Results 25,601-25,620 of 50,683 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach suggesting that the Government had not been forewarned about this catastrophe? Is he suggesting that the Minister, by means of an early warning system, would not have been alerted to the impending disaster? The dogs on the street knew about the impending disaster for some time. Indeed, the Director of Public Prosecutions was alerted to the issue as well as the manner and...
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: We cannot simply prolong it in terms of reports.
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Will the Minister come before the Dáil this week?
- Leaders' Questions (24 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: The collapse of the longest running criminal trial in history, involving charges against Sean FitzPatrick, former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank, represents a damning indictment of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, but also reflects poorly on the Garda and indeed on the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. In essence, the State's capacity to investigate...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: My question was not in respect of Brexit.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: He proposed that we reduce taxes in that regard.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Richard Bruton proposed a cut in stamp duty which would have fuelled the boom.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Six years ago the Government effectively abandoned the idea of taking policy consultations seriously. In retrospect, the evidence suggests that the mounting failures of Government to plan for a major crisis could have been avoided if there had been genuine political engagement, with policy debate and analysis. In the past, the NESC played a crucial role in providing a foundation for policy...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: The funding for it was cut.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday, the General Affairs Council agreed the more detailed negotiating directives, which follow on from the guidelines agreed at last month's summit. I do not believe there was anything surprising in these guidelines and it contains the reassurance concerning the European Union's citizenship right of Irish citizens in Northern Ireland, which we have advocated for here and in Brussels...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: It is fair to say that the work of Government seems to be even more sidelined now that the election campaign is under way for the new Fine Gael leader.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: The current contest is very interesting and revealing, perhaps more so than the party might have wished. It is interesting that the Minister for Social Protection was using his regular weekend media briefing to promote his views on what he modestly called a dramatic infrastructure plan. Many outside observers saw the reports and wondered whether he was simply announcing the much heralded...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: When can we expect to see the new plan?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: I refer to the revised infrastructure plan on which we all made submissions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Is that a different plan to the one we heard announced?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action has met since June 2016. [24366/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's role in Ireland's infrastructure planning; and if there is an official involved in this from his Department. [24676/17]
- Order of Business (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: The programme for Government features a commitment to improve "the lives of people with disabilities through better access, supports and independence". While this is a very admirable aim on which everyone will be in agreement, the reality is much different from the aspiration set out in the programme for Government. Many people with very serious special needs who are in need of residential...
- Manchester Arena Bombing: Expressions of Sympathy (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Ar mo shon féin agus ar son Fhianna Fáil, ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clanna na ndaoine a fuair bás san ionsaí sceimhle uafásach a tharla i Manchester aréir. Bhí sé dochreidte. Tá sé an-deacair ar fad dúinn go léir é seo a chreidiúint. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who...
- Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)
Micheál Martin: Ar an mbóthar.