Results 31,301-31,320 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: I take it no advisers have been appointed.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: Is it fair to say no advisers have been appointed up to today?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: Why is the Minister already on record as saying the advisers have been appointed?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: It is in black and white.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: This is a very important point. It was announced today that they have been appointed. The Minister announced to the media they were appointed. Now the Taoiseach is stating the tendering is not complete and will not be until tomorrow. Either they have been appointed or they have not.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: So what was said today was wrong. Obviously the Taoiseach wanted me to give way to allow him to interject, which I very agreeably did.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach confirm a sale has not been ruled out by the Government and that it is actively considering the sale of the 25% share?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the IAG offer to purchase Aer Lingus, the Government's attitude to that offer and also its policy and strategy with regard to the future of Aer Lingus, which is an issue of fundamental concern to many people throughout the country and to anyone with an interest in Ireland's economic development. There is a concern about the country's connectivity to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (27 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: 517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the launch of the homelessness strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46773/14]
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: I am shaking my head because the people continue to suffer.
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach will be aware that the price of oil has decreased dramatically in the past few months. However, the consumer, on a range of levels, has yet to receive the proportionate reduction in the price of oil or petrol and the view of the regulator appears to be that he has no role in terms of pricing. It is a serious issue that when prices increase the consumer feels it very quickly...
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: -----have been made available to the consumer without, it seems to me, any quality vetting. The public health (retail licensing of tobacco products) Bill is listed No. 106 in the legislative programme.
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: I do not know. They may or may not be but the point is that a range of products have to go through extraordinary leaps and hurdles to get licensed but they do not. It might be due to the influence of certain people. When is the Bill expected? Will the Taoiseach give me a timeline for the other Bills to which I have referred? Is it the case that none of them will see the light of the day...
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: Does it lack speakers? There is much talk over on the Government side about elections. They have been at it since the beginning of the year so-----
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: I do not know whether there is a flight to the constituencies or whatever among the backbenchers but clarification is needed as to the rationale behind it.
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: The Government is shortening the time today.
- Order of Business (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: We have filled our slots for the debate before this change. If the Government wants to continue the debate next week, we have no difficulty with it. Clarification is important. Is the Government not in a position to fill the slots today?
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: Tomorrow, more than 700 secondary schools will close, which is very regrettable for students in particular, particularly those doing examinations. It is all because of the approach the Government originally took to junior cycle reform and in particular, the assessment dimension and the former Minister, Deputy Quinn, ignoring the recommendations of the National Council for Curriculum and...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: The issue is that the Minister has brought us back to where we were three years ago because the original NCCA working group recommended a 60:40 divide with 60% being given to a written terminal examination and 40% being given to assessment. The former Minister just unilaterally ignored the NCCA working group and went off on his own singular move to say that we will abolish external...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (21 Jan 2015)
Micheál Martin: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if a revised Health Service Executive plan will be published to take account of cancelling elective surgery and admissions and reallocation of resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2929/15]