Results 401-420 of 49,960 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: We are now in a new position where, if you successfully barrack down and intimidate people enough, you will try to get your way.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: We cannot allow that to happen. The Government side is not going to allow that to happen.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: I genuinely believe that what you have done yesterday and since day one of this Dáil when you did not want the constitutional obligation of the Dáil fulfilled-----
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: ---you have set the tone for how this Dáil is going to go.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Yes, it is a very serious issue. It will be profound if it is not satisfactorily resolved by dialogue. A trade war would have a very serious impact on GDP and GNI, in other words, the income of the nation. It could potentially have a serious impact on employment. It is the most serious challenge facing this Government. We had a number of meetings on Monday in respect of it, the...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Bacik got the briefing yesterday. It is ongoing. The contacts with Commissioner Šefčovič, the President of the Commission and the US Administration are ongoing.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: First I would ask that there would not be industrial action. We have 28,500 more staff working in the health system now than there were at the beginning of 2020. That is an increase of about 24% in staffing levels within the health service. I acknowledge that population growth has been significant but by any yardstick there has been consistent, huge and increased investment in our health...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, the bottom line is the deal was the formation of Government in terms of the programme for Government. The now Minister of State, Deputy Marian Harkin, went through the programme for Government line by line. Deputy Seán Canney, now Minister of State – all the independent group – went through the programme for Government. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae – Minister...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: Independent Ireland, for example, was not happy with aspects of the programme for Government and we were not prepared to accept some of the issues it wanted us to deal with. Independent Ireland actually had a decent discussion with us but there were some demands that we were not prepared to concede. But the Regional Independent Group went through it line by line. It was policy based but...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The bottom line is ----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: On speaking time, no. And by the way, the Regional Independent Group would, I would say, prefer a far different arrangement than what is being proposed by the Chief Whip.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: In respect of what by any yard stick ----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: ----it is a very modest rebalancing -----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----where you get eight minutes on a Wednesday, eight minutes on a Thursday.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is a joke.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: First, I stand over the Government’s record on Gaza. I do not accept the Deputy’s criticism on that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: We have been very clear in our condemnation of Israeli violence in Gaza-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----and equally of our condemnation of Hamas's atrocity on 7 October, something which the Deputy and her colleagues have never condemned which I think is a shame and a stain on you that you have never condemned what was an appalling slaughter of the innocents. It is noticeable that you have always refused to do that. Look at this morning. We have had Leaders’ Questions from...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: The public will see all of this over the coming weeks. This is feigned outrage. It is very modest, the Deputy is correct. The Deputy asked a question. I am not dying in any ditch. I think it is a reasonable, balanced solution which took about 20 hours.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)
Micheál Martin: By the way, the commitment of the former Chief Whip was to engage fully with the Dáil reform committee and to work to secure an agreement as soon as possible that was acceptable to the Government and Opposition. Not just Opposition but to the Government as well-----