Results 40,521-40,540 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: The ECB was not on the agenda in the current crisis.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is not a fiscal crisis, it is a financial and monetary crisis. The Taoiseach keeps missing that point.
- EU Summits (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Waffle.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: According to the programme for Government, this Dáil is due to consider at least ten constitutional amendments and an overall constitutional convention. Without a new approach and a willingness both to consult and listen to other opinions, many of these proposals will meet the same fate as the Oireachtas inquiries referendum. I hope we can be assured that the notable winning ways of...
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: In June, when I asked the Taoiseach a question about the constitutional convention and the constitutional amendments proposed in the programme for Government, he said: "Before I draft the final structure and terms of reference, party leaders will be consulted." In the months since then, there have been absolutely no consultations whatsoever. The Minister for the Environment, Community and...
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: A constitutional amendment requires legislation and requires the implementation of the programme for Government. I am entirely within standing orders to ask the question.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: There you are.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for what he said but the Minister, Deputy Hogan, has said he will publish the material in a week.
- Order of Business (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Therefore, the Taoiseach is not going to bring in the legislation.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: On 3 November, the new President of the European Central Bank, Mr. Mario Draghi, announced a cut in the bank's main policy rate from 1.5% to 1.25%. This was as result of what he described as a mild recession looming for the eurozone by the end of the year. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, rightly responded to the rate cut last week by stating the banks obviously should pass on the...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am extremely surprised the Taoiseach has no legislation prepared and that, clearly, no work has been undertaken in recent weeks or months to prepare such legislation. The Keane report came to Government more than six weeks ago but no decisions have emanated from that report, as has been confirmed by the Minister, Deputy Joan Burton. Every single commitment that was made to mortgage...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is a very serious issue for the hard-pressed mortgage holders across the country.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is incredible and unbelievable that we do not know what banks such as AIB and Bank of Ireland, which we have substantially recapitalised through the taxpayer, will do on this. There should be no question of what they should do on this, and the Taoiseach should make this clear. Has he or any member of the Government spoken to AIB or Bank of Ireland, for example, to make sure they pass on...
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: We have tabled legislation.
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Has the Taoiseach asked the AIB and Bank of Ireland before-----
- Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: So the Taoiseach has not spoken to them. That is the point.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he has instituted any changes to the membership of the Cabinet Committee on Health. [31044/11]
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: My initial question relates to whether there have been changes to the membership of the Cabinet sub-committee on health which, to date, has only met on one occasion. I tabled it as a result of the fact that there was a degree of uncertainty in respect of health policy per se. There is also an incredible lack of clarity with regard to the future direction of health policy. Is the HSE going...
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: It relates to the work of the Cabinet sub-committee on health.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (8 Nov 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am trying to obtain from the Taoiseach a sense of what is happening. These are issues which the Cabinet sub-committee on health should be considering.