Results 35,141-35,160 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Clearly whoever put this into the programme for Government was not aware of any difficulties at the time. Are we looking at a reform of the programme for Government commitment to such an Act? Clearly, that Act cannot happen this year. The Minister of State, Deputy White, has inherited this mess from the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly. The former Minister of State at the Department of...
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: On the universal primary care Bill, does anyone know what the substance of it would be? Is that Bill gone by the wayside? Will a new Bill be introduced? What is the situation in this regard?
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Did the Government not know that two years ago?
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government had promised in the programme for Government reform of the registered employment agreements, REAs. As the Taoiseach is aware, the Supreme Court has made a significant judgment on registered employment agreements. Has the programme for Government been amended in terms of the commitments on REAs, in particular on the amendments to the Industrial Relations Acts or other Acts?...
- Order of Business (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister could do with a bit of sun.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Following up on the Taoiseach's response about an independent inquiry into the murder of Mr. Finucane, my opinion and that of my party is that such an inquiry would be an important and clear commitment to a greater level of truth and transparency concerning what happened in the North. Until we have that, the healing process needed by this country will be delayed further. This matter is...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----on the basis that there needs to be an international process before anyone can tell the truth, knowing full well that this will not happen. The charade continues.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: If those who independently know the truth are committed to it and to transparency, they should come forward, take the lead and share their information. This is the real challenge. The principle applies to the Head of the British Government-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: -----just as it does to those who were personally involved in violence in the North, including violence that led to unnecessary loss of life in too many cases. We need action on the Finucane case not only because of the issue itself and the fact that it forms part of a binding agreement, but because we should leave no cover for those who were involved and who have chosen to be selective...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: I learned from last week.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: I referred to what the Government did to mark the event, not the Oireachtas.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: On a point of information, I asked what the Government did to mark the anniversary. The Taoiseach's answer is a lame excuse.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is a disgrace that these questions have been grouped together.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: The questions on the European Union should not have been included in the group.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: I do not think you are.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: If Sinn Féin members are on the Executive and the policing boards, they undermine the authority of the PSNI if they question its operational decisions on who to arrest or which crimes to pursue. That is fundamentally wrong and Sinn Féin does not enjoy that luxury.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Parties in government do not enjoy that right. Sinn Féin cannot have it every way all of the time.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is accountable through the structures created under the Patten reforms. That is why people sit on the policing boards. There is accountability through the boards. Various communities and political parties, including Sinn Féin, have representatives on the policing boards. There is a line of accountability but, unfortunately, there is a grave danger that policing in the North will...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: It increases tensions, inflames opinion and undermines the authority of the PSNI. No institution is perfect but the PSNI represents one of the better transformations or new departures to have emanated from the Good Friday Agreement. The work done by Chris Patten and everybody else has been held up as a model for policing in conflict areas. All parties should be extremely careful that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: I am reliably informed that certain people were blushing on "Primetime."