Results 36,481-36,500 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: Not only will they not have an opportunity to vote against it, they will not even have an opportunity to voice their concerns or reservations about elements of the Social Welfare Bill.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: They have agreed to go along with it through voting. They are hoping there will be silent acquiescence and that those in government will then be out the gap. However, they will not be out the gap because the people concerned are watching them. This gives a bad message to the public to the effect that there is no such thing as Dáil reform.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: There is no such thing as meaningful debate on fundamental Bills, including the Social Welfare Bill and the property tax Bill, which is due on Friday.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government is laying down the law of what is on the agenda. There is no discussion.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: I want to oppose the Order of Business because of our overall unhappiness and dissatisfaction with the way the business of the House has been ordered today and, in particular, the guillotining of the debate on the Social Welfare Bill, which is absolutely unacceptable. Yesterday I thought about 13 minutes would be provided for the discussion on each amendment, which is ridiculously low, and...
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: This is supposed to be the golden era of Dáil reform when the guillotining of debates on legislation was supposed to be a thing of the past, if we were to believe the Chief Whip. If the Taoiseach organised to get the Whips together, there is a way to address this. The Civil Registration (Amendment) Bill, which is to be taken in the House next week, could be deferred and in that way...
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: We would work with the Taoiseach by agreeing to take out some items on today's agenda with a view to giving more time for the Social Welfare Bill and the property tax Bill on Friday. What is happening this week in the House is an absolute disgrace and flies in the face of any agenda to give the Parliament a greater say on budgetary matters or on legislation. It is absolutely appalling what...
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has just thrown that into the middle of this discussion.
- Order of Business (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is not the issue.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: We are facing the incredible scenario where somebody whose house could be repossessed in the coming year-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----will also be asked to pay a property tax.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: There is no fairness in this tax. There is no attempt to allow for ability to pay or to provide for exemptions.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should read his own party's manifesto.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: Read the manifesto, where a property tax is described as "unfair".
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: We are back to me again.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: We learned this morning that the Government has agreed to legislate to facilitate banks in repossessing family homes. Yet, the 170,000 people in mortgage arrears and those whose homes are about to be repossessed will be still forced to pay the family home tax. The family home tax, or property tax, Bill was published yesterday and is being taken on Friday and rushed through the House, with a...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: We are saying quite openly that now is the wrong time to put such a burden on people on whom the financial pressures are enormous. The situation has got much worse with regard to unemployment and so on. Does the Taoiseach agree the pressures now facing the categories of people I have outlined are such that they are not in a position to pay this tax that is being levied upon them?
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: In the past two years unemployment has gone up and mortgage arrears have gone up significantly while economic growth is down and the property market is dead. How can the Taoiseach or this House say to people who cannot pay their mortgage-----
- Leaders' Questions (12 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: If people cannot pay their mortgages, how can they pay a property tax on that house?