Results 38,561-38,580 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: It seems to me from the Taoiseach's reply that the banks are playing Molly Bawn with him. His response is incredible: "We have had face to face meetings. We have established a special sub-committee." Nothing has happened. The Taoiseach's response is to suggest that the personal insolvency Bill will commence in the autumn. It will not pass through the House this session and we are looking...
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: We published the Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill, introduced by Deputy Michael McGrath. This was accepted by the Government on Second Stage, but now it has been allowed stagnate. Before Christmas, we published the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill, which would give stronger powers to the Financial Ombudsman, but that too has been...
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: He is at the end of his patience.
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Everybody is reporting to everybody and nobody knows what is going on.
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Much more complex legislation has been passed in a far shorter time.
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: The uncertainty is adding to the problem.
- Leaders' Questions (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government has done nothing there. It has not helped.
- Departmental Strategy Statements (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's role in tackling the jobs crisis as outlined in his Department's strategy statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23883/12]
- Departmental Strategy Statements (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the policy areas for which he or his Department are specifically responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23751/12]
- Departmental Strategy Statements (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if his Department is adequately staffed to allow for implementation of the full Programme for Government as outlined in his Department's Strategy Statement 2011-2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24818/12]
- Departmental Strategy Statements (22 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the way he plans to promote further transparency from his Department as outlined in the Strategy Statement 2011-2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24819/12]
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 92: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of funding given to the Curreeny Hedge School, County Tipperary, from 2002-2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24611/12]
- General Practitioner Services (16 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Health the consultations he has held with general practitioners regarding the extension of free care to those with long term illnesses; the expected cost of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24288/12]
- Written Answers — Child and Family Support Agency: Child and Family Support Agency (15 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 105: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a progress update on the establishment of the new Child and Family Services Agency; if she will confirm if the agency is on track to be established on 1 January 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24025/12]
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Having listened to the Taoiseach I feel he needs to change the administrative arrangements for overseeing the implementation of the programme for Government. The Taoiseach identified three headline issues. They are consolidation of the public finances, restoration of our international reputation and jobs. I agree with the Taoiseach that public finances have stabilised. They did not...
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: The answer to the question on the 700 school leavers with disability is absolutely unsatisfactory. The situation has been going on for months. It is a budgetary issue. They did not get a budget this year in terms of the additionality that is required to provide for placements for those young people. That is the problem. It goes to the heart of a failure of prioritisation to ensure there...
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: I have seen the letters outlining that due to a lack of provision of additional funding a place will not be provided for one's son or daughter as the case might be. It is a disgrace and it reflects badly on the Government in terms of prioritisation. It is reflected also in the increasing number of special needs assistants who are being cut. I put it to the Taoiseach that he needs to change...
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Has that commitment been formally abandoned?
- Programmes for Government (15 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: It is the nature of Question Time. It does not happen every day.
- Order of Business (15 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: I read yesterday that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, had spoken about the potential privatisation of Coillte. In the context of the forthcoming forestry Bill, I have extreme concerns about what is being considered. At the moment, Coillte has a land bank of just less than half a million hectares, which is significant not just financially but also in terms...