Results 41,661-41,680 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach resigning from the promises made?
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Is the Taoiseach denying he made a promise about Roscommon hospital? Is the answer yes or no?
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Has the Taoiseach resigned the promises made? He should be honest. Did he make a promise about the retention of accident and emergency services in Roscommon?
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: There are very real concerns.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Buttimer is the closest to a Jack Russell I have ever come across.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: It was not a cornerstone of anything.
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Standing Orders are clear on the right of the House to ask for documents which are important for discussions. The Taoiseach will be aware that Fianna Fáil Members, including me, asked repeatedly for all background documents to be published before a decision should be taken to amend the terms of reference of the Smithwick tribunal. None were produced and the motion was guillotined...
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is in order.
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I seek the guidance of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on this. This is a serious matter. A significant scandal is involved to a certain extent. I am not referring to the rights or wrongs of progressing a tribunal. At issue fundamentally is that the Taoiseach and the Minister were asked to provide any background materials or documents that gave rise to the Minister's decision to change the...
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not addressing my core point. The Members debated the amendment to the terms of reference in the absence of any knowledge of the deepest concerns held by the judge about the Minister's actions. That is the point. One can argue the merits and demerits of the other points and anything else after that but I am adverting to the net point. Why was the documentation withheld...
- Order of Business (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am not putting down a question. It is improper behaviour.
- Croke Park Agreement (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: While I take the view that it is important to adopt a constructive approach, does the Taoiseach consider the targets that have been met to be sufficient to meet the budgetary targets that clearly are required to be met in the next 12 months? In other words, has an assessment been made that the actual savings made will be sufficient to meet the overall deficit reduction challenge, given that...
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will outline the arrangements he has made to distribute a formal review of the implementation of the Programme for Government. [17275/11]
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach the measures he will publish in the near future regarding Government performance beyond the 100 day report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18384/11]
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Three weeks ago the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste held a press conference and issued a document mainly about implementing measures prepared by the last Government. It included almost none of the specific commitments the Taoiseach made in respect of the first 100 days in government, such as his personal diplomatic initiative or his ban on constituency work...
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The 100 days lark was an election gimmick.
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: If one read what the Taoiseach announced during that press conference, it bore no relation to the incredible commitments he made to many people throughout the country on specific items, such as retaining all hospitals, his personal diplomatic initiative, which he has not embarked upon, and many other issues. Now the 100 days has passed, we will go back to an annual review. The Taoiseach...
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: The 100 days was the election gimmick. There are set procedures in terms of reviewing the programme for Government with every Minister and on informing the public about the degree to which commitments made in the programme are adhered to. Normally, that takes the course of a formal review. Who will conduct and be responsible for that formal review in the Taoiseach's Department?
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: Clearly, the Taoiseach is not a bit touchy about them.
- Programme for Government (5 Jul 2011)
Micheál Martin: We are familiar with his zeal to implement them.