Results 37,361-37,380 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I asked for a debate on health. Will the Government publish all the documentation on primary care centres? Why can we not have a debate on the health service in plenary session? We are not getting answers. Will the Government publish the documentation I seek?
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I want answers to my questions.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is making a mockery of Leaders' Questions. He refuses to answer any of my questions.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is a disgrace.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: He was in Gardiner Street when the printing machines were-----
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Following yesterday's meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts, we learned that the health budget was in severe crisis. At the end of August the overrun was reported as being in the order of €329 million. By September it had increased to €374 million and is now projected to end up at €500 million by the end of the year. It was RTE which told us last evening that...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Promises made on health savings have not been achieved. This has resulted in extra cuts to home help services, for example. More than 1 million home help hours have been severed from families around the country. That is the reality. Are we facing cuts of a similar order across the acute hospital service? The CEO of Tallaght hospital could not confirm on radio this morning that there...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: What is the Government hiding? What is the HSE hiding? Why is the Department hiding very basic facts that the people are seeking? The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, sought the facts three months ago in a letter to the Minister, Deputy James Reilly, when he told him to get personally involved in sorting out the budget. The House would like to know what...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach at least allow a full presentation by the Minister for Health to the Dáil on the financial crisis in the health service in order that we can be told, openly and honestly, what the Government's approach will be in dealing with the crisis? If the Minister is willing to take suggestions from across the House, such an engagement would facilitate this, but we must at least...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Allowances Review (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the length of time it will take to realise the saving in respect of the annual value in allowances that will not be paid to new beneficiaries which he has stated as being in the region of €475m; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43398/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Allowances Review (10 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has attended any meetings with Department Secretaries General in relation to allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42657/12]
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am asking the Taoiseach to ensure the documentation is published. It is a simple question.
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach publish the documentation?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: My question does not relate to the material setting out the arguments for and against abolition, but to the Government's preparatory work in respect of its proposal. I assume a significant amount of work has been undertaken at this stage by civil servants and others.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Publication of that material would serve the public interest by facilitating a more reflective debate on the issues. People are already introducing their own proposals and ideas. For instance, a group of Senators, former Senators and others recently published a reform document which advocated legislation to reform the Seanad. It would be useful if the work the Government has undertaken in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Is it the Taoiseach's objective that such a referendum will take place?
- Order of Business (9 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: In regard to the forthcoming referendum on children's rights, has the Referendum Commission been formally activated and a judge appointed? I raised the issue of the commitment in the programme for Government regarding primary care with the Tánaiste last week. Will the Taoiseach ensure, in line with the commitment given by the Tánaiste, that all documentation related to the recent...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Convention (9 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: May I ask a supplementary question?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach the progress he has made with the commitment in the Programme for Government on the abolition of Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38806/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Constitutional Amendments (9 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Taoiseach if the Government is reviewing any political reforms other than those being discussed at the constitutional convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40099/12]