Results 29,781-29,800 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is a form of jackbootism. It is dictatorial.
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Minister of State can never resist his impulses to demonstrate how tough he is and-----
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----how such a man of steel can kick people off committees at will-----
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----so that the remainder of his backbenchers will be forever in fear of him-----
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----and what he might do to them if they should ever have the temerity to do something that would be adverse to the Government's position and fortunes. In terms of parliamentary reform and the Parliament's future, this is more a relic of the past than anything we should be doing today or in the future. I disagree fundamentally with what the Government is doing in removing Deputy McNamara...
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am amused by Deputy Deasy, who has from time to time-----
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, I know that the Chief Whip must be concerned, but Deputy Deasy always celebrated his own contrarian and independent streak as a distinctive trademark-----
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----that distinguished him from other members of the mainstream Government parties-----
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----and has managed to stay on the right side of the Fine Gael law. I oppose this proposal and we will vote against it.
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: No, but it would lower itself to Fine Gael's.
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin would be good partners.
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: No. The Government has given up.
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: We are not accepting this proposal because it represents a guillotining of debate on a very important Bill. As I have stated consistently in recent months, the way in which the business of the Dáil is being organised is shoddy. There was a valley for months during which little was discussed and few Bills were laid before us, only for us now to be running over ourselves in the last two...
- Order of Business (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. My understanding is that this motion relates to removing Deputy McNamara from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children and from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. This is due to his voting against the Government on an issue. Four years ago, the Government spoke about a democratic revolution, giving Parliament more independence...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: It does not have that power.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: It notified NAMA about the unsolicited attention and, as part of its due diligence process, pulled out because of concerns that it had. NAMA has confirmed that Pimco's compliance staff discovered that its proposed fee arrangement with US law firm Brown Rudnick also included the payment of fees to Tughans and a former external member of NAMA's Northern Ireland advisory committee. This is in...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is not a satisfactory answer in any shape or form. This is not about a routine appearance before the Committee of Public Accounts and it is not the subject of a routine audit. The timeline is very important. The fee arrangement mentioned by the Minister necessitated the withdrawal of Pimco was brought to the attention of NAMA by Pimco, by the way. No auditor or anybody else...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: I did not say it did. Nobody is saying that.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Do not look to answer questions that were not asked.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am sure the Minister, Deputy Bruton, will agree at this stage there has been enormous concern about the sale of NAMA's Northern Ireland loan book to Cerberus Capital Management. This was raised in the Dáil last week by Deputy Mick Wallace, who raised serious concerns and made serious allegations. We know BBC Northern Ireland has carried out an extensive investigation in a programme...