Results 37,061-37,080 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I read it. I give credit where credit is due on the document.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: People expected bondholders to be burned -----
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: ----- but, of course, they were not.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: What was worse is that unsecured bondholders were paid over and above any bank guarantee.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government did it until the most recent of times. What is even more incredible is that it paid back those who bought the bonds at a significant discount. The Taoiseach's assessment was correct but that did not suit the message that had to be articulated during the election campaign.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: He can say that as he leaves the Élysée Palace but in this House he mutters that we panicked. He cannot have it both ways.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is time he copped on.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Minister of State knows that the Taoiseach had a very fretful weekend.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: It was not because of me or anybody else on this side of the House but because of Angela Merkel.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I was the first to say that I wanted the Government to succeed in terms of debt but it cannot continue to say everything it is doing is right.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Has the Minister of State not indicated that the debt is unsustainable?
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: His Department officially states that the debt is sustainable.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is noteworthy that the Minister of State's comment on "Prime Time" that the debt is unsustainable directly contradicted the view of his own Department. In May 2012, the Department produced a document, The Irish Economy in Perspective, which stated that our debt is sustainable.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: How can he expect Angela Merkel or the Dutch and Finnish Prime Ministers to address the issue of our debt if the Department of Finance states that it is sustainable? The Government should at least get its thinking in sync between the politicians and the Department in regard to debt sustainability.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: We have proposed several initiatives, including the debt settlement office Bill.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am somewhat disappointed at the nature and tenor of the debate so far. Members of the Government parties are falling back on the old routine of attacking Opposition members, blaming everybody and not dealing in a calm and insightful way with what we are currently experiencing. To hear Deputy Noel Harrington speak about the honourable Independent Deputy as "ranting and raving" sums up the...
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I actually heard the Deputy speak and thought he spoke very constructively. One might not agree with everything he said but he made some good suggestions. His contribution was described as a rant. I heard the Tánaiste earlier, still in election mode 21 months on, blaming Fianna Fáil for destroying the country. It was almost a repeat of the election debates, with him talking...
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: If Deputies read Alistair Darling's account-----
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I ask the Deputy to allow me to speak. I have only ten minutes. With the greatest of respect, please allow democracy to take its course and permit people to speak. If Deputies read Alistair Darling's account they will see that the very same thing was happening in Britain. He received a telephone call one afternoon informing him that Royal Bank of Scotland, RBS, one of the largest banks...
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Anything to do with fiscal consolidation was opposed and yet now, one year on, hey presto - this Government has rescued everything. I wish to remind the Tánaiste that €21 billion of the €30 billion consolidation of the public finances was carried out by the previous Government and he opposed it tooth and nail.