Results 40,741-40,760 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- EU Summits (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the policies in relation to the European Union's Eastern Partnership and Neighbourhood Policy which he proposed at recent EU meetings. [28453/11]
- EU Summits (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach table any particular proposals or ideas for the meeting of the eastern partnership? Did he raise the issue of what most observers would see as the political show trial of former Prime Minister Tymoshenko? There is a difficulty in progressing with the eastern partnership if regimes, either in Belarus or Ukraine, continue with practices that are not acceptable to the...
- EU Summits (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach discuss the bondholders?
- EU Summits (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am somewhat surprised by the response on the discussions with the Prime Ministers of The Netherlands, Austria and Finland on the most fundamental issue facing the world, the future of the euro. This is bound up with the Greek default that is on the cards and the likelihood of sovereign bondholders losing up to 50% of their money. Are we bringing any proposals to the table at all? Are we...
- EU Summits (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Greek crisis drove the interest rate-----
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 12: To ask the Taoiseach if he has tabled any items for inclusion on the agenda of the forthcoming EU Council meeting. [28454/11]
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 13: To ask the Taoiseach if he will detail any discussions which he intends holding with EU leaders in advance of the next European Council meeting. [28455/11]
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach be specific in respect of the response to the questions I have put, especially the items he has tabled for inclusion in the agenda of the forthcoming EU Council meeting? Let us be clear: from the outset of the overall global crisis the Greek crisis has been the catalyst for changing the architecture for how Europe deals with countries in difficulty. It was largely...
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Those are the five issues.
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach saying we put Greece on the agenda?
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The summit is on Sunday.
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach ask for bondholders to be burned?
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach did not answer my question.
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach ask for the bondholders to be burned?
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Will the Taoiseach ask the question?
- European Council Meetings (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: No, it was not.
- Order of Business (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Order Paper notes the latest report from the National Treatment Purchase Fund. As the report was brought to the Government last week, the Taoiseach will be aware that it records the treatment of almost 34,000 people and a 99% satisfaction rate among patients and those treated under the fund. Will the Government make time available to debate the report and seek clarity regarding the...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Some 80% of Irish defined benefit schemes are in deficit and hundreds of thousands of workers are members of these schemes. The Taoiseach and the Government were advised in advance that the 0.6% pension levy would have a very negative impact on pensioners. Specifically, the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform were advised that the levy "is coming at the worst possible...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why did the Taoiseach, premeditatively, go after pensioners more than anybody else in this regard?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2011)
Micheál Martin: I asked the Taoiseach why he specifically hit pensioners in applying the pension levy. At the behest of the industry, he stitched into the legislation a specific provision that pensioners' benefits could be reduced through the application of the levy because they were in deficit. If he was convinced about charges, fees and administrative fat he would not have given that leeway to the...