Results 35,761-35,780 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: I do not believe it has been confirmed that the introduction of water charges has been postponed until 2015.
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: Is that right? That is news to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin.
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is a good point and one which I endorse.
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: I beg the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence for a moment. On behalf of the Fianna Fáil Party, I express sympathy to people in the town of West, near Waco in Texas, on the appalling tragedy that is unfolding as we speak as a result of an explosion at a fertiliser plant. The enormity and scale of the tragedy is truly shocking. I extend our sympathies to all those who may have been bereaved...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: I have not said a word. The Tánaiste is too precious about himself.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The first thing the Minister did when he came into office was change the targets. The internationally recognised targets for waiting lists were three months and six months. He unilaterally said it is 12 months. He had to massage the figures and perpetrate a con trick. That is what he did. The SDU has refined his machinations to nine months and over. The figures for three months and over...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: It is important to put aside the spin and acknowledge that a dramatic intervention is needed. The Government needs to stand back from this, assess the crisis and then work out a proper pathway towards resolving it to ensure that as a minimum in difficult times we can provide a basic health service to our public and that operations that are needed are carried out.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister is saying everything is fine.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Health is saying everything is fine.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is the usual argument.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister will not be turning to Deputy Shortall. We all know where the Tánaiste stands in respect of the Minister for Health. He is four square behind him.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, is assuring everyone that the health service is getting better and waiting lists are getting shorter. He assures us that patients who are waiting the longest for treatment are in fact being treated. Unfortunately, the facts and figures confirm that since taking office, the number of adults waiting for surgery in the country's hospitals has actually...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: These are not my figures but come from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, which, on entering office, the Minister, Deputy Reilly, indicated he would accept as being the official figures in respect of trolley count, enclosures and so on.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: Does the Tánaiste acknowledge the health service is now under extraordinary strain and requires dramatic intervention by the Government to arrest the crumbling across the board of all aspects of the service it attempts to provide for the people?
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when departmental expenditure targets for the period 2014-2016 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/13]
- Other Questions: School Patronage (17 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he plans to make with regard to school patronage at primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17541/13]
- Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: According to the Taoiseach, those opposite are all united.
- Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: Will there be any legislation forthcoming in the aftermath of last night's telephone call from the troika to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin?
- Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Revised Estimates sent to the committees include provision for €300 million in savings envisaged under the Labour Relations Commission or Croke Park II agreement. Three specific items of legislation have been promised in the House by the Minister for Public Expenditure and the Taoiseach. Reference was made to the Payment of Wages Act, the Financial Emergency Measures in the...
- Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)
Micheál Martin: The legislation is off the agenda for the time being.