Results 28,801-28,820 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: When this Dáil first met, four and a half years ago, there was cross-party agreement that we would put European issues at the heart of our discussions. We all agreed that pan-EU matters had become too important for Ireland to be left as an afterthought. Unfortunately, the reality is that things have actually got worse. There has, on occasion, been more time scheduled for speeches, but...
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach says they are entirely separate.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has said that we voted yesterday to extend the report.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: If we had known there would be a general election before the end of the year, we would not have voted that through.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: We would have wanted to committee to report. The Taoiseach is treating us like fools.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: On a point of order-----
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Hang on a second, a Cheann Comhairle-----
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: We do not know whether there will be-----
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Of course it is a matter for the Order of Business. It is very basic. What is going on is outrageous.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: I should table a Parliamentary Question about whether the banking inquiry will report? Are you serious?
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: We cannot be told that much. Is that correct?
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is entirely separate.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: No, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: I know them only too well.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Thank you very much, Taoiseach. We are all very reassured by that.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: They are responsible to the Minister for Finance as well, and the Taoiseach knows that.
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday, we voted through a request from the chairman of the banking inquiry, Deputy Ciarán Lynch, to extend the date for that inquiry to report until the end of January. I then asked the Taoiseach what I thought was a very reasonable question - to confirm if the House was to be dissolved before the end of the year. If a general election is called, the banking inquiry will never...
- Order of Business (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach aware of the depth of distress caused and the dissatisfaction articulated about how the independent panel of barristers is going about its work, which the Government oversees? Is the Minister of a mind to make a full report to the House in relation to it? Is the Minister or the Government prepared to set up independent inquiries into a number of these cases?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has gone from McEnroe to Paisley.