Results 25,341-25,360 of 50,683 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the bilaterals he had at the European Council meeting. [29806/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on bilateral meetings held at the European Council meeting in June 2017; and the issues that were discussed. [30192/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: If there is to be any form of special status for Northern Ireland, Dublin will have to propose it, especially in the absence of working institutions in the North. It is unacceptable that such a long period has passed without any Executive or assembly in the North given the urgency of the Brexit debate. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade said last week that we are in favour of a...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: The most basic fact on which no one is clear is exactly what the situation is on the Department's role in staffing for the Brexit process. While the position of the second Secretary General and the head of the international division is clear, very little else is. The overall European co-ordination role was returned to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade last year and a fortnight...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: What about the report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: Was that not in the Taoiseach's manifesto?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: Better to have the exit door.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: Excellent. It is meaningless.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: That is a twist of the truth.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: That is outrageous. The Taoiseach said the same thing previously. He is wrong on that point.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: He is being disingenuous. Hospices are being bled dry.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach clarify that issue?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: We have met representatives from the hospices. The Taoiseach should not be disingenuous.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: The hospices are not being given any money for the pay increases and they are screwed as a result. That is the reality.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Howlin is correct. It is unfair.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: I support Deputy Gino Kenny in respect of this case. It is more than just costs, it also involves some engagement with the company on the application of the drug to this particular condition. People should knock heads together to find a solution. In recent years there has been growing confusion as to what exactly constitutes Government policy on health. Since the enforced departure of...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: Come on.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: That is just a cop-out. It is not an honest response. Come on.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: With regard to the public service pay element of the programme for Government, the Taoiseach will not doubt be aware that employees of section 38 and 39 organisations, the organisations which provide a range of health and disability services and hospice care throughout the country, are still awaiting the most recent interim pay increases. The Minister said yesterday in the Seanad that these...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: What is the position regarding negotiating rights for members of the Defence Forces?