Results 37,121-37,140 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Of course not.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is not agreed. My party Whip spoke to the Chief Whip on the issue yesterday. Unusually, because of the issues around the Council meeting there is a need for questions. Is the Taoiseach prepared to answer questions on the issues that emerged from the meeting at the conclusion of the debate? Given the seriousness of the issues, perhaps such an opportunity should be available. My party...
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Is that with the Taoiseach?
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach says that repeatedly but invariably he never turns up to answer questions.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy Creighton, answers the questions.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is fine. I will answer them a lot better than the Taoiseach will.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Given the issues that have arisen in terms of dealing with the debt, the Taoiseach should answer questions for 20 minutes after the debate. That is all I seek.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: But will the Taoiseach do so?
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Publish it now then.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Stick to the mantra. Again, it is about the person.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I will repeat the question I asked yesterday. Has the Government asked any other individual separate from the Dolphin process to assess the sites concerned? I did not mention the word "report" in that fundamental question. I also asked whether any Minister in the Cabinet had asked an independent person to assess the sites. I said simple "Yes" or "No" answers to those questions would be...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach to be open and transparent.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Why did a Government spokesperson confirm to RTE last evening for the midnight news - this is not speculation - that Mr. Fitzgerald had been approached in order to avoid the debacle over the Mater hospital site? Has RTE been completely wrongly advised by someone speaking officially on behalf of the Government? I refer to a Government spokesperson rather than a Government source. We should...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach was asked a straightforward question yesterday and can give a straightforward answer today. Mr. Fitzgerald's name is all over the news bulletins this morning. All the Taoiseach has to do today - all he should have done yesterday - is confirm that Mr. Fitzgerald has been approached by the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: People want to know why there is all this secrecy. Why is there an inability to tell the truth to the House?
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I asked the question yesterday, but I did not receive the answer.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should correct the record.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Minister commissioned an independent report on the Mater hospital site. After it was published, he said he was fully satisfied that the site was suitable.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government stood over the Mater hospital site.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government approved it following a review by international experts.