Results 34,441-34,460 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: The message we are getting from parents, teachers and children is very different from what we are being told officially. There is a problem here. The case of Kate Crowley illustrates more than anything else that the system, at its core, lacks advocacy for the child. It should be about the facilitation of children's constitutional right to an education. That should be the driving spirit...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: Will the Minister for Education and Skills agree to extend the deadline? Ms Sheila Nunan of the INTO has warned it will have a major impact. Will the Government exceed the resource teacher cap, for example, if new needs emerge in the autumn? The problem with the deadline is that, with new children starting, needs can emerge through diagnosis and monitoring by teachers in a school. Will the...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Proposed Legislation (19 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: 21. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the new legislation she will introduce over the remaining months of 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38724/13]
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: They are voted on by the Dáil.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: Parties should not own the Dáil.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: Is that a convoluted "No"?
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is very clear and democratic.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy's obsession with me is always reassuring, from a constituency perspective.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: We had a big, long exposé on another Bill.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is a nice set up.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: Is it in order?
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: There was no consultation.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach sat down with no Member in advance. He can be flippant all he likes, but he has shown a fundamental disregard for Members.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach again did not answer the question. I reiterate that he did consult me in advance of the preparation or publication of the package of Dáil reforms. He said he would, but he did not. He broke that commitment which he gave on many occasions during Taoiseach's Questions. With regard to the health Vote, will the Taoiseach confirm whether there will be a Supplementary...
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister said the opposite yesterday. He said there would be a Supplementary Estimate.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: Do I take it, therefore, that the Minister was incorrect yesterday when he said he would not keep them within the limit?
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is talking double Dutch. I do not understand. The Minister said he would spend a small bit over the limit, but the Taoiseach said he will not. I know he follows the Dutch model, but this is really double Dutch.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: Will there be a Supplementary Estimate?
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. As a mark of protest about the manner in which the Government is doing business, I am opposing this proposal. In the last session, the Taoiseach gave me a very solemn promise and commitment, indicating he would consult with me on a package of Dáil reform measures that would be brought before the House. He did not do so and broke the promise; it was very dishonest of...
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2013)
Micheál Martin: There have been no meetings and it is extraordinary that at a time when people say they are dramatically reforming the House, not one single Member-----