Results 32,361-32,380 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 108. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met the leader of the SDLP regarding his concerns in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30669/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 109. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his telephone conversation with Prime Minister Cameron regarding the Parades Commission decision on the Crumlin Road parade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30671/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 110. To ask the Taoiseach if he has had discussions with the First Minister and or Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland regarding the increased tensions in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30674/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 119. To ask the Taoiseach the issues he discussed when he met Chancellor Merkel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30714/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 120. To ask the Taoiseach if the appointment of Mr. Junker was discussed at his meeting with Chancellor Merkel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30715/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: EU Budget Issues (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 121. To ask the Taoiseach the change in the European budgetary rules that were discussed at the June EU Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30716/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Programme for Government Review (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 122. To ask the Taoiseach if the programme for Government was renegotiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30729/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Requests (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 133. To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received to date in 2014; the number that were refused; the number that were appealed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31404/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Freedom of Information Fees (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 134. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of income his Department has accrued from charges of freedom of information requests and the income from appeals from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31405/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increased tensions in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30670/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Unionist leaders pulling out of Stormont talks on parades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30672/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Haass talks process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30673/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (15 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin who has recently had his medical card removed; if he will consider the reinstatement of the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30842/14]

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach would know all about the back of a trailer in Roscommon.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: I wonder if the Minister is still there.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: When hospitals were given unsustainable budgets, it was on the orders of the Government. When scarce resources were diverted to damaging reforms, it was to implement agreed Fine Gael and Labour Party policy.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: When 1 million health insurance policies were hiked, it was not the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, alone who did it; it was a Government that claimed it was hitting only “gold-plated policies”. This year’s funding crisis has at its core a decision taken by other Ministers to censor the HSE's annual plan by insisting that services be maintained, even where...

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: Its first cutbacks were in services for disadvantaged pupils and special needs children. Then it hiked third level fees and abolished grants for postgraduates. Incredibly, it even abolished all dedicated support for guidance and counselling services in schools. Is it proud of this?

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: That was an appalling decision, making young people vulnerable in an ever challenging, complex world.

Nomination of Members of the Government: Motion (11 Jul 2014)

Micheál Martin: I love the democratic input of Labour Party backbenchers who do not even have the courtesy to allow others to address the House in the time allotted. The bottom line is that it was deeply cynical and appalling to get rid of guidance and counselling services from schools. Young people face many challenges in a complex world and the Government has denied them the valuable resource they...