Results 28,301-28,320 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is not what it said.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times that a Cabinet sub-Committee met at which housing was discussed. [35261/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply because he said the Cabinet committee on Construction 2020, housing, planning and mortgage arrears has met eight times. The structure the Taoiseach has in place, and the number of times that committee has met, are inadequate when measured against the degree to which this problem has escalated in the past four years and grown to crisis levels in respect of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: Fianna Fáil was the only party which supported and campaigned for the retention of Seanad Éireann, although we wanted a reformed Seanad. I think that following the referendum most people were of the view that reform was required and should happen. That was the overwhelming perspective received from the people. At the meeting in July, to which all the leaders were summoned by...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is fair enough.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The general point is beyond that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: You all.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: Because-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach does not want to debate one-to-one with anybody. He should debate with Deputy Gerry Adams.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: RTE and the Taoiseach are at one on this. RTE agrees with the Taoiseach. It is probably facilitating him in one way.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has had the back door in there, to be quite blunt about it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The same thing happened last year.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach accept that there will be a guillotine on those? Five minutes ago he said there was no guillotine.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has asked for guillotines. He has tabled motions to the Whips for guillotines.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: My apologies.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: It was meant in the most parliamentary way. It is not meant to be----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: No, that is a well known phrase and many works of political science, actually----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: As a person who has studied political science, the Minister of State, Deputy Sean Sherlock, will find that phrase in many recommended documents, articles, books and so on. They use other language as well which one would not ordinarily use.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: My point is that it seems to be the Taoiseach's view that the less space there is for parliamentary debate, the better. The less room for debate between any politicians of any hue, the better. I was in Temple Bar last Saturday week. Deputy Lucinda Creighton and I turned up but the Taoiseach did not. No one from Fine Gael or the other parties attended.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (1 Dec 2015)
Micheál Martin: It was the same in UCD. There were six or seven politicians who attended but no leader from Fine Gael or the Labour Party. This is a trend. It is wrong that politicians should avoid debating with one another.