Results 27,101-27,120 of 50,772 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: How many Cabinet committee meetings on Brexit have taken place? In Question No. 9 I ask the Taoiseach for the dates and attendance at meetings of his Department's task force on Brexit. Perhaps he might forward the details to me or indicate if the information is attached to the reply. The role of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, in terms of its relationship with the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the formal contacts by him with the UK Prime Minister and political leaders in Scotland and Northern Ireland since 31 July 2016 regarding the issue of Brexit. [27012/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: Through the Taoiseach's contacts with the British Prime Minister, has he any sense of where Britain is at in terms of Article 50? We are getting various indicators that Article 50 could be triggered early next year. The British Government is now busily recruiting about 300 people to strengthen its capacity to deal with the Brexit negotiations. As I said to the Taoiseach earlier, there are...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order, is Question No. 2 also being dealt with now?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Mick Barry is not here.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: With regard to the discussions with Chancellor Merkel on Brexit, we know there is a lack of preparation on the British side and Britain is now in the process of trying to get its act together in regard to negotiations but it can be said the position in regard to Europe is equally unclear. I get the sense that, across Europe, there seems to be a view that Brexit is no longer the central...
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order, we have agreed a process. The Business Committee lays down the order. Every party and group is represented on it. We cannot have it each and every way, saying we agree with the Order of Business but also that we do not agree with it.
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Chief Whip indicated this morning that there were 25 Bills planned for this session. She referred to the possibility that there might not be sufficient time in which to deal with all of that legislation. My understanding is that only five hours are allocated for Bills each week. Given the 25 Bills emanating from the Government and all of the legislation that has already been referred...
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: Is that all?
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Business Committee needs to get its act together.
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach suggesting - perish the thought - that we might pass them?
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: My understanding is that it has been referred to the Dáil reform committee.
- Order of Business (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is not sustainable.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: Arresting the decline in our third level sector cannot await the deliberations of an Oireachtas committee over the medium term. By all means, there are detailed issues in which the Oireachtas committee will get involved but all options involve substantial Exchequer funding of our third level sector. The bottom line is there must be a response in this budget, otherwise the Government is...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: He gave a very graphic illustration whereby for some people in this city the rate of participation in third level education is as low as 7% to 14% whereas in another part of the city it is 100%. If we do not move, that gap between access to education will widen among those who have had historically low access rates to third level education, as opposed to those who have had a 100% access rate.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: Something has to change. An excellent report has been submitted to us. It behoves us to act now, in the next two to three weeks, to make a serious provision in the budget for expenditure for third level education, otherwise we are ignoring the future of this country at our peril.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: I welcome everybody back and I am delighted to see that it is all systems go for this Dáil session. It is less than two weeks to budget day and there are many issues that need to be addressed. I put it to the Taoiseach that it is essential that there be a realistic response to the Peter Cassells report on the chronic underfunding of third level education and the perilous state of...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: 65. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his conversation with the UK Prime Minster Ms Theresa May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26580/16]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: 69. To ask the Taoiseach if he has formally written to or asked the First Minister, Arlene Foster, about an all-island inquiry into Project Eagle. [26794/16]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (27 Sep 2016)
Micheál Martin: 72. To ask the Taoiseach the formal contacts by him with the UK Prime Minister and political leaders in Scotland and Northern Ireland since 31 July 2016 concerning the issue of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26802/16]