Results 32,961-32,980 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: I did not want to bring in all the newspapers. I know you do not like that kind of thing.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: It is important a US ambassador to Ireland is appointed. Former ambassador Dan Rooney did fantastic work on behalf of both countries. While he was US ambassador to Ireland he considered himself to be an Irish man and was an outstanding representative. It is a pity the new ambassador has not been appointed to date. I would have thought that we would have news of that appointment in advance...
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: Is that in relation to questions to the Minister?
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will we have an opportunity to put questions to the Minister, Deputy Shatter?
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: Will the questions and answers session be for 45 or 30 minutes?
- Order of Business (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: I do not think so.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach if Japanese-Chinese relations were discussed at his bilateral with US Vice President Biden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53724/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): State Visits (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: I will leave the matter, so.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): State Visits (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: I welcome the Taoiseach's visit to Japan, particularly the theme of developing a very strong, deep and enduring relationship with the Japanese people. Of course, he will acknowledge that this has been a historic feature of our relationship going back 60 years. Much work has been done over the years, particularly on the academic and research side. I pay tribute to the Higher Education...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): State Visits (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he held any bilateral meetings in Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52569/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): State Visits (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if the issue of Japanese-Chinese relations were discussed at the bilateral with Prime Minister Abe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53723/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the board appointments he has made recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50123/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for the comprehensive nature of his reply. I accept that many of the appointments he makes would fall under the Department of the Taoiseach or either be nominations by outside bodies or, as the Taoiseach said in one instance in the reply, the appointment of civil servants to a board. As the Taoiseach knows, the proposed chairmen of State boards were to go before...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----ultimately to get the people they want to submit the application.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: The only quick comment I would make is that I watched an episode of "Yes Minister" recently and both Hacker and Sir Humphrey were of the view that it was important to get somebody who was sound-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Ministerial Appointments (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----and that seems to be the predominant view of the Ministers as well.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: The decision had been made to have one.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: -----to come before the House and admit he got it wrong in regard to that key point. He could resolve a lot of issues if he had the humility to come before the House and admit he was wrong to do what he did on that occasion.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Of course I accept that he is not in a position, in any shape or form, to arbitrate on or test the veracity of the very serious material in the dossier he has. However, that material was with the Minister two years ago and was supplied to the confidential recipient over two years ago. The Taoiseach knows, having read it, that the material jumps out at...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2014)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday afternoon, members of the family of Sylvia Roche Kelly, her mother, sisters and brother, came to see me at their request. They told me that up to quite recently, they were never told anything about the totality of issues surrounding the murder of their daughter and sister. They were unaware that the person who had murdered Sylvia Roche Kelly had some months earlier savagely...