Results 37,081-37,100 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The European monetary system did not work. The euro did not work. This was never an Irish crisis on its own. We know that now and to suggest that it was is dishonest. I urge Deputies to read Kevin Rafter's book, which is good in terms of explaining the inner workings of the Fine Gael operation and how its members had to label things. The mantra was that this was a Fianna Fáil...
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: One of the reasons I called for this debate was that the reports from the ESRI, the Central Bank and the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council are all casting doubt on the capacity of the Government to see through the programme accurately. When my party put forward amendments to the Fiscal Responsibility Bill to require that the Government should at the very least respond to opinions from the fiscal...
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: No; he said that.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: On the Fiscal Responsibility Bill, I am correct about the amendment that was tabled. The bottom line is that the Government does not have to respond.
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government does not have to make a response. Does the Minister of State accept that?
- Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is symptomatic of the Government's approach to the wider economic situation, and that situation is not healthy, irrespective of what figures one looks at. I expect that the next report from the troika will be somewhat more nuanced than the previous ones. Strictly numerically, we are on target, because of the work of the previous Government. The current Government has followed through...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: He is rewriting history.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: May I ask another question?
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: He already used up five minutes.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I accept that our time is constrained.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: What is the Tánaiste's understanding of the June decision and the current position of the German Chancellor and others regarding legacy debt? Is it his understanding that the June summit committed European Heads of State and finance ministers to apply the decision to legacy debts in respect of the pillar banks? Nothing we have heard from any European leader or finance minister in...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: It did not say that.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should say the decisions imposed by the EU.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: We can do something, actually.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Are we looking to sell our stake in the banks to the ESM?
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is questions.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Who is taking the questions?
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: There is a normal routine.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I wanted to know who was taking them on the Government side.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach. My fundamental question is as follows: What, in essence, is the Taoiseach's definition of debt sustainability for Ireland and could he explain to the House exactly what he is looking for in the negotiations in the context of the euro group and the euro summits? According to the Taoiseach, Ireland is unique. I accept that because it had the European position imposed...