Results 30,721-30,740 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: We were promised it would be raised in the context of the Minister coming back to the House following the establishment of the review-----
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am looking for Government time to have this issue debated and I am entitled to do so on the Order of Business because we are getting queries on the cases we submitted to the Minister and because of the significant distress being caused to families. Page 5 of the programme for Government relates to health issues and outlines the pathway to universal health care and insurance. Universal...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: What the Taoiseach is saying is that five years since the Government proposed this messure, it still does not have the costings.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government still does not have costings for something it promised the people five years ago.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: Five years on, the Government does not even have costings.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: Do not mind our party; the Government promised this maesure five years ago
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government has no costings five years after it told the people it would be provided.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----namely, who is intervening on behalf of the average customers of the banks, particularly those which are owned by the State. It appears to the ordinary punter that no one is intervening. The Government is certainly not doing so. Hence the need for the latter and the Irish Economic Management Council to, at a very minimum, meet representatives from the banks and put that fundamental...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: I apologise for interrupting but did the Taoiseach state that AIB has passed on variable interest rate reductions to all its customers? It has not done so.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: It did not pass them on to those on the standard variable rate.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: What did AIB pass on?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: AIB did not pass anything on. Perhaps the Taoiseach will correct the record.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that for many families the most significant financial outlay is their monthly mortgage payment. It has a huge impact and can create enormous pressure in their lives. We have a situation where over 300,000 households are on standard variable rate mortgages which clearly are exorbitant and exerting enormous pressure on their capacity to sustain their lives...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: That is the Government's line when it suits it, but in November 2011 the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, made much of the fact that he had persuaded AIB to reduce its rates by 0.25% following a cut by the ECB. When it suited, the Government sought to claim credit for putting pressure on a bank to reduce its interest rates. In addition, the last meeting between the Governor of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government on the fair deal system of financing nursing home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9969/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the commitment in the programme for Government on providing more residential places, home care packages and community care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9970/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (15 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: 721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in a situation involving a school in County Kilkenny to resolve a lengthy dispute between the parents of a child (details supplied) and the board of management of that school; the best method of resolving this dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14620/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Investigation (2 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: 34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the outstanding allegations of sexual abuse by members of the IRA, both in the Republic and in the North of Ireland; if this was discussed at Prime Ministerial level; if any specific actions will be taken, cross-Border or otherwise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12771/15]
- Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach indicate when the Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No.2 ) Bill will be introduced? It is a Bill to provide any legislative changes required to deal with the bargaining rights of trade unions, and it is included in the programme for Government. If it was in place, it would assist the Dunnes Stores workers who will be on strike tomorrow. Can the Taoiseach confirm when the...
- Order of Business (1 Apr 2015)
Micheál Martin: These are crucial issues and we need a fuller debate in the House on them, or at least some explanation of the content and substance of those remarks.