Results 38,621-38,640 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- 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.
- Order of Business (2 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Would the Taoiseach ever reply to the e-mails? We are getting thousands of them. They think we are in government.
- Order of Business (2 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: We are getting thousands but I am not in government.
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: As the Taoiseach is aware, a transformation has occurred in the treatment of cancer in the past decade, with outcomes and survival rates improving. Skin cancer is very common in Ireland because the majority of people have fair skin. Over 1,200 people were diagnosed with malignant melanoma in 2008 alone. Fortunately, the majority of skin cancers are treatable, but metastatic melanoma is one...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: I do not entirely accept the veracity of the Taoiseach's reply. One of the country's great strengths was its facilitation of breakthrough drugs, particularly in oncology and cardiology. We are known for having this strength because breakthrough drugs become commonplace in time. The European drugs agency approved this treatment across Europe last July and the drug is available in the United...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: It has been known about for the past two years.
- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (1 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made on the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21296/12]
- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (1 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21296/12]
- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (1 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made on the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21296/12]
- Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (1 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 415: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will make a statement on the progress made so far with the implementation of the 20 year strategy for the Irish language. [13656/12]
- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (1 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made on the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21296/12]
- Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (1 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21296/12]
- Order of Business (1 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: Not half as circumspect as the Taoiseach.
- Order of Business (1 May 2012)
Micheál Martin: It was in the media at the weekend.