Results 36,241-36,260 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: We know that.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: We know what information the FSAI had in November and December.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: I want a straight answer to the question.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: Why can we not be given a straight answer?
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: He did not answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: That is what the Government promised.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform will agree there is no more important responsibility for the Government and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine than to ensure the safety of food consumed by our citizens. The food industry is a vital one for the country. Its ultimate success depends on absolute confidence and trust in its operation, processes and, above all, in...
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: The Minister did not answer my central question.
- Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: The first batch of tests was completed at the end of November and proved positive for contamination. A further set of tests was carried out in December which proved equally positive. Why was the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine not told in November or December that such tests were being carried out and the results were positive? That is the fundamental question. Does the...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Operations (17 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the project finance to be advanced by the National Assets Management Agency that has been drawn down to date; the nature of the projects funded; the expected drawdown by the end of 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2016/13]
- Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: Last October I made a significant speech at Bodenstown on the issues in the peace process on the island. I warned that we were not reaping the full dividend of the Good Friday Agreement and that its potential was not being realised. As a former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and watching events unfold, I made the criticism – not by way of a cheap shot – that politics...
- Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: At the heart of the shocking violence that has spilled across the streets in Belfast in the past six weeks and the economic damage it has wrought is a profound problem with how politics works in Northern Ireland. If politics is not clearly about the bread and butter issues of making people's quality of life better, it will all too quickly revert to being all about flags, emblems and parades...
- Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: Yes, I acknowledge it was a peaceful protest because the party was unhappy with the direction of a PSNI investigation and wanted one of their own released from custody. The idea of political parties deciding who should and should not be arrested is no longer a tenable proposition for any party to promote. Deputy Crowe rightly raised questions about the motivation behind certain people in...
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: For good reason.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: I read in the Sunday Independent last Sunday that Deputies Olivia Mitchell, Eoghan Murphy and Mary Mitchell O'Connor, to mention a few, are extremely concerned about the unfairness of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill and in particular its application to Dublin house owners, who will be expected to pay six times more than the owner of an identical house outside of Dublin. This is an...
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: Perhaps this indicates and illustrates the need to give more time to legislation when it is put before the House. I have a question in terms of forthcoming legislation that I want to ask the Tánaiste in this context. The Minister for Finance has already committed to having a provision in the finance Bill to exempt the owners of pyrite homes from the property tax. Can the Tánaiste...
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: The rest of the House would like to share in any suggestion that there would be amendments.
- Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: When will that finance Bill be published?
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: When was the Minister informed?
- Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)
Micheál Martin: He was not informed in December.