Results 19,861-19,880 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: And not a question answered.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Minister introduced new material at 8 p.m. last night.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach address the decision of Mr. Mario Draghi not to address the banking inquiry, a matter that affects this Parliament and its relations with European Union institutions? His decision is wrong and unacceptable because of the role of the European Central Bank, ECB, in both the Irish and European banking crises but it is also an interesting decision in view of his attendance at...
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: He answered questions from German parliamentarians. It is very important that all parliaments are treated the same. Parliamentarians in larger states do not have a greater entitlement to an audience with the ECB.
- Order of Business (17 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach to raise this matter because it is fundamental to the Oireachtas and the manner in which we do business and also to the relationship between the ECB and the Irish Parliament. The Taoiseach will be aware that last June the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, set up a panel of barristers to review more than 40 cases that families and others...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (17 Dec 2014)
Micheál Martin: I wish the Taoiseach and his family a happy Christmas. We will re-engage in the new year. This week's Council meeting will be the first under the Presidency of Donald Tusk. While Mr. Tusk has not yet had enough time in office to shape the agenda, his appointment is a cause of optimism for all those who want a more active and responsive Europe. He was a progressive and successful Prime...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: I wish the Ceann Comhairle a very happy 2015.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: Last week the crisis in accident and emergency departments across the country reached intolerable and unacceptable levels, with 600 people on trolleys. We are not talking statistics because these are real people, whether a child, a parent or a grandparent. Immense distress has been caused and a fundamental question is whether their health or their safety was compromised as a result of the...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----it took us a while but not too long to understand that the man did not have much credibility when it came to making promises and commitments. However, people actually believed the Taoiseach when he said on that big billboard, "I will end the scandal of patients on trolleys". We were to go to www.finegael.ie, for details of how it would be done and to look at the plans.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: As far back as July, the Minister was alerted by officials in the Department to 650 delayed discharges. This was six months before Christmas. In October the Taoiseach was warned in the House about the fair deal scheme. Despite all the rhetoric and language, how can the Taoiseach possibly state he can deal with this when he has funded 1,400 fewer beds under the fair deal scheme for 2015...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's initial response was a bit sleeveen, if he does not mind me saying so. He stated they were not as safe as they ought to have been. What does this mean? I asked the Taoiseach a simple question, whether they were safe from a clinical perspective for patients. Stating they were not as safe as they ought to have been is meaningless and does not deal with the core question. I...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----just as the Taoiseach fudged the answer now. It is a core question. This was coming for quite a long time and the new Minister was told about it in July. Let us go back to the budget 12 months ago and the fraudulent figures with which we were presented. The Taoiseach closed beds during the year. A total of 48 beds were closed in St. Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny, 14 beds were...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach tried to get away with it, and he has been trying to get away with health for the past three to four years. He has neglected it as a priority in government. This is fundamentally why all records were broken last week with regard to accident and emergency departments. There has been no consistent and persistent application to the issues which occur and which will continue to...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: Who is chairing?
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is a pity the Dáil was not brought back yesterday as it sends out the wrong signal that it is essentially returning for a day and a half this week.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: I want to make an important point before Deputy Kehoe starts his silly laughing again. It is not good enough to have 30 minutes for this debate on the Paris atrocities. That arises because the Dáil's business is being shoehorned into the time between 2.30 p.m. today and 5.30 p.m. tomorrow. It does not do the Parliament justice that we cannot order our affairs in a more dignified...
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: They will not be used until approximately five years from now. I have a hunch they will never be used for the purpose for which they were commissioned. When can we expect that water services Bill and will the Taoiseach explain its purpose, given the exhaustive deliberations on the subject which occurred just before Christmas? The health (general practitioner service) Bill will introduce...
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, frightened me when he said he blamed everything on Fine Gael last week. Will the Taoiseach clarify what will happen with GP care for those under six and over 70?
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: What do they deal with? One relates to marriage equality.
- Order of Business (14 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: Is that more important than the blasphemy issue, given what happened in Paris?