Results 28,061-28,080 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: The famous incident when the Taoiseach fell over a flowerpot-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I do not want the interruptions-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach was wrong in what he said. I was very much to the forefront of the campaign. What he has said is wrong and inaccurate and he should withdraw it. I was the only party leader-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: -----who debated it on national television-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: -----courtesy of "Tonight with Vincent Browne", a journalist, of course, whom the Taoiseach has never facilitated with a debate-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Coveney is wrong. I am the only party leader-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: -----that went on national television. The Taoiseach did not debate anything to do with it on national television-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I am not. Does Deputy Coveney accept that as a fact?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: The point I want to make about the citizens' assembly is that I do not pretend that it was the Constitutional Convention that led to the referendum.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: It was not. It was a party political decision, and it took the Taoiseach longer than most to go with it. He was the last party leader, two years on, to eventually agree with it. Fine, he did, and I am happy that it worked. I do not want any divisive comment about it. It was a great day, and many people voted for it. Some had their views about it, to which they are entitled. People in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: Regarding the eighth amendment, let me again state that the idea of a citizens' assembly is very curious. It should not be left to a citizens' assembly at all. It will take six months to establish. That is my point. Given the complexity of the issue, I believe that it is not clear at all how a citizens' assembly could work on an issue so dramatically more complex than anything examined by...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: I did not interrupt Deputy Coppinger and I would appreciate if she would respect my democratic right to make my points. Freedom of conscience will apply, and the Oireachtas has dealt with this before through Green Papers that considered all the scenarios and options. I believe a judge-led commission initiative would feed into an all-party Oireachtas committee and would be the best route...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens Assembly (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when he will establish the citizens' assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12873/16]
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: Again this week we have had a very tragic situation. I refer to the deaths of two babies in the same maternity unit in the space of a week and to the news of the tragic death of a mother who lost her life in Holles Street on 8 May last. It has to be said that the vast majority of pregnancies in Ireland are safe and uneventful. Nonetheless, the recent deaths will create further uncertainty....
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is the Taoiseach's telephone.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's response is unsatisfactory because it does not cut to the core of the question I asked about the under-resourcing of our maternity and obstetric services. My understanding is that maternity services received just €3 million in additional funding in 2016. I always said that last year's budget was a false and fraudulent one in terms of public figures. Adequate...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13105/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his departmental officials will have any role in formulating the public sector pay commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13109/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (1 Jun 2016)
Micheál Martin: 159. To ask the Minister for Health why he appointed a Minister with responsibility for drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13107/16]
- Order of Business (31 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach indicate when we can expect publication of the Government's legislative programme outlining its legislative priorities? In that context, I note the programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce a health levy on sugar sweetened drinks. Will the Taoiseach indicate when that will be introduced? The Taoiseach said it would be good to have a ring-fenced fund but...