Results 34,381-34,400 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: I do not want to do so.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: I thought the Ceann Comhairle was going to go around. Seven of these 15 questions are in my name.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: I know you cannot. I am not saying anything to you at all, in fact. I was merely making the point that the Taoiseach could have done this differently,
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: If the Taoiseach really wanted accountability to the House, rather than including in the same group 15 questions about diverse issues like the Omagh bombing, capital investment, the Haass talks and contacts with the British Prime Minister, he could have segregated them. I would like to register with the Taoiseach a strong protest about the manner in which he has grouped these questions. It...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: It has been clear to anyone paying attention that this Government has disengaged significantly from matters relating to Northern Ireland and there is a growing-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: Sorry.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: The amount of negative commentary about the level of this engagement has increased. I ask the Taoiseach to comment on that. The Irish News recently pointed out that the non-involvement of our Government in a formal way in discussions on the economic development of the North and the stimulus package, or indeed the Haass talks, is without precedent in almost 30 years. That is something that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am very up to date.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the next North-South Ministerial Council is taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39054/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he has been asked to meet relatives of those killed in the Omagh bombing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39060/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when he last had discussions with British Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39084/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: 15. To ask the Taoiseach when he last visited Northern Ireland; if there are plans for future visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39085/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: 17. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met or has plans to meet Dr. Richard Haas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39492/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if officials in his Department will be meeting Dr. Richard Haas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39493/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: 19. To ask the Taoiseach if he has met representatives from the Unionist parties recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39494/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: I did not say that at all.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should answer the question. He is just filibustering.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: About what is the Taoiseach talking?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach's Government leading the purge?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Referendum (24 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: No, it is not. The Taoiseach need only ask the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, whether it is nonsense.