Results 28,181-28,200 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Everybody was told the nominations had to be in by 5 p.m. last Friday.
- Order of Business (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: He is a leader.
- Order of Business (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: We have received a report from the HSE on the numbers of operations and procedures that have been cancelled or postponed in public and voluntary hospitals to date in 2016. Deputy Billy Kelleher tabled those questions. It is striking that there have been more than 5,500 cancellations of operations in the first six months of the year. It is illustrative of the runaway train waiting lists in...
- Order of Business (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: That is an invented time. I do not accept it.
- Order of Business (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Tánaiste for an explanation as to why the notice went out on Thursday and why it was withdrawn.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: We do.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: No, I do not. It is just that, as an ol' Corkonian, I can read the Irish Examiner.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: He is looking askance at me.
- Order of Business (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: There is one procedural matter. I would point out to the Tánaiste that on Thursday last an e-mail was sent to the Whips requesting nominations for the position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle and that they were to be submitted by the close of business on Friday last. Parties were invited to send in their nominations. It was said that this had to be done so that a motion would be put to the...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: There is enormous controversy about this issue, regardless of whether we or the Minister like it. I put it to her that there must be some significant intervention to deal with it comprehensively and transparently. Is it her intention to meet the chairperson of the Policing Authority to put it to the authority that it is important, in terms of accountability and transforming culture, that...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Since yesterday, the controversy surrounding the O'Higgins report involving the leaked transcripts has escalated, particularly given the leaks of a different nature, one to "Six One" news, a separate leak of transcripts to the "Prime Time" programme and extensive leaks in the Irish Examineragain this morning. These are all fairly damaging in terms of their revelations, albeit perhaps crying...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Tánaiste yesterday whether she had spoken to the Commissioner or not, and she did not give a clear reply. I think Deputy Adams asked the same question. Can she confirm whether she actually had a meeting with the Garda Commissioner in regard to this entire issue, with a view to bringing about a mechanism to resolve it in a transparent manner? Has she had such a meeting or...
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Sometimes, where there are exceptional situations, what might not normally be considered has to be considered in the interests of getting to the bottom of this and getting the issue resolved.
- Leaders' Questions (18 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: Finally, if I may, can the Tánaiste clarify, in the case of the meeting in Mullingar in 2008 which Maurice McCabe recorded - and if he had not recorded it, God knows where he would be, as I said yesterday - are there any issues emanating from that and has there been any investigation into how all of that came about? It seems to have led to the rather hostile and adversarial manner in...
- Order of Business (17 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: It is an awful pity the previous Government did not cost its programme for Government.
- Order of Business (17 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: The health costings would have been enormous.
- Order of Business (17 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: The Labour Party is moving commendably fast.
- Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State (17 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: For smoking cessation.
- Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State (17 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: The smoking section of the Cabinet. Thank you, Finian.
- Order of Business (17 May 2016)
Micheál Martin: In the context of the programme for Government and in various discussions prior to the formation of the Government, there was considerable discussion on the issue of the casualisation of the workforce and the downward momentum in pay levels generally, particularly in the private sector and some elements of the public sector for new entrants. The circumstances of Tesco workers are...