Results 39,121-39,140 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: There is a basic requirement and prerequisite before any Government goes down the road of at least a minimum of €500 million investment. It could be multiples of that before we are finished, if one listens to executive engineers across the country or to the executive manager of Dublin City Council.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: The only plan the Taoiseach has now on this is to pass the buck. What we are hearing now is that Bord Gáis is saying there are serious engineering challenges. The census has thrown up more challenges and some 300,000 houses cannot be metered and so on and on. There will be no charges before 2014. We are being told not to worry about the detail, as the regulator and Bord Gáis will take...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: The country is owed more than that. I ask the Taoiseach to publish all documentation and all advice he has received on this project, from all Departments and agencies so that we can have an informed debate on the merits or demerits of the entire project.

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach publish all the advice?

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach publish all the advice received?

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or any of his officials have attended any meetings recently regarding recommendations in the Moriarty and Mahon Tribunal reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19792/12]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or any of his officials have attended any meetings recently regarding recommendations in the Moriarty and Mahon Tribunal reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19792/12]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 320: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he or any of his officials have attended any meetings recently regarding recommendations in the Moriarty and Mahon Tribunal reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19792/12]

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 452: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the progress being made on the National Plan for Social Inclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13653/12]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any of his officials have attended any meetings recently regarding recommendations in the Moriarty and Mahon Tribunal reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19792/12]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 553: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he or any of his officials have attended any meetings recently regarding recommendations in the Moriarty and Mahon Tribunal reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19792/12]

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is not agreed.

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Ceann Comhairle and commend him on that action.

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: I remind Deputy Buttimer the Ceann Comhairle is independent-----

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: -----and has the best interests of the Members of Parliament at heart. Deputy Buttimer should not be so angry. I do not know why he is heckling so much or why he seems so agitated.

Estimates for Public Services 2012: Messages from Select Committees (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: This represents a substantive change to the Bill. The reason the motion is being tabled is because the amendments introduced were not contemplated by the original Bill. They were outside the scope of the original Bill and that is not good enough in the context of a debate that is being guillotined on Second, Committee, Report and Final Stages. This is shoddy treatment of Members of the...

Croke Park Agreement (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has attended any meetings in relation to the implementation of the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19790/12]

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Government announced over a year ago that it planned to review the domiciliary care allowance in order to reduce costs. Since then there has been a relentless assault on children with special needs and the domiciliary care allowance and this is unacceptable and wrong in my view. As a result of the reviews to date, nearly 50% of children with autism and with serious special needs have...

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is on the wrong issue.

Leaders' Questions (24 Apr 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has missed the point completely. The issue is not about the review of payments at the age of 16 that the Minister has initiated. I am talking about children as young as four to eight years of age whose domiciliary allowances are being taken from them because of desk-top reviews. I met the parents concerned outside the gates of Leinster House this morning and I have also met...