Results 30,121-30,140 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: More untruths.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: Is it acceptable to the Taoiseach that it was only circulated late yesterday evening?
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: Yes, there was.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Chief Whip stated this morning that the documentation was available in the Oireachtas Library.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is my point. It transpired that it was not in the Oireachtas Library, despite being told that it was.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is incredible that the House is being asked to debate something without any of the briefing documentation being available. It makes a complete farce of the debate.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am not speaking about the motion.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: That says it all.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is essential that the Taoiseach meet the leaders of the Opposition parties and other groups to discuss how the House is being run and that he make time available to discuss the political proposals in the programme for Government pertaining to Dáil reform. What is happening is bringing the House into continual disrepute. The idea that the Government can repeatedly change the schedule...
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: The democratic revolution the Taoiseach promised simply has not happened. On the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill 2014, every day we hear stark accounts about families being made homeless. More than 70 families were referred to Focus Ireland in the past month alone. The problem in Dublin is an absolute scandal, with more than 1,000 children in emergency accommodation in hotels across...
- Leaders' Questions (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should show some respect.
- Leaders' Questions (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: We have them anyway.
- Leaders' Questions (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: They are talking to the DEA and the Department of Transport, Tourism and sport, and the Minister tells them what to say.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: No. At some stage, I would like to object to the late sitting, if I may.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: I object. For some time, the Taoiseach's approach to the House has been disgraceful and shameful. As has been said earlier, it is similar to the way the Irish Water and IBRC legislation was rammed through with no consideration or detailed debate. During Leaders' Questions yesterday, the Taoiseach was asked basic questions about the Aer Lingus sale, and he refused to answer. I did not...
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: I think it was part of a careful orchestration for the announcement last evening to sideline the House.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: The motion is being put because, at the 11th hour, the Government is changing the schedule we agreed yesterday for today because it has decided to rush and ram this through, despite the fact that it was meant to go to the transport committee.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: Sitting is to be extended tonight to facilitate the Taoiseach's ramming this through because he does not want Labour Deputies getting windy. Deputy Clare Daly is correct. He does not want this to go on for a week or two.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: Can I make a point?
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am not wasting any time.