Results 32,521-32,540 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (16 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: 84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the benefits that are available to a person (details supplied) in County Meath who is a full-time carer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18127/14]
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I wish to refer to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent reports, the grave warnings that have been articulated in respect of the future of our planet as a result of the impact of climate change and the lack of any sense of real leadership on the part of the Government regarding this issue. The Taoiseach confirmed that at Question Time when he indicated that the...
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: What about the licensing of health care facilities Bill?
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach would not want to go down there now.
- Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: No. I am somewhat taken aback by the lack of notice to the leaders of the Opposition regarding the Government proposal in relation to the debate on the terms of reference of the commission of investigation into a whole range of issues, particularly the recording of phone conversations in Garda stations, the Sophie Toscan du Plantier case and so on. Last week, we inquired as to who,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: Could I add something?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I have only one question. Deputy Adams had the same time as me and he did not even table the question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I just want to ask a very straightforward supplementary.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: In fairness, I did not take up the ten minutes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I did not speak for ten minutes the first time.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I am not going to do that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach agree there was a policy and this is why this report was published? Will he give instructions to his Ministers not to engage in such a practice again? Most people would say that the reason this report was not published earlier was because of the budget decision on tax relief for health insurance, which hammered health insurance, the flak that would flow from the report,...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I would not publish something on St. Stephen's Day.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has a policy on Government information services sending out reports or press releases on St. Stephen's Day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2209/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Government Information Service (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. The reason I tabled the question is that a major report on private health insurance was issued by the Government on 26 December last. The one and only reason this was done, of course, was to try to bury it, and it would appear to me that was a clear policy decision. No Government which wants to respond to questions or wants to engage with the public on...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has been saying "the Government will consider it shortly" since January of this year. We have been told that the Government will publish something in two weeks or a couple of weeks. The Taoiseach said the same thing in February and in March. We are now in April. Next month is May. When will this happen? There are five weeks to go until the local elections. One has to come...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: Even though Irish Water has employed three public relations companies, according to The Sunday Times, the level of information we are getting in this regard is very scarce. I do not doubt that the Taoiseach will defend such spending, just as he defended the expenditure of €180 million to set up an entity that will get the same people - local authority personnel - to deliver the same...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach once said that Paddy wants to know. Very few people out there know anything at all about this.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will there be a standing charge?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is 100% clear about that.