Results 38,061-38,080 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Location of Victims' Remains (19 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met Mr Geoff Knupfer chief investigator of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39021/12]
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is not democracy.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: I would like the Taoiseach to correct the record of the House. During Leaders' Questions, I asked about health and the Taoiseach responded by telling a story that he met with a company in Kiltimagh called Home Care Medicals that stores unused equipment. He gave a misrepresentation of the work of that company that seems to arise from a misunderstanding the Taoiseach had with the owner of...
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is. It relates to a correction of remarks about a third party.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: Could it not be published now?
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: So much has been published by the Government, through leaks and otherwise, about this tax. The Government announced something else today. Surely, the easiest thing would be to publish it.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: This is obfuscation again.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is a matter for the Government.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is not a political decision. It is a definitive governmental decision to delegate authority to a Minister of State.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: When the Taoiseach announced the members of the Cabinet and the Ministers of State, he appointed Deputy Róisín Shortall as Minister of State with specific responsibility for primary care.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach made a wrong statement. He said this is a personal decision for the Minister for Health.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is a Government decision and the Taoiseach is the Head of the Government.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: He should not try to push the decision down the line.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: Why has it not happened? Deputy Kenny is the Taoiseach. The Government has been in office for 18 months.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: No. It goes before the Cabinet.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Cabinet has to agree the decision.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is extraordinary that a Minister of State, in writing to her Minister, says she has asked, time and time again, for delegated authority and has not been given it. The Taoiseach is the Head of the Government. He knows the responsibilities he allocated to each Minister of State when he appointed them. Now, a year and a half later, we find that one Minister of State has no delegated...
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am not making a mountain out of anything. The Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, has put this in writing to her Minister. It is in the public domain, thanks to freedom of information legislation.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is the usual old rubbish from the Taoiseach. He should have some respect.
- Order of Business (18 Sep 2012)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Kenny is the Taoiseach. When will the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, be delegated statutory authority by the Government?