Results 28,961-28,980 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: There is nothing new in that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department is assessing the impact of an exit by the United Kingdom from the European Union following a referendum being held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11634/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the actions he and his Department are taking to protect the business and trading relationship between Ireland and the United Kingdom, which now amounts to over €1 billion per week, in the event of the United Kingdom voting to leave the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16206/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he is setting up a special working group that includes business representatives, to prepare for the possibility of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16207/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to speak at the next European Union Council meeting regarding the possible exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19226/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if he and his Department have considered or deliberated on whether Ireland will agree to changes to the European Union treaty, when it is discussed at European Union Council level, to allow the United Kingdom to remain within the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20237/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 13. To ask the Taoiseach the specific concerns for Ireland he discussed with the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, in the event of the planned referendum on the United Kingdom's future membership of the European Union being passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25705/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if he was requested by the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, to support certain reforms in the European Union, to allow a compromise to be negotiated in relation to the 2017 referendum in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25712/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his Department officials are exploring the options of a referendum being held here in the event of changes being made to European Union treaties prior to the referendum taking place in Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25713/15]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. I am sure many postgraduate students in foreign relations and diplomacy would like to get their teeth into such a reply, because it is a lengthy masterpiece that says nothing of substance. It is full of banal generalities, which is what we have been getting on this issue for the past year and a half since Prime Minister Cameron said what he said. I am...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government told NAMA to accelerate the sales process.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: Nobody is denying the €7 million is in an offshore account.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----if this is not fixed. Then the CEO of the HSE is put in charge of the task force. Why he was not put in all along I do not know. Strangely, he has been put in from now until March, presumably to take care of the election for the Government and to try to deal with this issue during the electoral period. The real cynicism at the heart of the Minister’s position is that when...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The accountability should be with the Minister and with the Taoiseach. The Taoiseach said four and a half years ago he would end the scandal of people waiting on trolleys. He said that. There was a supplementary budget of €680 million last year. What is that saying? That speaks to the dishonesty at the heart of the Government’s approach to the health service, consistently,...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government has wasted health officials’ time for the past three years going on about universal health insurance. It should read what it said:This Government will introduce Universal Health Insurance with equal access to care for all. Under this system there will be no discrimination between patients on the grounds of income or insurance status. The two-tier system of unequal...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: No, no. We implemented incredible reductions in waiting times.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: Bring back the national treatment purchase fund.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: This Government abolished it.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is the Taoiseach's plan. The Taoiseach should read it.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I would invite anybody to read the eight pages of the Government's programme for Government.