Results 27,021-27,040 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: Did Sinn Féin inform the Government that it was going to collapse the Northern Ireland Assembly and insist on an election? As a co-guarantor of the agreement, the Government would, surely, have been entitled to advance consultation, particularly from a Nationalist party. Was the demand that the First Minister step down during an inquiry raised with the Taoiseach before it was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach respond?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: That is not true. The Deputy is giving "alternative facts".

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: He is being rancorous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the resignation announcement of the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Mr. Martin McGuinness, on 9 January 2017; if he was spoken to regarding it beforehand; and if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister, Mrs. Theresa May, regarding same. [1707/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if the resignation of the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Mr. Martin McGuinness, will have an impact on the Brexit preparations and negotiations; and if the Government and his Department are making alternative plans for the upcoming Brexit negotiations as a result. [1708/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if the resignation of the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Mr. Martin McGuinness. has damaged trust on a medium and long-term basis between Sinn Féin and the DUP; if this will limit prospects of future power-sharing; if alternative processes are being assessed; and his views on whether the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements remain intact....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions with the former First Minister of Northern Ireland, Ms Arlene Foster, and former deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Mr. Martin McGuinness, since the latter's resignation announcement; and his views on whether the resolution of the difficulties in Stormont can be overcome and resolved by the political parties in Northern...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he or any of his officials has written or spoken to President Trump or any official in the American Administration regarding recent developments in Northern Ireland. [1905/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: I have five of the 15 questions. First, I congratulate Ms Michelle O'Neill on her appointment as Sinn Féin's Northern leader. It is fair to say that Sinn Féin is probably the last party in a democratic country which can appoint or anoint a leader through the laying on of hands rather than a vote. I think it is interesting. There was not a whole lot of commentary about it either,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: I am just-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: What time have I?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: Am I supposed to have two minutes?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: Only two minutes in a 15 minute slot, even though I have five questions.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: One never gets back. Can I ask? I did not realise it was only two minutes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: That is ridiculous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: I made my own point. The Standing Order is ridiculous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: I have made many recommendations for changes, but other changes that have been made are ridiculous. I will say no more.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: We had a rural Minister and the Taoiseach got rid of him.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Jan 2017)

Micheál Martin: Today there are in excess of 493 patients on trolleys waiting for admission to our country's hospitals. I know the programme for Government is very clear on its commitment to tackle this crisis but the threat of industrial action is now looming from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, which believes that not enough is being done to recruit nurses to vacant positions in all...