Results 20,201-20,220 of 50,453 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: What about Deputy Curran's Bill?
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Bill aims to make it a criminal offence for gangs to use young people to sell drugs.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: There is no such offence, but the Bill would provide for such a sanction. I ask the Taoiseach to give it further consideration.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: As every Deputy knows, in the past few years the reality of hard drugs has hit more and more communities. In places where heroin was unknown, even during tough times, young people have been targeted by the ruthless gangs who promote addiction and destruction for their own profit. The Taoiseach will be aware of the report of the Blanchardstown drugs and alcohol task force on a new and...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: We had it before.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: It was in 2016. In early 2017, the Government said publication was imminent.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: We will have a full session on European matters later, so quite a number of questions can be left until then. We have not seen the text of any proposals, and we have received no substantive briefings at any point in the past week. We must proceed on the basis of media reports. I will address two specific points. The first is the overall Brexit agreement and the other specifically...
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach might speak to the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Ring.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: I am not suggesting the Minister, Deputy Ring, is corrupt.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: It is not allowed.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: What about the east-west aspect?
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: This is an alternative to the withdrawal agreement advocated by the former British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May. That seems to be the case from what has been made public.
- Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: On many occasions, core emergency management structures put in place by Deputy Willie O'Dea in 2007 have proven to be highly effective. Thankfully, however, many of the more complex scenarios that the Office of Emergency Planning was established to prepare for have not yet materialised. In 2016, a review was undertaken of the structures and a new emergency management plan was written. In...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: Mindful of the Taoiseach’s comments earlier regarding mental health and suicide, the Ombudsman for Children, Dr. Niall Muldoon, has been extremely critical of the State’s failure to put in place the Pathfinder project for youth mental health. This was proposed five years ago. Dr. Muldoon said its lack of implementation has been catastrophic for the most vulnerable young...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: Only eight of those therapists actually got through.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: We were told during the Estimates discussion with the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform that only eight therapists were hired out of that 100.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: I do not want the Minister to write to me. He should talk to the families in question and engage with them. The Government is in denial about the stress and anxiety families are facing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Government must change tack on its delivery of services to people with disabilities.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: That is not true.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should talk to people in the disability sector about my record.