Results 28,901-28,920 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach to outline his views regarding his comments on RTE's "Six One" on 1 September 2015 in respect of suspending the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32839/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach to outline the discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister, Mr. Martin Mc Guinness, in respect of Stormont; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32840/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he spoke with the Northern Ireland First Minister, Mr. Peter Robinson, before or since the he stepped down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32841/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Social Democratic and Labour Party on 10 September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32842/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 12. To ask the Taoiseach to outline his views on the Ulster Unionist Party removing its members from the Northern Ireland executive and becoming an opposition party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32848/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach in light of recent difficulties and disagreements in Northern Ireland regarding certain issues to outline the discussions he had with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, regarding the full implementation of the Stormont House Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32850/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 21. To ask the Taoiseach to outline the progress made from the March 2012 joint statement on Northern Ireland by the Irish and British Governments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33946/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 22. To ask the Taoiseach to outline the position regarding his meeting with the envoy of the United States of America, Mr. Gary Hart, on 14 October 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37143/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he has written or spoken to the leader of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, Mr Jeremy Corbyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33917/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 26. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the Economic and Social Research Institute report on the possible exit of Britain from the European Union with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40012/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 27. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the discussions he has had with the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, on actions his Government is taking on the possible exit of Britain from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40013/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 28. To ask the Taoiseach if a special Cabinet sub-committee has been set up to discuss how Ireland will prepare for a possible British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40014/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 30. To ask the Taoiseach to outline his views on comments by the United Kingdom Indepencence Party regarding a possible British withdrawal from the European Union and its impact on Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41158/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 31. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met the leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Mr. Colum Eastwood, to discuss progress on the talks in Northern Ireland. [41159/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he is satisfied that every effort is made in his Department to ensure that parliamentary questions are answered adequately and fully; the actions he has taken to ensure this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24526/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: The reason I tabled this question is that for the past five years the Taoiseach has been saying there would need to be reform of Taoiseach's questions and that he would bring proposals to the leaders of the Opposition. Of course, he never did that; he just kept saying it week after week. One of the first measures he took when he became Taoiseach was to halve the amount of time for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: -----but he will not do the "Six One" news, particularly when there is an inquiry report to be published. He might give the old newsreader 20 minutes to try to decipher a couple of hundred pages. If questions were answered here, there might be less need for inquiries. If questions were answered about IBRC write-downs, there would be less need for inquiries. If questions had been...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: All of that inability and inadequacy in responding to Dáil questions leads to unnecessary inquiries. We actually never needed Mr. Justice Fennelly to inquire into the sacking of the former Garda Commissioner; we simply needed honest, straightforward answers from the Taoiseach to those particular questions. Deputy Catherine Murphy deserves great credit for her work on Siteserv and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: There are 55 minutes left.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Parliamentary Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Micheál Martin: No sooner had I gone up to my office than the report was being released. The Taoiseach's attitude to the Dáil is that it does not matter. He will leak Government memos and stories, but the last place to find out about anything is Dáil Éireann, even when questions are asked about specific topics. Why is that?