Results 31,501-31,520 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is rubbish. What is the Taoiseach talking about?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Yes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: No, it did not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: It did not. It was the most resilient sector during the recession.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: I tabled five questions in this group of ten. They cover climate change, the undocumented Irish and meetings with the various US mayors. Governor Brown is out of order. I do not accept the American position on this. We live in a globalised society. We do not control it from Ireland. We are not responsible for the global order that now exists, in the free market economy and the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he had any bilateral meetings while attending the UN climate change conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36520/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 3. To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding his visit to Rhode Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36522/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the undocumented Irish while he was on his recent trip to New York; if there was progress on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36523/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with the Mayor of Boston when he visited here; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37646/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he met President Obama on his most recent trip to New York while addressing the UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37648/14]
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----of sniping and underhand indications that his position was coming under threat. Has any member of the Government or anyone in government approached the chairperson of Irish Water with a view to the CEO stepping down? We had many briefings yesterday from five or six Ministers across the board, all of them refusing in any shape or form to endorse the management.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Given the debacle we have and given that 1 million people have not even signed up, will the Taoiseach consider suspending the application of water charges pending a full independent review of the structures the Government has set up-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----and in terms of developing a proper plan with ability to pay central to it?
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer my first question.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Did any member of Government approach the chairperson of Irish Water-----
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----with a view to the CEO's position? I had asked the Taoiseach that question.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: Why did the Government ignore the PwC recommendation? I will tell the Taoiseach why I believe it did. I think it was politically preordained that it was going to Bord Gáis Éireann. That is my view.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: While it might not have stated "under no circumstances", it gave 17 compelling reasons it should not be merged within an existing semi-State entity. At the end it stated: "Recent examples (such as Welsh Water, the former United Utilities and Hyder Group) indicate that multi utilities tend not to achieve the synergies anticipated." Ministers and the Taoiseach are wringing their hands about...
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: The reason there is a bonus culture is that the Government took a decision to have it as a subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann from day one. If the Taoiseach and the Ministers were honest, they should stop going around saying: "Oh, horror, horror, horror; there are bonuses being paid." They knew that from the beginning.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2014)
Micheál Martin: It was a political decision that the Government took and that is why we have the bonus culture.