Results 35,421-35,440 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: It has not been the case with regard to the tobacco industry for a long time.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is not fair; the Tánaiste should withdraw that remark.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: He should check the Labour Party officials in the past. They were the most active with the tobacco industry. The Tánaiste should talk to former members of his party. The Labour Party were the greatest inside-trackers with the tobacco industry for a long time-----
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaiste knows that.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: I do not want any misleading replies.
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Can the Tánaiste not answer a question without partisan misinformation-----
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: What about the Moriarty tribunal?
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Former Labour Party officials-----
- Order of Business (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Tánaister should listen before he throws stones.
- Leaders' Questions (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply, which essentially confirms a very disturbing situation where investigations are under way in terms of mistreatment of children in crèches in this city. It also highlights the issue around the inspection and monitoring of standards in such facilities and the adequacy of such inspections. I know the Minister was asked some time ago whether the...
- Leaders' Questions (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: I would like to start by condemning yesterday's terrorist attack in London, during which a soldier was barbarically killed. Our sympathies and thoughts are with the family of the deceased soldier and with the British people at this appalling moment. I think the Tánaiste will agree that the early years of a child's life are the most fundamental for his or her development. I refer to...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Issues (23 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to consolidate the 156 defined benefit schemes listed for public sector employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24661/13]
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: We never had any doubt about that.
- Order of Business (22 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: First, when can we expect the legislation to implement a public sector wage deal to be brought before the House? Is it imminent? Second, with regard to the commitment in the programme for Government to universal primary and free GP care, we know this has been delayed or postponed. We are two and a half years in and there is no sign of the legislation. There is a clear commitment in the...
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: I do not know the reasons, but it should be very clear that no Minister should have done what the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, did. I think in his heart the Tánaiste knows that, but he seems to be incapable of saying so.
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: I accept that.
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Was he right?
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: The statement by the Minister for Justice and Equality last evening left many people very disappointed and left many more questions to be answered. He succeeded in dragging the Garda Commissioner into this debacle, claiming that it was through a casual aside that he learned of the information about Deputy Wallace, although earlier in the week, he had said it was an official briefing or that...
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Garda Commissioner is entitled to brief the Minister on serious issues but he or she is also entitled to expect that he will treat such information sensitively, properly and confidentially and that he will not seek to politicise the information given to him by the Commissioner in a political debate to undermine a political opponent. Can the Commissioner trust the Minister again with...
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2013)
Micheál Martin: Does the Tánaiste believe it was right for the Minister to use private information about a Deputy supplied to him by the Garda Commissioner in the manner he did? Is it right or is it wrong?