Results 35,321-35,340 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: They have not been settled.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: Did the Government know this increase was going to be made if it is in constant contact with the banks? It must have.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: There is no doubt but that the cost of mortgages represents an extraordinary burden on thousands of families, many of whom see no light at the end of the tunnel. Some 96,000 households are in mortgage arrears for more than three months. The personal insolvency arrangements, in terms of the resolution of the issue of household debt, give complete control to the banks. To add to all of this...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The State owns AIB and the EBS and I asked the Tánaiste if the Government would intervene to have this rate increase reversed. The Keane report was published two years ago. However, nothing has happened during those two years in terms of the many sensible recommendations made in it. The mortgage interest subsidy was abolished. The bottom line is that families are facing an average...
- Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: There appear to be mixed messages between the Government parties on when water charges are to be introduced. The Water Services Bill, a major item of legislation, is still awaited. The Taoiseach might confirm when it will be introduced. Also, my understanding is Bord Gáis's billing system is ready for use by Irish Water but Ministers are referring to different dates. Is it the...
- Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: I seek clarification as to when the Bill will be published and of the Government's intentions in that regard.
- Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: Starting from October.
- Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: For the October period.
- Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: Just after the local elections.
- Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach can trust the Minister, Deputy Phil Hogan, to organise things that way.
- Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: Will there be six or 12 on the panel?
- Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is not speculation. I am just trying to have clarity on the issue.
- Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: Neither do I, but somebody on the Taoiseach's side is doing so.
- Order of Business (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. We raised this last week and objected to the procedure and process being engaged in by Government whereby it referred all these Estimates to committee last week generally without any debate at plenary session. We requested a debate last week because it was in the aftermath of the rejection of the Croke Park II pay deal by public sector workers. Public servants need to...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is why workers really get fed up with the mixed messages that flow from the Government. What the Taoiseach has said is really a threat to workers. He is basically saying that if there is no agreement, there will be no protection. He did this about two months ago also. Again, it was not followed through. The Government is reaching out on the one hand, while saying that if one does...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: There was no debate last week on the Estimates.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: I beg the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence to wish the Taoiseach a happy birthday. Is it the Tánaiste's birthday as well?
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The birthdays are about the only thing that unite both of them at the moment but the Taoiseach should enjoy the day nonetheless. I raise the issue of the aftermath of the Croke Park II deal and the vote by public sector workers to reject the deal presented to them by Government - a deal we said was unfair and had a disproportionate impact on front-line workers, in particular. I also...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government. Sorry, I thought the Minister, Deputy Howlin, was leading the charge on this. In any event, the Government asked the chair of the LRC to reconsider while at the same time throwing it out there yesterday - of course, it may take it back again - that there could be compulsory job losses in the public sector. The Taoiseach said there really is only a fortnight and people must...
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (24 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: 225. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the community run youth service for Cabra, Dublin, is being put at risk because her Department has not signed off on the funding allocation for 2013 and that independent auditors have advised the community board of management that they are unable to sign off on the youth service's accounts...