Results 18,281-18,300 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: The variation is stark. For example, on the split mortgage it is as wide as €57,000. It could not be acceptable that, depending on which bank gave the mortgage, one could be better off by €57,000 in the application of a single option on the split mortgage. It should not be reduced to how lucky one is to happen to have a split mortgage with AIB as opposed to with Bank of...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I do not accept that.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I know of many people who have been trying to get in touch with the banks without success.
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Government's proposals vis-à-visthe introduction of universal health insurance are causing considerable concern out there in terms of the implications of such an initiative on people's incomes, additional taxes that will emanate from it and also the lack of detail in terms of the pricing arrangements and the actual packages under which people will be covered. I ask the Minister, in...
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will the Government publish the memos?
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: We are dying to find out what happened.
- Order of Business (9 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Whip takes a very bitter approach to these matters.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: Irish Water has confirmed a story in the Irish Independentthat it has sought the introduction of a standing charge of €100 for all householders. This has shocked many people and has caused a considerable degree of disquiet and anxiety with the public. The Taoiseach promised previously in the House that he would publish, before the local elections, all details on the water tax and the...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has been saying "the Government will consider it shortly" since January of this year. We have been told that the Government will publish something in two weeks or a couple of weeks. The Taoiseach said the same thing in February and in March. We are now in April. Next month is May. When will this happen? There are five weeks to go until the local elections. One has to come...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: Even though Irish Water has employed three public relations companies, according to The Sunday Times, the level of information we are getting in this regard is very scarce. I do not doubt that the Taoiseach will defend such spending, just as he defended the expenditure of €180 million to set up an entity that will get the same people - local authority personnel - to deliver the same...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach once said that Paddy wants to know. Very few people out there know anything at all about this.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will there be a standing charge?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is 100% clear about that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a policy on Government information services sending out reports or press releases on St. Stephen's Day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2209/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The reason I tabled the question is that a major report on private health insurance was issued by the Government on 26 December last. The one and only reason this was done, of course, was to try to bury it, and it would appear to me that was a clear policy decision. No Government which wants to respond to questions or wants to engage with the public on...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: Could I add something?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I have only one question. Deputy Adams had the same time as me and he did not even table the question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I just want to ask a very straightforward supplementary.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: In fairness, I did not take up the ten minutes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I did not speak for ten minutes the first time.