Results 39,681-39,700 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: The teachers think it will be reversed.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: That is a minor issue compared to schools losing teachers. The Taoiseach should come back to the issue of DEIS.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is hurting the most vulnerable in the community. He has to change it.

Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Before Christmas the Taoiseach said he would close more.

Ministerial Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: I believe in the importance of external advice to Ministers and to the Taoiseach. I do not see anything wrong with that. It is a valued part of how modern government should work and it needs constant reflection and so on. I am, therefore, not against it. However, the problem is the Taoiseach's presentation of this issue is "Do as I say, not as I do". The controversy is showing that the...

Ministerial Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Does the Taoiseach agree with the proposition that when the guidelines and salaries are broken for eight out of 15 Departments, this is a public relations exercise? I understand the argument about people coming from a highly competitive jobs market and one's desire to get some people in speciality areas in to advise government. However, that argument is disingenuous in the context of some...

Ministerial Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: I never went beyond the guidelines.

Ministerial Staff (17 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach was so understanding of that position when he sat over here.

Departmental Bodies (17 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the details of the proposed interdepartmental committee on European engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39474/11]

Departmental Bodies (17 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Has the committee met? If so, how many times? The reason I tabled the question is that during previous Question Times, the Taoiseach indicated that this committee would be a core part of the new role of his Department in overseeing European affairs. He also claimed that every Department would be given a clear national role in terms of its objectives in...

Written Answers — Tourism Industry: Tourism Industry (12 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for increasing tourist numbers in 2012 ahead of The Gathering in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1534/12]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (12 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail any commitments he has made regarding the A5-N2 road project. [1779/12]

Private Members' Business, Special Educational Needs: Motion (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: I wish to share my time with Deputy Brendan Smith and Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív who, I anticipate, will arrive in the nick of time. We have 15 minutes to speak so it will be a difficult challenge to deal with all aspects of this issue. Since it came to office, this Government has placed a higher priority on the presentation of announcements than on their content. Nowhere was this clearer than...

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 18: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to lift the staff moratorium in relation to psychiatric services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1180/12]

Written Answers — Health Service Reform: Health Service Reform (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: Question 957: To ask the Minister for Health if he has attended meetings regarding the special delivery unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37017/11]

Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: I have in my hand-----

Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: It is relevant to what I am about to say. It is an absolute necessity to have an iPhone in the House because today the treaty on stability, coordination and governance in the economic and monetary union was leaked online.

Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: It highlights the irrelevance of this House to promised legislation in terms of a European Union treaty. We have been asking for months for details of the Government's proposals for this treaty and for its position on a new EU treaty. The Government has committed itself to a European Union treaty, a draft copy of which has now been leaked. The Taoiseach must have access to the detail of...

Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: What about this draft?

Order of Business (11 Jan 2012)

Micheál Martin: The Attorney General would surely be consulted if these issues were being discussed by the Permanent Representatives and the officials negotiating for the 27 member states.