Results 18,181-18,200 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I asked him two months ago.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: There is no commission of investigation yet.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: No one asked the Taoiseach that.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: That was known for months.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: In the interests of full transparency, will the Taoiseach be in a position to confirm to the House the status and identity of the civil servant who went to the Garda Commissioner on Monday evening?
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Was it the Secretary General of the Taoiseach's Department?
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach. In regard to this morning's business, the Minister gave a 15 minute statement on that issue but, unfortunately, questions were not provided for in terms of the Standing Orders. It is a great pity there were not questions on that specific issue because, despite Leaders' Questions and two attempts to extract from the Taoiseach why the Attorney General did not see fit...
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----on this issue, he did not answer that question this morning. I asked the Taoiseach if it was not very odd that-----
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: She had the facts for four months on the specific case. We know that from the Minister for Justice and Equality.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I asked a question, which the Taoiseach did not answer, and Deputy Donnelly asked a question, which he did not answer either. There was a very prolonged period of time-----
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----during which the Attorney did not, in any shape or form, brief the Minister for Justice and Equality. The Taoiseach confirmed that he rang the Attorney General on Sunday.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Attorney General was not of a mind last Sunday, by the way, to raise the issue. If we had had questions with the Minister, we could have got an answer to that question.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Exactly. That is the point. It was not on that.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is not why the Taoiseach rang the Attorney General and she was not going to ring him either. I got a different impression from the briefing yesterday.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: We need more time on this issue. That is the point. I ask the Government to provide more time for questions on that specific issue. The Taoiseach mentioned to myself and Deputy Adams yesterday that a senior counsel was approached about this, I think, on Monday. Is there a written report from that senior counsel?
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: If so, could that be made available to us?
- European Council: Statements (26 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: In the early days of what is now the European Union, one of its founders, Jean Monnet, talked frequently about how it might develop. His most often quoted idea was: "Europe will be forged in crises, and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises." When looking at the outcome of last week's summit and those of recent years, it is impossible to miss the power of this idea. We...
- Seanad Reform Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill has at its core the objective of making the political system more democratic and accountable. Unfortunately, this week it has been shown yet again how badly we need real reform. The Garda Commissioner was pushed aside, following a series of deeply suspicious events. Each element of this story has emerged drip by drip and there...
- Seanad Reform Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: In 2011 the people demanded real reform of their political system. They were promised real reform by every party now represented in Dáil Éireann. Once the election was over, the new Government announced it was determined to push ahead with what it termed a "democratic revolution". Last year’s referendum on the abolition of the Seanad was intended by the Government as its...
- Seanad Reform Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Is that why the Government wants the d'Hondt system?