Results 19,121-19,140 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (2 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the fiscal council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36510/14]
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: In November 2009 the Fine Gael Party published the NewERA document and the then Deputy Simon Coveney was responsible for developing the policy framework. Many people worked with him and the document was especially relevant to the establishment of Irish Water because it said Fine Gael would bring all of Ireland's water assets under the ownership of one State company. Even in 2009 that...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Welcome back, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I love the Taoiseach's sense of the English language. When a former Minister of State says something is an unmitigated disaster and abject failure and uses phrases such as "intense dislike of the whole process" and states people feel angry and intimidated, the Taoiseach says yes, it had teething problems. These are not teething problems. There is utter confusion about health. People with...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: This is excessive by any stretch of the imagination on a particular type of family.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Deputy O'Dowd correctly pointed to the unemployed and low-paid workers. The household benefits package does not cover any of these. The charges are excessive and he is correct in his analysis. He stated a poverty analysis was done in the Department but we have not seen it.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Everybody knows consumption taxes such as these are regressive and will disproportionately hit people on low incomes. I have put this question to the Tánaiste, Deputy Burton, but it was water off a duck's back and did not have any impact. I thought it might have had. The bottom line is there are fundamental issues which have gone wrong. At least Deputy O'Dowd is honest now that he...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: It looks like he brought them to everybody else's attention at the time but no one listened.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: They will.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Not the bonuses.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The general election has not happened yet.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on health met recently. [35594/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on health has met since 2011. [35601/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The frequency with which the Cabinet committee on health meets is instructive in itself. For three and a half years, every time the Taoiseach was asked a question in this Chamber about the health service, he replied that everything was going fine and getting better. Waiting lists were disappearing, treatment was getting better and reforms were on the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: He said he was not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken or met the Scottish First Minister, Mr. Alex Salmond MSP recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35200/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the lack of progress in the implementation or acceptance of the Haass report; if his concerns are shared by Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35632/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or met the First Minister or Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland to discuss the Haass report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35634/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken or met Prime Minister Cameron in relation to the North recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35659/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his September meeting with the First Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36512/14]