Results 34,221-34,240 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I oppose the motion in terms of the timing involved. It is a very shambolic way of treating Parliament regarding this important issue. We have no objection to facilitating a statement from the Government on the issue at hand, although we have been seeking over the past number of weeks a fuller debate on the issues relating to the exit strategy from the troika programme. To come in at 11.15...
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: There was wider debate on the issues.
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, I am entitled to speak without interruption. The Deputies opposite want to suppress speech. That is their attitude.
- Business of Dáil (14 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Deputy O'Donovan does not run the Dáil. Will the Chief Whip agree to resume proceedings at 12 noon to give Members reasonable time to prepare for the debate in an informed manner? It is almost 11.20 a.m. and he has proposed that we return to the House in ten minutes to debate something about which we have not been apprised. The Cabinet has met and, therefore, the Taoiseach and the...
- Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is agreed, but it might be difficult to get Government speakers for No. 3.
- Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I refer to the Freedom of Information Bill and the programme for Government commitments on legislation. Under the changes to Standing Orders rammed through by the Government recently, allowance was made for a pre-consultation phase for all legislation to allow non-governmental organisations and others with an interest to be consulted on key legislation. Last weekend the Minister tabled a...
- Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach change the order to enable that consultation process to take place in advance of the Bill being brought to a conclusion? The amendments have been introduced very sneakily late in the day, without any consultation with anybody and without any analysis of the impact on the overall shape of the legislation.
- Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Earlier the Taoiseach was negative about experts and so on, but Transparency International, Open Access Europe and Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland are all vehemently opposed to this series of amendments that the Minister sneakily introduced late in the day. I ask the Taoiseach to change the order to allow consultation to take place in the spirit of the changes to Standing Orders that were...
- Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Freedom of Information Bill.
- Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Does he not accept that the concept of pre-consultation will be fatally undermined if substantive amendments emerge very late in the day which are contrary to anything advocated in advance and at the time of the publication of the Bill? This has happened very late in the day and even in the aftermath of the Second Stage debate.
- Order of Business (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: What has happened here is that Sir Humphrey has scored a very late penalty, and has scored it well.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government is driving people out of that market.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government is increasing the costs.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: Thousands of people are leaving the health insurance market on a monthly basis. Up to 6,000 people a month are cancelling their health insurance policies. By the end of 2013, we estimate 140,000 people will have cancelled health insurance. The bottom line is Government policy is driving people out of the health insurance market. Families and individuals can no longer afford policies. We...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: No, I did not say that. I referred to budget tax reliefs.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I said nothing about that.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach chose to ignore the question I asked. Will he change policy on the budget decision the Government took to reduce tax relief on health insurance and restore it to its pre-budget level?
- Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I never said anything should be abandoned in regard to community rating. The Taoiseach deliberately threw that out there to distract and to go down a cul-de-sac. That is a very dishonest presentation by him. That is fair enough; we are used to that. The bottom line is if he is sincere about maintaining community rating, the haemorrhage cannot go on. Government policies are driving the...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: I did not. Do not be dishonest.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (13 Nov 2013)
Micheál Martin: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact the higher diploma in education is to be replaced by a two year masters degree in education from 2014 if his attention has been drawn to the fact the back to education allowance is not available for a masters degree in education, as it was for the higher diploma in education, and maintenance grants are not available for the...