Results 38,381-38,400 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am entitled to raise the matter-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am entitled to ask a question.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am not questioning the Chair at all.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am endeavouring to ask a question on a matter raised, which I am entitled to do under Standing Orders.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is not another speech.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I asked a long time ago to be facilitated by the Deputies opposite but they do not like hearing the truth. The truth is not good for the people who are unemployed.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: How dare the Taoiseach? I have a strong record in Europe. He said something similar yesterday------
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I ask for that to be withdrawn, Sir.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is an untruth.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The issue I raised was jobs, plus how the Taoiseach answers the questions he is asked in this House.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is woefully inadequate and will not do the job.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The numbers are getting worse.
- Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 338: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if officials in her Department will be involved in discussions with the Department of Education and Skills in relation to the changes in childcare provision moving towards the Scandinavian model being introduced here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21304/12]
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: No, they were not. It was said they were too complex.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is a joke the way this is being dealt with.
- Modern Languages Initiative (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The decision by the Minister for Education and Skills to abolish the modern languages in primary schools initiative was extremely regressive and shortsighted. After benefiting 550 primary schools and thousands of young children for 13 years, this positive initiative will shortly come to an end. The benefits of the scheme far outweigh its cost. In times of financial difficulty, initiatives...
- Modern Languages Initiative (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am extremely disappointed by that dishonest response. It is not good enough to blame PISA for this. The vast majority of the 550 schools participating in the initiative do not face problems with numeracy or literacy. Stop trying to pretend that we are getting rid of a good scheme in order to introduce a broader literacy and numeracy programme. That is the kind of dishonesty that drives...
- Modern Languages Initiative (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is not true. No one called for its abolition.
- Modern Languages Initiative (12 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Disgraceful.