Results 40,501-40,520 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update regarding his bilateral contacts with leaders from Eurozone countries. [31036/11]
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 9: To ask the Taoiseach if he has circulated any documents to other heads of State or Government from Eurozone countries. [31037/11]
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will institute cross-party discussions regarding potential changes to the EU treaties. [31038/11]
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach if he has held any bilateral discussion with Prime Minister Papandreou since the matter was last discussed in Dáil Ãireann. [31040/11]
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on his plans to lead bilateral delegations in the next six months. [31043/11]
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 27: To ask the Taoiseach if the rising unemployment figures in the EU have been substantially discussed at recent EU council meetings; the actions being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32970/11]
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I have eight questions in what by any standards is a large group of questions.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I have eight questions in the group and because of the limits which are naturally imposed on us, I want to ask separately about a number of questions on the issues I raised. We all are clear that the eurozone is engulfed in a crisis which threatens its very existence, and yet in the eight months since the Taoiseach's appointment, he has not still visited or hosted a eurozone leader. We all...
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I tabled this substantial number of questions because, when entering Government, the Taoiseach stated he would launch a major diplomatic initiative. He engaged in a great deal of political spin on the subject and the expectation was that he was going to do the tour he has just derided by remarking, "It might be nice to set off on a European tour". The Taoiseach made all of these comments....
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----lack of attendance at meetings. I refer him to a Swedish research paper. It was categoric that, during the past decade, the Irish Government was fifth out of the 27 member states in terms of attendance. I can give this substantive piece of academic research to the Taoiseach. It was objectively done by Swedish researchers, not by anyone here. I did not create the political spin about...
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: There is an obligation on the Taoiseach to circulate papers on, for example, unsecured bondholders and how the European Financial Stability Facility, EFSF, is working. We are all getting a bit tired of people coming out of meetings saying they have lifted it for Europe once and for all, we have turned a corner etc. All of the crisis summits have failed. They unravel within a week or two,...
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: That did nothing.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is not true.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I will give the Taoiseach the research.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: This is not good enough. The Taoiseach has done none of what I have mentioned. He should call it a day.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I would not, actually.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The question of how Chancellor Merkel and President Sarkozy pursue these issues is crucial, because they made a hames of Deauville last year.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: They also made a hames of successive summits in terms of the reaction of the bond markets. I asked the Taoiseach a question earlier but he did not reply because there were so many questions. Why was there no mention of ECB reform in the 15 pages of conclusions that emanated from the summit?
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach please answer my question? I do not want any smart-aleckry from him.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach paid unsecured bondholders last week.