Results 35,941-35,960 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Government decides the guillotine.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: They want to pay their debts, but they need the space and capacity to do so. We need innovative and radical solutions. Some economists have suggested a permanent interest rate reduction, which would enable the banks to get all of their capital back at a more affordable monthly rate. The question of split mortgages should have been followed through on long before now. It is unclear whether...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: Everything is grand.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: There have been just 12 split mortgages to date.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: The banks were given €9 billion for these purposes.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: In the words of the Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Honohan, household debt and financial distress is at an unprecedented level. We now have more than 180,000 residential mortgages in some form of distress or difficulty. Some 20,000 mortgages are in arrears for over two years and some 86,000 mortgages are in arrears for over 90 days. The situation is serious at a personal, social,...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Governor says the situation is getting worse. On Sunday he said there are many people who cannot pay and that distressed mortgages are not being dealt with in significant numbers. He said this was the reason he and others in the Central Bank were tearing their hair out. I suggest many people across the country are tearing their hair out at the lack of any progress on this issue. The...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his response, but I remain unconvinced of the impact of what the Taoiseach has said is happening. Up to now, the standard response has been the interest-only payment approach, comprising 99% of restructures to date. I put it to the Taoiseach that as the Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, said last week, the banks have been given the money to write down, write...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health if he has received many representations in relation to the proposed legislation for abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2299/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health if he has been asked to meet any of the Churches in relation to the forthcoming legislation on abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health if the forthcoming legislation and regulation on abortion in Ireland was discussed at his recent meeting with the Catholic Church Bishop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5094/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet any group in relation to the forthcoming legislation on abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2393/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health if he or his officials have been asked by any groups to meet them on the forthcoming legislation on abortion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5095/13]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 476 of 11 December 2012 and 1112 of 16 January 2013, when a reply will issue; the reason that, with regard to the former question, such a straightforward enquiry remains unanswered more than eight weeks after first being referred to the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7593/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to request any bilaterals with the G8 leaders when they attend the G8 Summit in Fermanagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55446/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to request a special meeting with Secretary of State Villiers to discuss the Independent Report on the murder of Mr. Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55216/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received many requests from the Justice for the Forgotten Group for a meeting with him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55445/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a briefing on the report chaired by Sir Desmond de Silva on the murder of Mr Pat Finucane in 1989; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56522/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach his views on whether an independent public inquiry should now be held into the murder of Mr Pat Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56523/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (12 Feb 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to Prime Minister Cameron about the Sir Desmond de Silva report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56524/12]