Results 29,421-29,440 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: It has not happened yet.
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I have already received the note. It states that nothing has happened.
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: We read today that a 90 year old woman faces a €1,500 bill in a satellite dish case following a planning enforcement by Dublin City Council. Is this what we have come to? All of us in this House have heard of numerous cases where councils failed to take enforcement measures against people who flagrantly disregarded planning laws, yet a 90-year old woman was taken to court over a...
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----the review is being published but no system has been put in place. There is also reference to integrated care, cost control, health administration, capital developments and mental health, among other areas. This is important. Will the Taoiseach confirm to the House that everything I have outlined that he said would be implemented within the lifetime of the Government will not be so...
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I remind the Government and Government Deputies that they should please be very careful-----
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----about what they will promise the people, because they will not buy it in the context of the programme for Government. It is an extraordinary document. I asked the Taoiseach two years ago whether he would review it, rewrite it or update it, but he refused.
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: When the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, said he could not implement the changes, the Taoiseach gave out to him and said, "Behave yourself, Minister Varadkar, you had better implement it." Could the Taoiseach confirm that this is not going to happen within the lifetime of the Government?
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: Could he also explain why the health information Bill has been taken off the list of legislation that was published by the Chief Whip recently? It has been on the legislative schedule for four and a half years, each year without fail. It was a commitment to introduce a major upgrade in IT capabilities in the health systems.
- Order of Business (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: Why is the Bill no longer listed? In the context of the health reform Bill, the Government promised that the HSE would cease to exist over time. That was promised in 2011. While the Bill is listed, it states that it is not possible to indicate when publication is expected at this stage. That is a phrase we have become used to over the past four years but now that we are getting to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: Could the Taoiseach define "pious goodness".
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is what frightens me. It worries me.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: Fair play. He cannot. There is a treaty.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: What are those points?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): UK Referendum on EU Membership (29 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: On what?
- 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]