Results 42,661-42,680 of 50,916 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: We dealt with all of that in here.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: How come?
- Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: -----and not just the recommendations. As we know, Mr. Justice Moriarty had an extremely difficult task. He investigated complex matters and faced active hostility from some individuals before the tribunal. He has done his work with integrity, commitment and skill and he has produced a very comprehensive report. I believe the Dáil and the public should thank him for his efforts. This is a...
- Order of Business (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is over three weeks since the changes in ministerial responsibilities were announced yet Members of this House are being denied the right to ask questions of two members of the Government. All questions to Deputy Brendan Howlin are being answered by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan. All questions to Deputy Frances Fitzgerald are being answered by the Minister for Health...
- Moriarty Tribunal Report: Statements (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I welcome the publication of the final report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Payments to Politicians and Related Matters. I accept fully the conclusions of the Moriarty tribunal, and I note that sentence is missing from the Taoiseach's address. The Taoiseach needs to clarify prior to the conclusion of this debate that he accepts the conclusions and findings of the Moriarty report-----
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Three weeks ago the Taoiseach promised the House that he would operate his Government according to new standards of accountability and openness. He said nobody would be exempt from the need to be fully honest about his or her actions, past or present. He is now faced with turning these words into action. For the last week with the Minister, Deputy Hogan, and others, he has avoided making...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach might answer whether the Minister, Deputy Hogan, saw a draft of the unpublished Moriarty report before he made his statement. The statement is very clear. It was made on 6 February last. It said that the Mahon and Moriarty tribunals would be given a strict deadline to issue their final reports within months of the new Government coming into office. It said that both public...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: Very briefly, a Cheann Comhairle-----
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I am within my time limit.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I do.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I just want to say-----
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: We will indeed.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I want to put it on the record that it is not a view or a perception.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: There was an actual statement by Deputy Hogan that he would rewrite the terms of reference and that one of his first priorities would be to write to the tribunal to inform it of that.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It was.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It should never have been sought.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It was not a legal question. Legal advice should not have been sought.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: They are not explicit.
- Order of Business (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: I put it to the Taoiseach that we have not agreed to the arrangements for statements on the Moriarty tribunal report. Sufficient time has not been allocated to deal comprehensively with the statements and the questions that will follow. We also need clarification on who is to answer questions. Last week I asked the Taoiseach whether he would answer questions on this issue and whether other...
- Order of Business (29 Mar 2011)
Micheál Martin: It is fundamental.