going on here. The only way the Taoiseach can cut through that is by making this House relevant to the issues of the day.
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Adams is correct. This was all fed to the media. That is fine. The Government does that all the time. We are becoming-----