Results 29,601-29,620 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Northern Ireland: Statements (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Tóg go bog é. Ar aghaidh leat.
- Northern Ireland: Statements (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Calling on people to vote by religion and get one over on the other side is sectarianism pure and simple, and Sinn Féin should stop trying to find excuses for it. The failure of political leadership to assist properly in the fight against sectarianism and to promote a genuine spirit of equality was demonstrated in Deputy Adams’s disgraceful comments last year when he talked about...
- Northern Ireland: Statements (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: I believe this debate is too short. Originally the debate was only going to provide for five minutes for spokespeople and I gather we had to make representations to get a longer debate. Not only is the debate too short but squeezing it into a packed agenda at the end of the parliamentary term is unsatisfactory. Unfortunately, in many ways it illustrates the approach the Government has...
- Events at Ballymurphy in 1971 and Legacy Issues: Motion (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Ar son Fhianna Fáil agus ar mo shon féin ba mhaith liom comhbhrón a dhéanamh le clanna na ndaoine a fuair bás in iarthar Bhéal Feirste 44 bliain ó shin. Níl aon amhras ach gur dúnmharú uafásach a bhí ann. Is deacair a thuiscint cén fáth nach bhfuil Rialtas na Breataine sásta an dúnmharú seo a fhiosrú...
- Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am actually a great fan of fiction.
- Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: This brings me back to the programme for Government time and again. I want to clarify the position of one legislative proposal that the Government had put forward and promised.
- Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The programme for Government states that the legislative basis for universal health insurance will be established by the universal health insurance Act. Can the Taoiseach indicate when we can expect that universal health insurance Act? The programme also stated:In the first term of this Government, the foundations will be laid for the introduction of Universal Hospital Care Insurance:- The...
- Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: I did not call a vote.
- Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: I did not waste 16 minutes. I did not call the vote. I want to raise these issues. They are important. If Sinn Féin had allowed 20 minutes everyone would have got in.
- Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: In respect of NAMA, the programme for Government states that there would be transparency and that the Government would bring transparency to the operation of NAMA.
- Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: I mentioned yesterday that €229,000 was paid by NAMA to go to the Supreme Court. Will the Taoiseach bring that transparency to NAMA?
- Order of Business (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: There is a good deal of fiction there as well.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: He never answers.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Wallace is entitled to raise issues.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: McGuinness.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach's belated endorsement of Deputy McGuinness is noted.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: One could not make it up, in terms of administration or operating any taxation system.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is all the Taoiseach can say.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Barry Cowen is sighing. He does not believe the Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government has invested less money during the past three years than was invested during the previous three.