Results 3,881-3,900 of 49,960 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is not allowing me to answer.
- Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I have told her the plan has to both be in terms of reducing and dealing fast with applications that come in from those seeking asylum. The second has already been published by Government in terms of its accommodation strategy. The third is that we do not believe it acceptable that tents should be in the public realm. This has emerged in more recent times, and we will continue to focus on it.
- Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: My other point is that many-----
- Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Government has done everything it can, and will continue to do so, to get to the truth behind these terrible events. We remember the victims, survivors and all those affected by these barbaric attacks on 17 May 1974. We will attend commemorative ceremonies on Talbot Street and in Monaghan. I recently met Sir Iain Livingstone, the officer in overall command of Operation Kenova and the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: We have taken action. The Deputy is being very disingenuous. We have taken action long before this war and during it. We were one of the first to support the NGOs that Israel had, in our view, wrongly labelled as supporters of terrorism. We continued our support for those NGOs, which are human rights organisations, with finance. We met them. I already instanced the UNRWA situation and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: No one speaks more than-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy speaks a lot as well. I am not-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----just about talk. I am about practical action and the hard yards of trying to persuade people.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: The political accommodation in South Africa involved people on all sides taking momentous steps in the context of truth commissions and everything else.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Ultimately, if we want Palestinians and Israelis to live side by side in harmony, there will have to be a political resolution. That will involve-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Everybody in this House has condemned the bombardment of Gaza.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Everybody has to be fair. I am trying to say that, ultimately, there is no other way. It is like what happened in Northern Ireland. For 30 years, people were bombing and maiming each other. People are now living together in harmony-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----and in peace. That ultimately has to happen in the Middle East. Otherwise, there will not be sustainable peace in the region. We have to work at that. That is hard work.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue and for his long-term commitment in respect of it. He has consistently raised it in the House on a number of occasions. The Government continues to support the roll-out of a national service for long Covid. In 2022, about €2.2 million was provided for the implementation of the model of care. That trebled to €6.6 million in...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I accept what the Deputy is saying. War crimes have been committed. I am in no doubt about that. What is happening is a shocking humanitarian catastrophe. The most immediate priority is this Friday, when the UN General Assembly will consider the question of admitting Palestine to the United Nations to enjoy the rights and the full gamut of what is available as a member. That vote and the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----further examination of that from a legal perspective but the advice has been very strong to us.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Again, the European Council meeting is in June, I think.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: We will see what can happen there. The Foreign Affairs Council meeting will be held before that. We have the meeting of the UN on Friday and we will see where we go from there.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: First of all, I do not rule; I am elected-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: -----as is everybody else in this House. We have a parliamentary democracy in this country which I respect, and I respect the views of all citizens. I am under no illusion about the strength of feeling across the entire Irish people about what is happening within Palestine, and to Palestinians in Gaza in particular. My own party has been consistently supportive of a Palestinian right to...