Results 41-60 of 51,734 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: No decision has been made in relation to services.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: I am just endeavouring to be a bit honest with people. Financial consulting, software development-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----digital services - they do not have a clear territorial link-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----so there are issues there that we need to work through if we are honest about this.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: The presidential election is about the person who people believe is the best person to hold the Presidency over the next seven years.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: With respect, the Deputy raised it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: Sorry-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: I am just responding to the Deputy. This Government has done a lot, internationally, through the various international legal forums and so on. We have sought advice on one aspect, but I have referenced in the House on a number of occasions that the objective here is not to punish Ireland. I read out that section from the Oireachtas committee report in terms of repercussions for...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----because of boycotts and divestment? There is an issue there. Is it beyond us-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy is operating from a prepared script. That is obvious.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: I have just outlined the measures we have taken to help people, particularly those on low incomes. I am sure the Deputy agrees, by the way. I am sure she acknowledges the increase in the fuel allowance and its expansion into the working family payment cohort, and the reduction of the VAT rate to 9% for the next five years. I am sure the Deputy welcomes all of that-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----and acknowledges that those are decisions the Government has taken. We will continue to help people who are in difficulty, in particular.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: With the greatest of respect-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy thinks she lives in the real world-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----but there are times when I think she lives in a political bubble. She should not be casting aspersions on other people in the House.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: We all come from backgrounds, by the way. I know exactly what the real world is all about-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----and I engage with people all the time.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: All along during the energy crisis, the proposals Sinn Féin came forward with, particularly during the energy crisis-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, would have been catastrophic. Sinn Féin now wants us to do more to underpin the companies.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2025)
Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin wants us to support the companies further and further.