Results 28,841-28,860 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government did not have to spend €550 million for that.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will not tell me today about his proposal for 1,200 people.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: He has not told me.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: This morning we heard the announcement by Irish Water of its new seven-year plan, a key element of which is the decision to lay off between 1,200 and 1,500 people. This comes after the same entity created 700 additional jobs over and above those that were already in local authorities delivering water services and paid bonuses in respect of those 700 positions. It was also confirmed that...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Those are the realities.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The fundamental question is why the Government set this up in the first instance at all. It has not achieved anything it was intended to achieve. Will the Taoiseach outline to me in terms of the cost of laying off the 1,200 to 1,500 people how and when that will take place? Will he set out the status of the flat-rate charge post 2022? Will the conservation grant continue to be paid to...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: There is no "may be" about it.
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Mr. Justice Fennelly said there were none.
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is not the question I asked at all.
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Given that the Dáil has now voted through a resolution at the request of the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis for the inquiry to be extended to and report in January, can we take that as confirmation that there will not be a general election in November or before Christmas? It is important in terms of the working and the order of the House that we get...
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The reason I am asking for a debate on that is that there is a lot of talk. The Taoiseach yesterday refused to confirm whether there will be a general election. I do not see what the issue is. If he wants to name a date, he should do so.
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is very pertinent to the banking inquiry because if we grant this request, clearly the banking inquiry would fall if the Government were to call an election in November, so the members of the banking-----
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is an important point. We were told-----
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: I know, but I did not realise we are being asked to vote on No. 13 without debate.
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Given all the speculation and commentary, and the refusal of the Taoiseach to rule out a November election, why would we extend the remit of the banking inquiry unless we are certain the Dáil will be here in January?
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach needs to clarify to the House that we will be here.
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The position is that if the Dáil collapses or fails and there is a general election, that inquiry collapses. It cannot be restarted or reinitiated under a new Dáil. There has been a lot of discussion and commentary about the banking inquiry, as well as a lot of investment and expenditure on it and hype raised about it. It may not be achieving what certain people wanted it to...
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----and the Dáil will be in place so that it does not collapse by virtue of an early general election.
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: Sorry?
- Order of Business (6 Oct 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is asking us to-----