Results 39,761-39,780 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: This has been announced for approximately a year. Eight or ten weeks means one is looking at six months before this will be activated. It seems incredible that an operator has been identified but the House has not even had wind of anything. Also, the Minister might comment on the enterprise boards.
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: What of the country enterprise boards?
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Will there be legislation to abolish the existing boards?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: As Members are aware, 256 residents, involving approximately 64 families, were compelled last October to leave their homes in Priory Hall in Donaghmede following a High Court order relating to fire safety. For the past four months, those residents have essentially been homeless. We have read about the developer being before the courts, receiving fines and suspended prison sentences and...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: It can be done because where there is a will there is a way. A number of scenarios have been suggested but hiding behind the courts will not resolve this. A huge amount of money has been already spent on temporary accommodation. The authorities have statutory duties and obligations. Will the Government intervene to resolve this unacceptable situation on compassionate and humanitarian...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Sympathy, and outrage at the developer, are no longer good enough. The residents' clear view is that their plight is not the overriding priority of Government or of the institutions of the State, be they local or national. There is no sense of that among the residents who feel they have been abandoned by the institutions of the State. It is accepted, of course, that the developer has...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has asked us for solutions. Senator Averil Power spoke to the residents at last week's meeting. She told me that in Belmaine and Clongriffin there are currently many empty NAMA houses in estates. Surely some creative thinking can go into this whereby people could work with the city council, NAMA and others to do the humanitarian thing. This is an exceptional situation. I...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: We all agree about the appalling way they have been dealt with, but they need more than sympathy. We need intervention and action to deal with an exceptional situation. If people put their heads together they could bring about a resolution that would be satisfactory to the residents. It would also meet with the approval of people across the country.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: The courts are not dealing with the core issue.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: There comes a time when a solution has to be brought forward and the courts will not do it.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Yesterday's plan was all done before the Taoiseach got into office.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: It will cover ten years.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: The Government also got rid of the volcanic ash, in fairness.
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the political representatives from the Northern Assembly to whom he has written in relation to the promised constitutional review; if they will be given a formal role in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3294/12]
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the way he plans to involve a representative range of political and community views from the North of Ireland in the upcoming constitutional review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3295/12]
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he intends to consult other parties or outside organisations in advance of presenting a formal proposal for the constitutional convention. [6192/12]
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach the intended timetable for the establishment and work of the constitutional convention. [6193/12]
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: I have a number of questions on the constitutional convention. Nine months ago the Taoiseach first promised the House that he would soon consult the Opposition on the terms of reference and composition of the convention. On 3 May 2011 he told me he was sick of the days where the Oireachtas was the last to know about things. On the same day he promised to consider the inclusion of Northern...
- Constitutional Amendments (14 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: It has been nine months since the commitment was made to consult the leaders of the Opposition and there has been no consultation whatsoever. Is it the Taoiseach's intention to just brief Members about what has been decided or will there be a genuine offer to the leaders of the Opposition parties to have some input into the terms of reference and the matters that would come under...
- Overseas Missions (8 Feb 2012)
Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Minister for Defence if the armed forces will be participating in conflict resolution and counter terrorism cooperation activities during the presidency of the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6735/12]