Results 38,941-38,960 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: All of this is undermining the credibility of the household charge in the public mind. Does the Tánaiste really believe there will be such a rush to comply with the requirement to pay the charge that up to 1.5 million people will register to do so before next Saturday?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Minister, Deputy Howlin, basically put his hands up this morning and said this has not been handled well. I ask the Tánaiste whether he thinks this is fair.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Minister said it on "Morning Ireland".
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Is it fair that fines will automatically apply to those who do not pay the charge by 31 March, even though they have yet to receive a leaflet explaining how to pay the charge and Labour Party Ministers agree that it has been badly handled? Will the Government reconsider the matter? Will the Tánaiste confirm to the House that the timeframe within which people have to pay the household...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: That does not really answer the question. The matter has not been handled well. People should simply be able to go to their post office to pay the charge. Many people cannot pay online and some are being penalised because they cannot pay online, as we heard this morning. The Government should have broadened the exemptions from the outset, as my party proposed. We suggested a number of...
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: There clearly has not been a proactive, energetic, committed campaign by the Government to communicate to the people and get an effective response on the charge.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Last evening, Ursula Halligan reported on TV3 that she was being briefed by very authoritative Fine Gael Ministers and sources that there would be an extension.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: It may not be announced, we were told, but that it would kind of seep into the public consciousness again, such that we will somehow discover-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Is that the case? Is the Tánaiste aware that Ministers are briefing RTE and TV3 journalists and senior political correspondents, who have their sources? The Government has been very good at spinning and media management and I suspect this is another clever game at media management.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: If the Tánaiste is not prepared to make an admission today, will he state whether it is his view that the deadline should be extended or whether the Cabinet is now contemplating this? Does he honestly believe it is fair-----
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----that people will have to pay fines despite his acknowledgement and that of many Ministers of the bungled nature of the management of the household charge?
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Will it be changed?
- Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (21 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the details of the agri environment options scheme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14622/12]
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: I note that last week a commitment was made to introduce legislation to provide for a constitutional amendment for voting rights for emigrants in a presidential election. The Tánaiste was reported as saying he favoured constitutional change in order that emigrants can be enabled to vote in this country's elections, and initially in a presidential election. Is the Government in a position...
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am seeking clarity on what the Government is proposing in terms of amendments to the Constitution. Ministers are announcing whatever suits the particular audience to which they are speaking in terms of amendments to the Constitution-----
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: -----great constitutional reform and putting together a convention to discuss whether one can vote at the age of 17 years as opposed to 18 years.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: I am not asking that we discuss them. It is reasonable to ask if we can have a programme. We have a programme for Government and I ask that someone please outline what the Government will do in the next 12 or 18 months instead of making a series of announcements that never see the light of day and have far less substance than when they were originally communicated by the Government.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: I missed it too, although I had representatives at it.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach stated the two issues I raised would be addressed in the first 12 months.
- Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)
Micheál Martin: I note the Tánaiste's use of the word "total".