Results 38,641-38,660 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Perhaps the Taoiseach will clarify a number of points for the House in regard to the timetable for the personal insolvency Bill, in respect of which I am aware there was a press conference earlier. Perhaps, given the gravity of the situation, with more than 10% of people now in arrears of more than 90 days, the Taoiseach will tell us what the Government signed off on today and will set out a...
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----when will the health governance Bill be published and considered by the Houses of the Oireachtas?
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach stated that a presentation on the Bill will be made on Friday to the media. Surely, that presentation should be made to the Oireachtas first.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Surely the Taoiseach can have it circulated to Members of the respective committee and spokespersons on finance during the next three days.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The only people likely to do that are Ministers. The Taoiseach should circulate it to Members of the House.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Again the House is the last to know.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government promised change.
- European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: What is it?
- European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: During this crisis a pattern has been established of leaders working feverishly to implement short-term solutions which unravel quickly and make matters much worse. Yesterday, the fifth of the 17 member states of the eurozone applied for European funding because it could no longer borrow at affordable rates. It is no longer possible for anybody to argue that this crisis is the...
- European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Instead, weak letters, in which the Taoiseach calls for measures that have already been agreed, are sent to other capitals before summit meetings. These letters are then leaked to the media and solemn briefings are given about how the Taoiseach is pushing hard. The current situation is that his overwhelming priority is managing the domestic media, with a whirlwind of empty photo...
- European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I admire the dexterity of language used by the script writer in terms of that acknowledgement-----
- European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Therein was the acknowledgement of successive failures of the last 19 summits in coming to grips with the heart of this crisis.
- European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The cost of those failures of the past 15 months-----
- European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----of the various summits have been very high for the people of Europe.
- European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The citizens of Europe cannot afford another summit of brave words but timid action.
- European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: This would be a betrayal of them and the great cause of peace and prosperity among the nations of Europe.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I wish to address what has been a significant burst of incoherence from the Government over the past number of days and weeks. We have been bombarded with different messages from various Ministers on very fundamental issues. The comments of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Varadkar, on the need to defer public sector increments and the need for compulsory redundancies...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The word was "bust", not "burst".
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: There is a serious lack of direction emanating from the Government. There is no clarity on a range of issues. People want direction and need clarity. I asked the Taoiseach a simple question about whether the Government would honour the Croke Park agreement, but he was unable to answer it. He said Ministers would look at the report. The Government is either going to honour it or not. One...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: ------but they have no sense of that at present. At the press conference today, the Taoiseach was asked if banks would have the capacity to veto any arrangements, but he could not answer the question despite calling a major joint press conference with the Tánaiste. That lack of certainty and direction is undermining confidence. What has been done in the past week or two by Ministers will...