Results 38,441-38,460 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- European Council: Statements (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach organise the distribution of an up-to-date text of his speech because there were a number of significant insertions, in particular in the middle after he said there were no conclusions to the summit? I know we can access the speech later but it would be useful if it could be sent to us. Clearly, the Taoiseach's speech illustrates how quickly the situation is moving....
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I seek clarification from the Minister for Education and Skills on a specific point. I understand that today we are debating the European Communities (Amendment) Bill, which is an amendment to Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I will speak, if I may. I did not interrupt anyone. Tomorrow we will have a discussion proper on the ESM Bill. I welcome the establishment of the ESM because this country does need to have potential access to a fund of that scale and size. We all criticised the European Union for the absence of mechanisms to respond to the type of crisis it has experienced in recent years. The...
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I suggest to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister that we could discuss, through the Whips, whether there would be an opportunity to have a longer debate on the ESM tomorrow. I do not wish to guillotine anything. More time should be provided. It is a serious subject. We have spent recent weeks discussing Europe in general on the hustings and the House should be in a position to...
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I note the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government is on his way out of the Chamber. I welcome him back.
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Minister was missing in action for several weeks and his reappearance on polling day was telling. He more or less said to people, "I have not gone away; I will be back." Today there are thousands of students sitting the junior and leaving certificate examinations. Our best wishes go to all of them. Students who will sit the examinations next year, however, will not have the benefit of...
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Despite the provisions included in the Education Act which underpin and support the provision of a professional career guidance service in the education system, the damage of this budget cut is serious and will undermine the capacity of career guidance teachers to help students in the most challenging times of their lives in the latter half of their second level schooling. Will the Minister...
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Altered. More like decimated.
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: That is the big untruth.
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Up to 800 posts have been cut.
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: A circular can be described as secondary legislation. Will there be an opportunity for the House to have a debate on the circular on the career guidance issued to second level schools? It is a great untruth for the Minister to suggest he is giving discretion to principals when he has axed 800 posts from second level schools. People get angry when they hear that kind of official speak which...
- Order of Business (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----rather than selectively targeting one vital service and almost eliminating it in one swoop.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The people voted "Yes" in the referendum on the stability treaty. We would all agree that, as we knocked on doors and travelled the country, there was a genuine fear among the people regarding the future prospects for their children, the country and, more important, dealing with the wider eurozone crisis which is having a direct impact on prospects here. The Taoiseach was in contact with...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: When the Taoiseach raised this issue with Chancellor Merkel, did he request specifically a write-down of Irish bank debt, particularly in regard to the promissory note, or a restructuring thereof? Will he indicate exactly what he requested of the Chancellor during that particular conversation and her response to him on the bank debt issue?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach a very simple question: what did Chancellor Merkel say to him? He raised these issues with her, but what did she say in response?
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach mentioned officials and so on. The Canadian Prime Minister put it succinctly when he said we were four years into the crisis and still trying to get a sense of what the game plan was at European leaders' level. That is what external commentators are saying about the succession of European summits. Every summit in the past 15 months was said to be a breakthrough in dealing...
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Another one.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is getting too late for this kind of crisis.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I want an answer.
- Leaders' Questions (6 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach raised that. He made a big deal about the telephone call.