Results 20,841-20,860 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: Privately, no one in the Deputy's party wanted to push the issue too far either, but it is happy enough to criticise Fianna Fáil for facilitating the continuation of the Government in the context of a no-deal Brexit. In a follow-up to the previous question and the first group of questions the Taoiseach will be aware that the programme for Government talks directly about "ending the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: What about the situation in County Wexford?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: Community development.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: Ah, stop.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach changed the model; that is the point.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: Is it a sin that they went through the media?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: Is it a sin? They drew public attention to it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: I do not. Former Ministers from Pat Rabbitte onwards are quite entitled. He was a Member.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the Programme for a Partnership Government commitment on the timeline for the passage of Bills as outlined on page 148. [46658/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on security has met recently. [45242/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: I wish to raise a specific issue around the security brief, namely, the issue of hard drugs, which are at the core of most organised crime in our country, and the personal and community devastation which they cause. While the statistics provided for Ireland are behind those for many other countries, the overall picture relating to drug use is clear and disturbing. Following Brexit, Ireland...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: There are fewer medical cards than there were two years ago, however.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: The number of cards is down. The thresholds have stayed the same. The Government is playing a game with the GP card.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: Who was in government the year before that?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if immigration policy is discussed at the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Services. [46414/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: In spite of the quite aggressive attempt to revise homelessness statistics downwards, the most recent figures continue to show the highest ever levels of adult and child homelessness. From the many statistics available to the Taoiseach, can he tell us when exactly he predicts that these numbers will start to decline? There is conflicting evidence regarding housing construction figures....
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: Four months ago a decision was taken to approve the drug, Spinraza, for children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, SMA. Deputy Ó Caoláin, in fairness to him, organised a cross-party presentation by families affected by this degenerative condition, which affects young children and other young people. Their hopes were lifted when that decision was taken in June, but that hope...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach to talk to the Minister for Health. The parents are being told that the hospital concerned, Temple Street, will have to apply for 2020 funding to put in a new service-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: -----to administer the drug to some of the children involved. All this should have been done at the time of the decision, and there should be no excuses. For God's sake, will the Taoiseach do the human thing and just get the Government to sort this out with Temple Street and any other hospital that requires the wherewithal to follow through on the decision to treat these children who...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: What happened to Leaders' Questions?