Results 29,461-29,480 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am sure the Minister will agree that the loss to Dublin of the internationally renowned Web Summit is a hugely embarrassing development for the city and the country. Will the Minister indicate whether the Government has any legislative proposals or if it will implement the programme for Government to create a sufficient technology infrastructure and address the other factors which have...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the sale of NAMA's Northern Ireland loan book, known as Project Eagle. This is the largest sale in which NAMA has engaged to date. We know from correspondence to the Minister, Deputy Noonan, at the time that even though misgivings were raised by one of the bidders - Pimco, which made NAMA aware of fee arrangements with third parties including NAMA's...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: It seems that this letter "complained about business practices leading up to the sale of Nama's loan book, dubbed Project Eagle". Can the Taoiseach confirm that such a letter was sent to him and his Department? If so, can he confirm the contents of that letter and will he make arrangements to publish that letter? The Minister, Deputy Noonan, did not alert the Dáil at any stage about...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is what is being said.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I would appreciate it if the Taoiseach would do that. It appears that his office was asked to do so yesterday, but it did not respond to the questions that were put to it regarding this correspondence. I would like to refer to the international investigation, particularly in the United States, where the matter is being taken extremely seriously. The national crime investigation unit or...
- Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: It sounds like the attitude of the European Central Bank to the banking inquiry.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I would appreciate that.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach a very simple question. Does he agree with the testimony of his former Tánaiste, Deputy Gilmore, who was very clear in his evidence? Basically, he stated that the Taoiseach said that if he were asked in the House if he had confidence in the Garda Commissioner, he would not be able to say that he had. That is what the then Tánaiste said. The commission makes...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The report continues:The Commission finds it impossible to resist the conclusion that, in some form, the Taoiseach did, indeed say that, putting at its lowest, he might, in light of an impending difficult Cabinet meeting, have difficulty in expressing confidence in the Commissioner. He did so in the knowledge that any equivocation in his expression of confidence was problematic for the...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: It was an improper thing to do to use a Secretary General to do the Taoiseach's dirty work for him. Fundamentally, Mr. Justice Fennelly is saying that he believes the testimony of Deputy Gilmore, Mr. Fraser, Mr. Purcell and the former Minister, Deputy Shatter, over and above the Taoiseach's evidence or his inability to recollect anything. The fundamental problem-----
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not telling the truth on this. He is not telling the truth.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: He sent the Secretary General out with one purpose in mind. The Commissioner is in no doubt about it. The Secretary General was in no doubt about it. He said what was being asked of him was wrong. The Taoiseach is not telling the truth on this one.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: He told the Taoiseach that.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: He told the Taoiseach that the Commissioner had-----
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach might in passing confirm that the reason Leaders' Questions are being taken at this late hour is that he was opening a news room. Apparently, that took priority over Leaders' Questions.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach might confirm if that is the case.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Topical Issue debate was taken before Leaders' Questions and it is now 8.25 p.m. It is a serious undermining of the status of Leaders' Questions for us to be asking serious questions at this hour of the evening.
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: During the debate earlier today Deputy Shortall said that telling the truth matters. It matters very much to people generally and to Members of this House. In the context of the Fennelly report, there is a disquieting contradiction between the Taoiseach's evidence and the evidence of the former Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, Mr. Brian Purcell, the former...
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----on the former Tánaiste's account of his meeting with him an hour before the Cabinet. Does the Taoiseach agree that is what he said to the Tánaiste?
- Leaders' Questions (22 Sep 2015)
Micheál Martin: Sorry.