Results 37,801-37,820 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is wrong, because the fundamental point is we all know the rationale for the bank guarantee at the time. There is no secret about it.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: We know it was a liquidity issue and not just in Ireland.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am putting this to the Taoiseach, if I may. I will not be long putting it.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am putting a question.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: At the time, there was the collapse of Lehman Brothers, while in Britain Royal Bank Scotland announced it was going to go bankrupt. Northern Rock had gone bankrupt the year before. There was a seizure in bank liquidity across the globe following the fall of Lehman Brothers. The fundamental issue facing the Government at the time-----
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----was, as per Professor Honohan's report, that it either maintained a banking system or it allowed it to collapse. I believe the guarantee should be examined and I have no difficulty with such an examination. The Committee of Public Accounts should be allowed get on with its work in this regard, having already put in six months of significant work on the issues around the bank guarantee,...
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach confirm the Committee of Public Accounts will continue its work on the bank guarantee issue?
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Has the Department of Finance access to it?
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: No, the people voted against it.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should accept the choice of the people.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: They voted against it for good reason.
- Departmental Records (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Not when one considers the way the Government is behaving.
- Regulatory Impact Assessments (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the success his Department is having in relation to the requirement outlined in the strategy statement regarding publishing Regulatory Impact Assessments before Government decisions are taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30314/12]
- Regulatory Impact Assessments (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the way his Department is rationalising regulators to promote consumer interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30315/12]
- Regulatory Impact Assessments (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is difficult to make much of the Taoiseach's reply which has been scripted in such a way as to avoid specifics. In the context of regulatory impact assessments being made before Government decisions are taken, do I understand from the initial part of the reply that this is not quite happening as normal in respect of legislation being brought forward? Is there a requirement to produce...
- Regulatory Impact Assessments (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Many business concerns state they are over-regulated. That was also said to be the case in the financial world for a long period. The Government's policy is to reduce regulation and the regulatory burden and also to simplify regulations in order to avoid duplication. The position of the European Union and the OECD is the same. However, every European directive brought forward will, in all...
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The child and family support agency Bill is more necessary than ever given the extent of the cuts the Government has applied to one-parent family supports, disability payments, the provision of special needs assistants and so on. Families are facing an increasing number of challenges as a result of these reductions. Will the Bill provide for a sufficiency of places for the hundreds of...
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: People are extremely concerned at the undermining of the hospital. It is symptomatic of the lack of governance in the health service.
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: No, you did not. This is a new, start-of-the-art hospital which we built and opened.
- Order of Business (17 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Minister cynically promised these people the sun, moon and stars, just as he made promises to every community up and down the country.