Results 33,441-33,460 of 50,830 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has mentioned retrospective recapitalisation at any of his bilaterals with EU leaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51399/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banks Recapitalisation (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 158. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding his letter to the other 27 EU Heads of State on the need for retrospective recapitalisation of Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51398/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (15 Jan 2014)
Micheál Martin: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he attended where the possibility of a precautionary credit line was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50151/13]
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: Given the fundamental disrespect for parliamentary democracy-----
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: I beg your indulgence, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: Very briefly, we have absolutely no intention of participating in this charade-----
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----and I am going to lead our party out of this House.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: We do not.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: Could you blame anybody, a Cheann Comhairle?
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: I wish to put on record how appalled we are at the Government's insistence on making this proposition to the Dáil this morning. It demonstrates an absolute lack of respect for the House, its Members and those who elected us. It demonstrates a lack of respect for any sense of fair procedure or deliberation on the formulation of legislation. The Bill is a very substantive and...
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: This is a serious issue and I will be very brief. It goes to the heart of whether the Dáil is relevant. The Government said it would introduce a democratic revolution and that there would be radical political reform. This was mentioned during the Seanad referendum debate but none of it is coming to pass. In fact, the trend is in the opposite direction. The Government is shutting...
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: For some unexplained reason, it has been deleted. We have no opportunity to amend that or seek its reinsertion. We have no opportunity to seek the reinsertion of the role of the EPA-----
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----as the supervisory authority regarding the environmental objectives of the agency. What the Government is doing is a complete sham and it is wrong.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: It sends out the wrong signals to people-----
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----about how seriously the Government takes the Legislature.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (19 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if the claim on 20 November 2013 that some 20,000 new discretionary medical cards have been granted this year alone is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54812/13]
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Finance when asked what he was looking for said: "It's clear you've never been to the fair of Glin or sold a calf. Sure if I had told them the minimum, that's what they would give me". Last week, it was revealed that in spite of his experience selling calves and visiting the fair of Glin, he had got exactly nothing.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: Given that the Government has given up, the minimum it owes the people is a statement on what it looked for and why it has accepted receiving nothing at all. We also need to hear why the Government appears not even to be asking for full equality for Ireland regarding its debts. We have received the same interest rates as other countries but the ECB is retaining its profits on holdings of...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am talking about the fact that the ECB is retaining its profits on the holdings of Irish bonds. In the case of Greece, it returns these profits.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Dec 2013)
Micheál Martin: It has always been the case from the outset that what works for one should work for the others just as it did with interest rate reductions. We got these reductions because other countries got there first and we took them. The ECB often rightly points out that its credit has maintained the Irish and European markets. This is the duty of a central bank and not something for which anyone...