Results 40,721-40,740 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----as the Minister has confirmed. In addition, in that context, will the European Stabilisation Fund be applied and activated? Has the Taoiseach received any indication from other companies in the insurance sector about job losses? Has he had direct contact with the leaders of the industry? He mentioned the Clearing House Group. The announcement could signal a serious issue within the...
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: He knows.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach should have, given what has happened. That is the point.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: No, I did not ask that question.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is why the Taoiseach should meet the industry. That is the point.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I did not say that.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: We are speaking about 1,000 job losses.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: We are supposed to be speaking about Aviva.
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I don't think so, Taoiseach.
- Passport Applications (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I reluctantly raise this issue on the floor of the House because of the inability and failure of parents of a beautiful baby daughter who was born to them last September with the help of a surrogate mother in India to get a passport from the Department of Foreign Affairs. There are other children in this situation as well. It is my strong view that there is nothing to stop the Department of...
- Passport Applications (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is on the general issue of surrogacy and the issuing of passports.
- Passport Applications (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The parents have advised me that the Circuit Court refused to hear the case on 8 June, stating it should be heard in the High Court. There have been previous examples of refusals or reluctance to grant passport applications. I dealt with one such case, although unfortunately I resigned for political reasons shortly after I issued an instruction on it. I was told the Attorney General's...
- Passport Applications (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The parents did not go to court for a passport.
- Passport Applications (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Reasonable grounds.
- Interdepartmental Committees (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. As these three questions in effect relate to three different issues, I will try to take them separately. However, I wish to put an overall point to the Taoiseach. Does he agree it continues to be the case that the new structure of the Taoiseach's office makes it less subject to parliamentary scrutiny now than at any time in its history? The...
- Interdepartmental Committees (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why will the Taoiseach not answer questions about the EU Presidency? He still transfers even the most basic EU questions to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. It was always the precedent in the House that the Taoiseach would answer questions on his or her role in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The last time we discussed this, the Taoiseach said it might be down to...
- Interdepartmental Committees (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is the Leader of the Government and one would expect he would want to put his stamp on an EU Presidency in terms of the themes of the Presidency and what he wants the Presidency to be about, albeit in changed circumstances administratively and co-ordination wise. They are issues that fall due to be discussed in a session such as this and to facilitate questions to inform that.
- Interdepartmental Committees (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I should be allowed to table questions.
- Interdepartmental Committees (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why are questions to the Taoiseach always transferred to other Departments?
- Interdepartmental Committees (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: However, they are being transferred every time we do it.