Results 18,861-18,880 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: The legislation is specifically tailored to deal with the issue of the cancelled concerts immediately because it would facilitate a review mechanism in respect of the decision taken by Dublin City Council regarding the licence application relating to the Garth Brooks concerts. The legislation could have immediate application. This week the guillotine is being applied to a number of Bills...
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: Is anyone going to take action and can the situation be retrieved or rescued?
- Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: I request that the Government consider the legislation that has been put forward. We would support its passage in this House and get some advice on it. We accept that it is open to amendment and change.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: There was an expectation that resolutions in regard to the appointment of new Ministers to effect to the long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle might come before the House today. The body language of certain Ministers is getting worse by the day-----
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----and by the hour, as Deputy Mattie McGrath has helpfully suggested to me. It would be useful to the Dáil if we had some sense of when we can expect that announcement in terms of the scheduling of the Dáil. We just passed the announcement of the Order of Business. Does that indicate that there will not be an announcement today and, if that is the case, I would appreciate if...
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----if for no other reason. We are entitled to have some sense of what the timeline will be either day or indeed tomorrow. It will involve resolutions being brought before the House, the ordering of the schedule of the House and contributions from the Government and Opposition. The second item I want to raise is a serious one concerning older people in our community, particularly up to...
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: No, some 35,000 medical cards have been withdrawn. The Government has done the opposite.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: People in nursing homes are losing their medical cards.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach not know that?
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: Is the Government in touch with the reality?
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Government is not-----
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----and that is patently obvious. What is happening is unbelievable.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: The latest revelation is that they are all getting medical cards.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is very difficult to take this type of-----
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is a great man for saying black is white and white is black.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, did the Taoiseach say that there will not be any change to today's schedule of business?
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: There will be no announcement today.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Shortall did not say that.
- Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: One does.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (9 Jul 2014)
Micheál Martin: 420. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 who has recently had a medical card revoked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29999/14]