Results 38,161-38,180 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- European Council Meetings (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach believe it is a good idea that the ESM will buy on the secondary market?
- European Council Meetings (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Is it a good idea that the ESM will buy on the secondary market?
- Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: On the forthcoming legislation in respect of the health service, the Taoiseach is aware the HSE board has been abolished and officials now occupy the seats of the former governors. While proposals have been put forward in respect of seven directorates, they are just proposals at present and in the meantime, hospitals are finding it extremely difficult to pay their way. Mr. Cathal Magee of...
- Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----and in particular in respect of so-called senior advisers. Are they recruited as advisers or are they procured as consultancies which provide services to the Minister and the Department in respect of ongoing current health issues?
- Order of Business (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: These are core issues in respect of what is happening on the ground and it is damaging morale hugely.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Life is extremely difficult for small to medium-size employers and those who create jobs. Domestic demand in particular is both poor and sluggish. People in the sector to which I refer require certainty and clarity. There is a growing sense that the sector is under attack as a result of the VAT increase of 2%, the decrease relating to redundancy rebates from 60% to 15% and the proposals on...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am not asking the Taoiseach to speculate on any old comment. The Taoiseach did not answer the question I asked, about whether an increase in PRSI is the same as an increase in income tax. Perhaps the Taoiseach can answer that when he responds. This was a considered speech by a senior Minister in the Taoiseach's Government. Last week, we were all briefed to the effect that this would not...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The people in the sector do not know what is happening, have no idea what their costs will be and have no sense of direction. The Government has an obligation to provide clarity to people creating jobs in this country because they are not getting it at the moment. The only clarity on job targets we received from the Government is that the projected increase in employment has been reduced by...
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Is an increase in PRSI the same as an increase in income tax?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am not asking the Taoiseach to get sucked into anything.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Where are the senior Labour Ministers? Are they in conclave?
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach cannot answer it.
- Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: The problem is about Joan and the Taoiseach cannot answer it.
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received in his Department in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16220/12]
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: We are still waiting for the Government's proposals on the production of legislation to reform and extend freedom of information legislation, a clear commitment given in the programme for Government which committed to restoring the Freedom of Information Act on the basis that it had been undermined by the previous Government, a dubious proposition. When will this occur? Alternatively,...
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: What about the utilisation of freedom of information legislation as a ploy to delay giving information to Deputies?
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: It was mentioned in the reply that there had been 80 requests. Will the Taoiseach comment on this? The number and cost of freedom of information requests could be reduced if Ministers replied to parliamentary questions. The pension levy is a classic illustration, in that a simple question on whether the Taoiseach had received advice could have been answered in the House. However, he chose...
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: We can do it now.
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: That does not happen.
- Freedom of Information (3 Jul 2012)
Micheál Martin: Ministers refuse to do this.