Results 32,801-32,820 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: As a Government Minister, I never had, nor did I seek, nor was I ever informed that I would have, access to either the agendas or the minutes of Governments that went before me or before the Governments in which I served. I found it extraordinary that the Minister of State made that assertion that he read previous Cabinet minutes. That is what he said. He said he had read the minutes of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I would suggest that even this is in breach of Cabinet confidentiality. There is a constitutional framework-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I think it is a very serious issue. There is a constitutional framework-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I put it to the Minister of State that there is a constitutional framework which governs access to Cabinet papers. From my understanding, nobody has the right or entitlement under the law to access the Cabinet meetings, be they the agenda or minutes, of previous Governments unless it is within the law. In others, it is a 12 year or 30 year rule. Has the Minister of State been poring over...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I did not think I was entitled to look at them.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Minister of State needs to clarify urgently in a statement what access he had to the Cabinet meetings of previous Governments. I put it to him that, of course, there has been rolling Dáil reform. It includes the ending of the dual mandate between local government and the Dáil. The bringing in of Leaders' Questions was an initiative of a previous Government. Initiatives like...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I am not.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: We have always had it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Minister of State for a very underwhelming reply to my question. I do not at all accept that what he has put before us is a radical series of Dáil reform or Oireachtas reform measures. The programme for Government stated that the people demanded change and looked to parties that would deliver the change they sought. The people are very disappointed at the lack of any...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I was coming to that. The Government accepted our Bill on the IBRC mortgage book being sold on because it felt it would be too unpopular to oppose it, but it will not do anything about it, particularly in advance of the sale of the mortgage book. We will not see the Committee Stage of that Bill for some time. That is the strategy. Friday sittings should be full-day sittings, involving...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: We actually did it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: Sorry-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: How many minutes has the Minister of State read?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: That is a huge revelation that he has checked all the minutes.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Political Reform (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach his views on Government progress on political reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10480/14]
- Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Tánaiste for his view that Mr. Flannery should go before the Committee of Public Accounts. I agree with him on that. I am somewhat curious that he did not respond to my question concerning the appropriateness or correctness of charitable organisations, Rehab in particular, that provide services for people with intellectual and physical disabilities, and which have large...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: There is a principle involved.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste knows, and we all know, that the Rehab organisation has been asked by the Committee of Public Accounts to appear before it and has been before the committee to answer important questions relating to salaries, pensions and a range of other issues pertaining to the organisation. For good reason we all agree that this is in the public interest, just as it is for other...
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Travel (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: 211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the companies that travelled to Cleveland, Ohio with An Taoiseach in October 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3514/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Private Sector Pay (11 Mar 2014)
Micheál Martin: 212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on pay rise claims in the private sector. [6197/14]