Results 40,201-40,220 of 51,305 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: Labour activation measures have been a feature of the social welfare system for the past two decades. It has never been the case that people just sign on. That has not been the case for many years. What has happened in this budget highlights the flaw in the economic management council. We were told it went through things line by line. The Taoiseach said it had 14 meetings. We know from...
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----that the Taoiseach and the members of the council were aware of all these cuts as far back as 9 September, yet no one seemed to see the unfairness of them-----
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----and the impact they would have. Given that the Ministers for Finance, Transport, Tourism and Sport, and Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and others-----
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: A Cheann Comhairle, I am trying to ask a question. I have never come across this interference-----
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----and I have been in this House a long time.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: But the Ceann Comhairle tends to have an awful tendency to interrupt people when they are legitimately asking a question.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is not on, with the greatest of respect.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am not making a statement. I am trying to come a question-----
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----but the Ceann Comhairle has a habit of interfering when he does not like maybe some of what has been said.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is the way I interpret it now.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, which remark?
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I withdraw that remark but I am very unhappy with the manner of the interventions.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am trying to say that now. I am being very fair and reasonable.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am going to ask a question.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I witnessed the previous ten to 15 minutes and there was not that kind of intervention.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: No, there was not.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I respectfully suggest that if the Ceann Comhairle let people get on with asking the question, there would not be any of this. I have been here a long time-----
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is the Ceann Comhairle's comment.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: I will allow other Members in. I have tabled questions as the leader of the Fianna Fáil Party.
- Economic Management Council (13 Dec 2011)
Micheál Martin: We have 400,000 people who elected us and I am entitled to ask the questions.