Results 29,441-29,460 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

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.

Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach will recall his billboards from the last general election on which he declared he would end the scandal of patients on trolleys. I fast forward to 30 June of this year when in a new form of government by e-mail the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, e-mailed the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive and said we are losing the battle, any thoughts?...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Requests (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: 150. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received in his Department which are currently being considered, in particular the requests to which replies have been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32765/15]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Meetings (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: 151. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the European Union summit held on 21 September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32767/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: 206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she sought advice from the National Adult Literacy Agency about the form that has been sent out to all householders for the water conservation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33260/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (29 Sep 2015)

Micheál Martin: 561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if regular meetings were, or are, being held in Government Buildings on water charges and Irish Water with his departmental officials and advisers in attendance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32766/15]