Results 27,881-27,900 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: How can we believe anything they say?
- Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: No, I certainly will not be doing-----
- Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is what the Taoiseach said five years ago.
- Order of Business (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: Is it - in the Taoiseach's world?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): School Enrolments (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if the end to baptism barriers for school entry was discussed when he last met church leaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43468/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): School Enrolments (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. He is very fond of talking about some anniversaries. As he is aware, it will soon be five years since the first Minister for Education and Skills in this Government announced that 50% of schools would change patronage in 2012. That is another example of a government that has rushed out with announcements irrespective of what was prepared or agreed. The...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach never came up with a paper. He said he bring a paper to me and Deputy Adams.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach never proposed anything.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach talked his way through it for five years.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is very confident.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach closed the Irish Embassy in Iran. That was a bad mistake.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: It had nothing to do with sanctions.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: I refused the option to close it when it was presented to me.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: This is an important topic and my question, No. 3, relates to it. However, as this is the last occasion we will have questions to the Taoiseach in this session, we should note that this Question Time demonstrates again how the Taoiseach has ensured over the past five years that it is months before our questions are answered. It is two and a half months since these questions were tabled. At...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is a fitting testament to the Government's approach to the Dáil. There is a lot more talk, but a lot less consultation and accountability. I hope the failure to deliver on the promised democratic revolution will be a major issue in the weeks ahead. In November, all parties joined together to express support for the French people and opposition to the groups involved in these...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is not true. There are more fundamental reasons Daesh and ISIL have come to the fore. It is not because of western interference. Nothing justifies the nihilism or fundamental callousness involved in these attacks on ordinary citizens in democracies across the world. Even in states that are not democracies, innocent civilians are being targeted and murdered and armchair generals are...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to the President of France, Mr. François Hollande, since the horrendous attacks in Paris, France on 13 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42290/15]
- Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: Ryan was not a commission of investigation; it was separate legislation. I set it up in the first place.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is only five minutes, for God's sake.
- Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2016)
Micheál Martin: But the Ministers will not answer questions in the plenary session. That is what should happen.