Results 21,701-21,720 of 50,453 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: This is a very serious issue, Taoiseach.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: Why did the Minister, given all that has happened, not comprehensively present this to the House? This is very serious. It is unbelievable that-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: We will get to it again.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: The scandal surrounding the CervicalCheck programme and the withholding of information from women in relation to their false-negative test results last year has caused much trauma, anxiety and hurt. Unfortunately, women have died of cervical cancer. Over the weekend, I was sad to hear of the passing of Orla Church, a campaigner and cervical cancer victim. The CervicalCheck programme has...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: That is not true and the Taoiseach did not answer my question. Was the Taoiseach made aware of the serious developments by the Minister, particularly regarding the validity of a significant number of tests that had been rendered null and void because of the delay? Normally, the virus would be tested for within ten days, yet people are facing six-month delays. This was discovered last year...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: There is a lot of make-believe in all of this.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: The tender came in at €650 million.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: It did. Originally, the tender came in at €650 million.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: However, a tender came in.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: A tender came in and the Government went for it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: However, a tender came in.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: It is to buy somebody.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: A Minister did, however.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: It is not about how I am spinning it. I had the documentation and it was black and white.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: We have been seeking a statement from the Taoiseach for well over a year on what protections are being put in place to prevent the abuse of public funding to promote members of Government personally and to link communications to political rather than public priorities. Before the current Government took office, advertising was not undertaken for basic announcements and speeches but this is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: That is in the early stages. The Taoiseach is being disingenuous.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: Last week, I asked the Taoiseach whether he spoke to the President of the Commission about a no-deal scenario and the Border question. I did not get a reply at the time. It is important to make the point that a no-deal Brexit would be a disaster for all concerned, not just Ireland but the UK and the EU. Let us keep this in perspective as we discuss this. Today, for the first time, the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: I do not think it took 40 minutes for the Chancellor to tell the Taoiseach nothing has changed and nothing will change. We know one of Chancellor Merkel's hallmarks as a politician is her capacity to be constructive and creative in seeking ways around roadblocks. Will the Taoiseach tell us whether she is proposing or thinking of any new ways of overcoming the refusal of the UK Parliament to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or met the German Chancellor, Ms Angela Merkel, since the vote in the House of Commons on the withdrawal treaty was defeated. [3041/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (22 Jan 2019)
Micheál Martin: There has been ongoing discussion in the House of policing reform for several years, in particular over the past 12 months. The Taoiseach may recall there was a specific focus last year on the Department of Justice and Equality and the necessity of its reform. He will remember that in December 2017 he stated on several occasions that the Department was not fit for purpose and that it needed...