Results 36,721-36,740 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: I was not. There was a Supplementary Estimate of €1 billion-----
- European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----that was rushed through the Dáil without debate.
- European Council Brussels: Statements (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am entirely correct. All that is left is the hope that Europe will again turn up with something which will make up for the failures in budget planning. As I have said previously, I believe there will be a deal in respect of the promissory note. The justice of the Irish case demands an outcome which would lengthen the term and reduce the rate to halve the impact of repayments on the...
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: With regard to the personal insolvency legislation, will the Taoiseach outline the timetable for the commencement of regulations? The Government has promised it will commence the Bill as quickly as possible. The matter of mortgage arrears is shocking, with over 180,000 people now in arrears, with much personal indebtedness. There is an incapacity of either the Government or the banking...
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach give me a report?
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is a Supreme Court decision.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: No.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach blamed the Attorney General first.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. I have to say that the guillotining of this measure is particularly inappropriate. Given what was announced this morning concerning the Bank of Ireland's increase in credit card interest rates and the general behaviour of the banks towards the Government and the Oireachtas on key issues, I appeal to the Taoiseach in this regard. Members of the public feel they are being...
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach could have fooled me.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: Am I hearing something?
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is definitely getting close to Christmas if a former Government is praised.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach does not understand the sector.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach does not answer the questions he is asked.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: Courses will be lost over this.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: That kind of response is what is driving people mad. It is driving people over the edge.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: One of the areas that has escaped any significant attention in the fallout from the budget has been the very savage and targeted approach to colleges of further education in terms of an attack on their pupil-teacher ratio and in the reduction of a variety of allowances to students. The two-point increase in the pupil-teacher ratio for these colleges will have a savage impact on the colleges...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----if it can stand over a cut to a sector-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----that does the most for those who lost out through mainstream education and who want a second chance? We built up this sector over the past 15 years-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----in terms of grants for colleges and for students.