Results 29,841-29,860 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Will the Government publish it?
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Will the Government publish the ESRI report?
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is a simple matter.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: I asked about the publication. Will the Taoiseach commit to the publication of the ESRI report? Why the secrecy? Why the failure to publish something that should be shared with everyone in this House and with the public generally? What is the Government trying to hide from the public?
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach make a commitment to publish the ESRI report? That is what I asked.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach wants to rewrite the report.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The ESRI is an independent body. Will it be allowed to produce the report and publish it?
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Just because the Taoiseach does not like the messages that come from the ESRI is no basis for him to go and prevent it from being published. The Taoiseach is a bit of a dictator. If he does not like what the report says, he re-writes it.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: He does not have the courage to say he will publish it.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Will the Government publish it? What is the Government afraid of? Will it publish the ESRI report on universal health insurance?
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Is it because it exposes the Government's policy, which has been hopelessly flawed from day one? A big, big lie was told to the people and the Taoiseach knows it.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Deasy knows of the difficulties of Waterford University Hospital because of this Government's policies.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Health has been performing some extraordinary somersaults on Government health policy in recent times. This morning he was on "Morning Ireland" attempting to give the impression that the programme for Government was not as strong in terms of its commitment to universal health insurance as what was included in the Fine Gael manifesto in 2011. He also made comments to the...
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: It represents perhaps one of the biggest untruths before the general election.
- Order of Business (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy might allow me to speak. It is not a laughing matter when one considers that individual taxpayers could face a bill of up to €3,000 under the Government's proposals. 1 o’clock The Economic and Social Research Institute has undertaken a major study on this and it was presented to the Minister on 21 May. However, the document is being held back.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: What is the Taoiseach going to do about it?
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has the power to initiate legislation.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: Today, 1 July, is the deadline for the banks to get back to the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, on the provision of reductions for variable rate mortgages. The Taoiseach must accept that the Minister's initiative has been somewhat of a flop because only two of the six lenders have made minor reductions to their standard variable rate mortgages and one of those was made before the...
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: There are times when I genuinely do not know what planet the Taoiseach is living on.
- Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2015)
Micheál Martin: To be frank, the banks have told the Government where to go, and they have told the Minister where to go. Only two banks have responded. AIB made a reduction of 0.25%, a very minor reduction. The reduction announced by KBC was very convoluted and even more minor again in terms of its impact. Bank of Ireland has not reduced the SV rate. It has left it untouched. Ulster Bank has not...