Results 38,701-38,720 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is certainly straying now.
- Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach answered my previous question about the Pelosi-Geithner issue straight up eventually. Why did he not raise the role of the Secretary of the Treasury in vetoing any attempt to burn bank bondholders in 2010? Why is there a reluctance to raise the issue with anybody in the American Administration?
- Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Why not?
- Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am intrigued as to why the matter was not raised. When we ask in this House about meetings with President Obama or the Minister for Finance's meeting with the Treasury Secretary, Mr. Geithner, we are told that nobody mentioned the G word or the word "veto" in respect of the possible role played by Mr. Geithner prior to Ireland's bailout. I am very interested to discover the position of...
- Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Joan Burton, asked the Taoiseach to make that comment. I would prefer if he would answer the question I asked.
- Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: We never shied away from any issue.
- Official Engagements (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Is this questions to the Taoiseach or questions to the Leader of the Opposition?
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: What is the status of the health governance Bill? Many hospitals are in a very serious situation in terms of their capacity to pay bills and we are seeing overruns in budgets throughout the State. I understand management at Beaumont hospital, among others, has indicated that it may not be in a position to pay staff in the autumn because of the crisis that is emerging in its finances. Since...
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach confirm that it is the Government that will decide the timetable, not Deputy Boyd Barrett or anybody else?
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The point is that Deputy Boyd Barrett is not, in fact, determining anything in this regard.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Next week's summit has been described as "do or die" for the euro so serious and urgent is the situation facing us. Analysts are predicting that Spain will require a full sovereign bailout. Its bond yields have risen to unsustainable levels and the situation in Italy is equally serious and urgent. We know that a committee of what are known as the four wise men - Van Rompuy, Juncker,...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I did not really receive a reply to the question I asked regarding the Government's position on the fundamental changes that have been articulated. The Taoiseach stated that the agenda has not be specified by President Van Rompuy. However, all analysts are stating that said agenda is quite straightforward, namely, how can we save the euro. There is also a question relating to the steps...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----and eurozone countries to solve this problem. It is time the Government published a paper on this matter, outlining its position on a number of fundamental questions. I ask that it publish such a paper because I am of the view that such questions are going to come our way sooner than the Taoiseach thinks. We need to be honest and up-front with the people and outline the relevant issues...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: Answer the question.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I thought the Taoiseach stated previously that it was somebody else's crisis.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: What is the country's position?
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: That would require a referendum.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: A referendum would be required in order to alter the structure of the ESM.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: I was referring to the ESM.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should withdraw that implication. That is not the issue.