Results 38,601-38,620 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: The previous Government published legislation on the children's rights referendum. I am not aware of the degree to which this legislation varies from that of the previous Government. This is an urgent issue given all that has happened in more recent times, in particular the past week. We need clarity around what is being proposed. There was an exhaustive process on this issue during the...
- Leaders' Questions (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Before the referendum date was set, I said we would favour it not being held in the immediate aftermath of the French presidential election because it had the potential to cause uncertainty. This has happened to a certain degree and needs to be addressed. I ask the Taoiseach to give the House some clarity on the situation. It is fair to say that Mr. Hollande favours balanced budgets and...
- Leaders' Questions (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: We would appreciate some specifics on the growth agenda. It is all well to talk about it but we need specific proposals on it and Ireland should be tabling some measures because an opportunity exists now, particularly in terms of something over and above the fiscal treaty. We have consistently argued the fiscal treaty is an essential step for Ireland's recovery but that it needs much more,...
- Leaders' Questions (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: It took Deputy Adams long enough to discover dialogue.
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed an inquiry into the Finucane murder with Prime Minister Cameron at his meeting on 15 March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10582/12]
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on his call for an inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane; if any actions have been taken since his visit to Northern Ireland and London; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12194/12]
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the possibility of a UK Finance Commissioner being appointed with Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15194/12]
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach the areas of common interest in relation to the financial sector that were discussed with Prime Minister Cameron at their recent meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15195/12]
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 14: To ask the Taoiseach if he discussed the EU Fiscal Treaty at his recent meeting with Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15196/12]
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 15: To ask the Taoiseach the particular trade areas of mutual interest that he discussed with Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15197/12]
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 16: To ask the Taoiseach the cross border issues he discussed with Prime Minister Cameron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15198/12]
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 17: To ask the Taoiseach the details of the discussions he had with Prime Minister Cameron regarding a financial transaction tax; the actions they will be taking together; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16224/12]
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 18: To ask the Taoiseach the discussions he had with Prime Minister Cameron about the corporation tax level in Northern Ireland; when it is expected to be lowered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16225/12]
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: It seems to have become a consistent pattern of the past year that the Taoiseach tends to group questions on Northern Ireland with entirely unrelated questions. For example, I suggest that questions on the investigation into the murder of Pat Finucane should not be grouped for reply with questions about United Kingdom policies on the stability treaty. Even though parties in this House are...
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: They should be dealt with separately from questions on Europe.
- Official Engagements (8 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: I refer to the Taoiseach's discussions with the British Prime Minister. He referred to a joint study on the economic relationship and on helping Northern Ireland to return to prosperity. Did the Taoiseach and the Prime Minister discuss a recent alarming and depressing report which indicated that one in every two children born and reared in west Belfast will experience poverty? There seems...
- Written Answers — Property Tax: Property Tax (3 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the recent ESRI report on the way property charges should be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21421/12]
- Sale of State Assets (2 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if the working group on the part-privatisation of Bord Gáis will be asked to consider the impact of incorporating Irish Water into it while privatising it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21923/12]
- Order of Business (2 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: I raised an issue earlier in respect of the health services. My over-riding sense is that there is an absence of any direction in the health services at the moment. This is principally because the existing governance framework has been arbitrarily disbanded in terms of the HSE board with no alternative put in place. The situation is unsatisfactory. Most commentators and observers remark...
- Order of Business (2 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: That Bill was guillotined.