Results 28,701-28,720 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The report on paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland comes to a very stark conclusion that the IRA army council still exists and the report endorses PSNI Chief Constable George Hamilton's assessment that the IRA exists, that some of its members were implicated in the murder of Kevin McGuigan and that the Provisional IRA, PIRA, members believe the Provisional IRA army council oversees both...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: I have been labelled certain things now by people who do not like what I am saying.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: I refer the Taoiseach to the proceeds of the Northern Bank robbery. I indicate to the Members on my right to check court records from 2010, which show that three members were prosecuted and found guilty of handling proceeds from the Northern Bank robbery. One was an unsuccessful candidate for Sinn Féin and the other was a fund-raiser for the party. The third member in the courts...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: We cannot turn a blind eye to this. There is a fundamental question. I have described this as a "twilight zone", with people being individuals one day and "good republicans" the next day. It is very difficult for people in our position to work out which is which.
- European Council: Statements (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Very good. My first question is about the summit meeting and the Government's view on the position of the Hungarian Government, which, from the outset of this refugee crisis, has been seen to be, to put it mildly, very much removed from the core values of the European Union. The action and the language articulated by the Prime Minister of Hungary and the sense of putting up the wall to stop...
- European Council: Statements (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: On the banking union-----
- European Council: Statements (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: That was the case, but-----
- European Council: Statements (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The completion of the banking union is a vital part of the EMU process. The Taoiseach said the outcome of the meeting from Ireland's perspective was disappointing in that there was no specific reference to this in the final conclusions of the summit. Apparently, there was a strong statement in the draft conclusions about a common deposit guarantee system and then, in the face of inflexible...
- European Council: Statements (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: After years of unprecedented financial and economic crises, the European Union is today dealing with the largest humanitarian crisis it has ever faced. However, its leaders continue to fail the basic test of responding with urgency, imagination and generosity. This summit slightly nudged along a response but achieved little else. With winter closing in and people about to be caught in...
- Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: They are still awful figures. They are huge figures.
- Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: I would not take any comfort from them.
- Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Will it be before Christmas?
- Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Page 24 of the programme for Government contains a commitment to a review of the legislation for people with disabilities, and states:As part of this review, we will move a proportion of public spending to a personal budget model so that people with disabilities or their families have the flexibility to make choices that suit their needs best. Personal budgets also introduce greater...
- Order of Business (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: There is genuine fear and a lot of anger across the country in relation to crime, particularly the burglaries in both urban and rural communities the length and breadth of the country. One of the areas that has been raised is the introduction of new laws pertaining to bail. The Minister has given a commitment in that regard but there is a sense of urgency attached to it. The majority of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The figures we got for health-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Can one not say a Government is being dishonest?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: I said it at the time, two years ago.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: I was proven correct. It is €600 million this year and it was €600 million the year before.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is my political view that the books-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Economic Management Council Meetings (20 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: There is plenty of precedent. When Fine Gael was on this side of the House, it accused plenty of Governments in the past of producing fraudulent figures.