Results 21,941-21,960 of 50,453 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: Brexit represents by far the biggest economic risk our country faces in the short, medium and long terms. The Central Bank has said it is already impacting on key parts of the economy. The budget documentation issued by the Minister for Finance two months ago states that the fiscal situation is exposed to a failure to achieve an orderly Brexit. Nearly half of exports are to the United...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: I am not saying that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: It is not going to be gifted.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: May I ask a brief supplementary question?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: I am not talking about voluntarism in respect of St. Vincent's Hospital and Mercy hospital. These are systemic hospitals. They are big concerns in which there has been significant investment by the State. To all intents and purposes, they are tertiary hospitals and will remain so into the future. The religious orders have exited the governance of the hospitals. The danger with a lay...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I reiterate that in the past few days the issue of the impact of historical ownership models within the health sector has come to light in the context of Holles Street. For the sake of moving forward with critical improvements to women's healthcare in Dublin in particular, but also throughout the country, I hope this will definitely be resolved...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: The only difficulty with that is we never get answers to those type of questions, but I will set them aside.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: I would be willing to facilitate that.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: I do not know if you were watching yesterday's proceedings in the British Parliament, a Cheann Comhairle, but the Speaker of the Parliament almost singlehandedly brought sterling down by 0.5%. I look forward to the day your intervention will have a similar impact.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: Touché. The plans for the new maternity hospital were announced more than two years ago by the Government with great fanfare. The announcement was a long time coming and was warmly welcomed by all, because the Holles Street facility is simply not fit for purpose in any shape or form, given the high volume of births per annum. In certain cases, women with acute and complex births have...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: Two years have passed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: I seek additional time for statements on the pre-European Council given the enormity of what happened yesterday and the implications for Brexit. The proposal is for ten minutes per leader. That should be extended to 20 minutes-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: Yes. It is a reasonable request.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: I know but I have made this point before on these types of debate being restricted to ten minutes per leader. Could it be extended even to 15 minutes given what happened yesterday?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to be unfair but I lead a party of 44 Deputies. We have been very facilitative. We do not have a d'Hondt system. I have raised the point on a number of occasions that ten minutes for 44 Deputies in a debate like this is not adequate. I have done so consistently. There has been an attempt made to accommodate it. I am saying reasonably that I do not want my party...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: We are doing very well.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: That will not be before 2030.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach publish the central case scenario plan, which is a terrible name for a plan? The Taoiseach might consider changing it on publication. The public needs to be engaged by this plan. I have always been of the view that the public should have been engaged a long time ago. There is a view that people should be told the terrible implications of Brexit that might cause undue...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: In that context, the uncertainty demands that as a nation we are properly prepared. All the data from the agencies, including the most recent from AIB, state that SMEs are not prepared. For whatever reason, they are not prepared to the level that they should be. I ask that the Taoiseach publish the plans, which in itself could help to create a consciousness among the public to get engaged.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2018)
Micheál Martin: What about the central case scenario plan?