Results 19,821-19,840 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: 21. To ask the Taoiseach if he has any concerns regarding sustainable growth in Europe; if he will be discussing same at the December European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46768/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or written to Mr. Junker regarding Ireland's retrospective debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47786/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: This group has quite a number of questions covering a range of issues from me and other Members of the House. It says something about how often questions to the Taoiseach have been cancelled that some of these questions have been on the paper for three months. It has taken three months to reach some of them. The Taoiseach said he had not written or spoken to Jean-Claude Juncker on bank...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: The problem is that some questions were cancelled.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: That was always on the agenda.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach knew that back in 2012.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: That choice was always available.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: No, I object to the way business has been ordered for today and the rest of the week and was ordered last week. It is extraordinary, for example, that Topical Issues have been moved to 10 p.m. The debate is meant to provide an opportunity for Deputies to raise and give a profile to an issue that is topical and obtain a response, yet it is proposed to take the debate at 10 p.m. The...
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach referring to today's business?
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. What we have here is the arbitrary rescheduling of the Dáil to suit the Government's political agenda. I have not heard any rationale as to why the Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill should be withdrawn, given the numbers of lives lost on the roads and so on. There is always an imperative to have legislation like this passed. In terms of how the Dáil is organised, we...
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: The bottom line is that a democratic revolution was passed. We are witnessing a constant and consistent suppression of the rights of Deputies to articulate issues, whether it is Question Time or Topical Issue debates being circumscribed and restricted, as they have been, on a consistent basis or otherwise. We now have the guillotining of Bills. The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, more or less...
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: If they did not, the original regime would apply and people would pay higher charges, despite the fact they have been deferred to April by the Government. This kind of approach, namely, that we do things the Government's way or there will be consequences, is the very antitheses-----
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----of the Dáil reform that was promised by the Government. The Taoiseach said it would do things differently, and every political party signed up for change at the time of the general election. Nothing has happened in that regard. The Taoiseach, in the last reply-----
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----went through three days of the ordering of the business of the House and the rationale behind it. There is no rationale behind having Topical Issue debates at 11 p.m.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: The consistent approach to trying to manage the House is causing difficulties for the House and Ceann Comhairle. I do not want to draw the Office of the Ceann Comhairle into it, but it is causing difficulties in terms of ongoing disruption. I do not tolerate some of the behaviour of others, but if the Taoiseach does not treat the House with respect, the House then falls into disrepute,...
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: The cynical smile of the Whip shows the truth of the cynical approach.
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: First, will the Taoiseach organise an opportunity to table a motion of condemnation of the appalling attack earlier? With the agreement of the House, we could have a common motion as a national Parliament condemning what happened with the slaughter of so many innocent children. Second, we need a considered debate on recent developments in Northern Ireland. Could such a motion be tabled?...
- Order of Business (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: Does that mean there will be further legislation next week in the House? What are the Government's intentions to give effect to the Minister's comments?
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: 255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which authorised officers under various legislation are protected under the whistleblowers' legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48197/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (16 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide protection for authorised officers who are not provided full protection under the whistleblowers' legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48198/14]