Results 25,961-25,980 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: Last week's summit took no significant decisions and all its specific outcomes were well signalled in advance, yet this is an important moment for Europe, where the future shape and direction of the EU is receiving more attention than at any time in the last quarter of a century. This divergence between the official agenda and the background discussions is striking. Unfortunately, Ireland...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council Meetings (28 Jun 2017)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the issues that were discussed and, in particular, if he requested the need for special status for Northern Ireland in the context of the Brexit negotiations in his meeting with President Tusk; and if he invited him to address the Houses of the Oireachtas on Brexit. [29801/17]
- 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.