Results 49,261-49,280 of 51,072 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: Who said that?
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: No one said anything about any mistake.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: I have not got sick yet from reading the Irish Independent and some of the nauseating dimensions to certain media commentary.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: We need to be careful when using rhetoric in this matter. I have sought to place it in perspective.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: I have noted the understandable anger from all Members about how the management of Irish Ferries has gone about this dispute.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: It is an important message to come from the House. It will also uphold the value of the industrial relations machinery in place to protect workers' rights. Both parties, employers and workers, must uphold and honour the outcome of the labour relations machinery, be it the Labour Relations Commission or the Labour Court. Some rhetoric has been used in the House to position the Taoiseach as the...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: By and large, the media supports the continuation of social partnership. There will always be balances and emphasis and positions will be taken by respective media organs where the outcome of any social partnership agreement should rest in dealing with competitiveness and the challenges of globalisation. The Government has not thrown its hands in the air. Deputy Morgan asked if the Government...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: Fanciful as it is to speak in a rhetorical fashion as if we were back in 1913, we simply are not.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: We are in 2005. There was no deal done by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment or any other in the reflagging or redundancy package of the MV Normandy. It was done in the context of the Redundancy Payments Act and the information available.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: The legal position is that no precedent has been set.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: I will refer Deputy Gregory's question on private security firms' access to tear gas to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Irish Ferries has withdrawn its security staff from the vessels. Any investigation is a matter for the Garda, if a complaint has been made. Has Deputy Broughan made a formal complaint to the Garda?
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: Then it is a matter for the Garda.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: I welcome the opportunity to address the dispute at Irish Ferries: an issue which has such significant impacts for the travelling public, the workers in Irish Ferries and their families, Irish Ferries itself, exporters, importers, hauliers and many more people. It also has the potential to impact on the whole industrial relations environment, on the prospects for continued social partnership...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: That is why I am satisfied that we have a realistic minimum wage here. The potential to re-flag in the maritime sector would appear to put the employment of seafarers beyond the minimum wage regime here. Therefore, directly comparable situations do not arise in other types of employment. However, there are issues arising from recent events which we all need to consider, including the...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: I understand the Taoiseach has already made clear to the Deputy that he was aware on the weekend before last that within trade union circles, it was expected the company would proceed in the immediate future to begin implementation of its plan. Last week's action was clearly planned in a careful and covert way and we can therefore assume it was planned long before any remarks made by the...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: ââis fanciful in the extreme and clearly politically mischievous.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: The Government wants to do its best to protect Irish workers and does not seek to make party political capital out of this saga. I hope the Deputy and others, on further reflection, apply the same standard. I will set the context for the Taoiseach's remarks. They referred to the fact that, in the unique circumstances of the law relating to the marine sector, it would not be possible to...
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: That continues to be the position.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: The legal position is clear.
- Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31: Irish Ferries Dispute. (29 Nov 2005)
Micheál Martin: Any undertaking that seeks to exercise its right of establishment under European law in another member state cannot be prevented from so doing.