Results 32,741-32,760 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----if it was not for the belligerence of the Taoiseach.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I know that full well. I accept you are in the Chair.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach have the debate on the first week back-----
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----and not try to avoid it-----
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----like the Government did with the Health Service Executive Bill and other issues?
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I am listening.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I know that.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: What is the Taoiseach talking about?
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should check with his Whip about reading the minutes of Cabinet meetings, which he announced to the Dáil yesterday. Did he know about that?
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Government Chief Whip read the minutes of Cabinet meetings.
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: He went back on them all despite the confidentiality.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is pathetic.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: All very convenient.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Last night on the national broadcaster's "Six One News", elements of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report were leaked and the Minister for Justice and Equality gave an interview about the report and reforms that may emanate from its recommendations, in advance of any consideration by the Cabinet of this report. He did so in a selective and self-serving manner. This brings the...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: He went outside of the House to say that their accusations were wild and groundless and lacked evidence. I ask the Taoiseach to consider that if the whistleblowers in the Neary case had been treated in that manner what the outcome would have been. Has the Taoiseach spoken to the Minister for Justice and Equality about this matter? I know he finds it very difficult to unequivocally...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: With the greatest of respect, what is obvious over the past year is that the system tried to bury this issue and the Minister went along with that modus operandi, despite the Road Safety Authority sounding alarm bells with him. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Leo Varadkar, accepted the credibility of the whistleblower on this issue and I know he stood his ground with...
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: On a point of clarification, will there be an Order of Business tomorrow?
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I note to the Tánaiste that during the last debate I mentioned to the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, that while he was no fan of the North Korean way of doing things, there might have been a time during his student days that the Tánaiste had a sneaking regard for the activities in that country.
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Not for North Korea. I question the necessity to resume statements on Government priorities for the year ahead. We have not had a discussion on real priorities. Everything else has been put back, including funding of third level education in respect of which the report has been buried in the HEA. The report on small schools has been buried within the Department and universal health...
- Order of Business (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Government did not do that.