Results 37,481-37,500 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- 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...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: Our situation is different from that of Spain, and not just because, as the Taoiseach finally admitted on Monday and it is worth repeating because of its significance, "Ireland was the first and only country which had a European position imposed upon it in the sense that there was not the opportunity, if the Government so wished, to do it their way by burning bondholders."
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: That was the first time he had put that on the record. Are we looking for the ESM to buy our stakes in AIB and Bank of Ireland? Are we looking for the ESM to finance our repayment of the promissory notes? Are we examining all parts of bank-related debt or just the bank shares? What is the Government's definition of "sustainability"? Unlike Spain, we are not looking for extra capital to...
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: The record shows I said nothing of the sort.
- European Council Meeting: Statements (24 Oct 2012)
Micheál Martin: I have.