Results 31,521-31,540 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Appointment of Minister of State (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: On a point of order, is there any opportunity to discuss that matter or the report?

Appointment of Minister of State (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: I know, but it is very late in the day. The story of the Government regarding rural Ireland has been one of consistent neglect.

Appointment of Minister of State (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: Pat Spillane said that.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: I protested strongly at the Government's behaviour in ordering yesterday's schedule, which was farcical. No lessons have been learned - meeting at midnight and beyond for an hour's debate on the Water Services Bill. I do not know what it is with the Government and water, but the former cannot get it right-----

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: -----in terms of the Parliament debating the matter properly.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: As the Taoiseach knows, the legislation was rammed through this time last year. That was a disaster and consequences arose. I do not understand why the Government is suppressing Topical Issue matters. The Members of the House, irrespective of their parties or position as Independents, are entitled to raise Topical Issue matters. I did not realise that the Government was axing Topical...

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: We had already had about six hours of debate. We had the Order of Business six hours after starting business. We had Leaders' Questions at about 5.30 p.m. The entire thing was farcical.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: I know, but it is about reform of the House, how we do business and how we present ourselves to the public.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: We are not doing it well. The Taoiseach is not doing it well.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Government is getting rid of a legitimate mechanism that parliamentarians use to raise issues.

Order of Business (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is a bit of a dictator. That is the problem.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: I am somewhat disappointed by the Taoiseach’s response. There is a compelling need for an independent inquiry. One could be established that would not jeopardise any criminal proceedings. There are fundamental issues that go to the heart of what happened at Áras Attracta that need independent investigation, separate from the HSE and HIQA. The Government should move on that and...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: I thought an action team would have been established with resources to go to every centre in the country similar to Áras Attracta and carry out a thorough examination of practices and culture, to give that assurance to relatives and to affirm the basic human rights of people living in other centres. I am not casting any aspersions on the hundreds of good staff out there who do good...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: I am asking what has happened to the report.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Government can cut tax for a couple of hundred million euro. That is the debate in this society.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: I think it is very good. It is an excellent report.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: It is about the institutionalisation problem in this country.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: We know all this. Nobody is asking about Christy Lynch.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: Did anything happen on the recommendations? That is what we need to know.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2014)

Micheál Martin: The House will be united today in anger, shock and horror at the revelations in "Prime Time: Inside Bungalow Three" last evening. I commend RTE and "Prime Time" for an excellent example of public service broadcasting at its best. The revelations were shocking and they represented violations of human rights of senior citizens with intellectual disabilities. These citizens, Ivy McGinty, Mary...