Results 41,301-41,320 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: He is transferring every single question to other Ministers. He came to the House today bluffing.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Can the Taoiseach tell me-----
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I only have one point to make. Why was the question on contacts with Heads of Government transferred to the Minister for Finance? What was wrong with its wording?
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: An absolute bluff. The Taoiseach is smiling up to the press gallery.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is pathetic. I apologise to Deputy Adams.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: When will we get guidance from the Taoiseach?
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Correct.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is filibustering now.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Not on the Taoiseach's role in it.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The first three of my four questions out of the six relate to parliamentary questions and it is logical that they come together. I am not interested in the groupings; I am more concerned about the nature of the replies we receive here. I asked in Question No. 1 if the Taoiseach would give a specific list of public affairs connected to his Department and matters of administration for which he...
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: That is what is in the reform programme. It is less than the position was previously. It is absolutely unacceptable that the Taoiseach came in here this morning and tried to bluff his way through by saying I should ask the question differently. When I gave the Taoiseach concrete examples of the questions I had tabled and that the Taoiseach had transferred, he had no answer. It is...
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why was that question transferred when the Taoiseach was specifically asked about it?
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Why did the Taoiseach transfer the question?
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I know that but they were transferred.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: No. It is because the Taoiseach chooses not to answer them.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Would the Taoiseach stop acting the idiot? No one asked him about that. Come off it.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I asked him about his role in the European Presidency.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: With all due respect, the Taoiseach is acting the idiot.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: He is transferring them.
- Departmental Functions (20 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is a joke and the Taoiseach is smiling because he knows it.