Results 641-660 of 50,683 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: I am not heckled by the Deputy's good self.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: First of all, I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I convey our sympathies to Anthony Hennessy's family on his sad passing. I will ask the Minister of State for mental health to engage with the Deputy on progressing the issue. It certainly is something we would give consideration to in respect of ensuring there is access to, and availability and provision of, accredited suicide...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: First of all, the Government has taken very strong action in respect of this. That is the international perception of Ireland, by the way, except in this House. It is probably one of the few places that does not acknowledge the range of actions the Government has taken, from the recognition of the Palestinian state to the intervention in the South African case under the Genocide Convention,...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: Israel is rising roughshod over the views of the world and, as I said last week - Deputy Bacik acknowledged that, in fairness - committing a war crime-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----in respect of the collective punishment of the Palestinian people-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: That is continuing in terms of the prevention of aid, support and the basic necessities of life into Gaza.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: We have issued a statement jointly with a number of European Union states-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: I have had enough of your statements. You would not take on the people that you know.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: You were silent with your American friends-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----on this question for a long, long time.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: In fairness, you were. You did not take it up with them.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is cynical beyond belief.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy said this was being asked for the third time today. I have not played politics with this issue, nor should he. He should not be saying things like "It is not credible". It is an external audit. It is independent of this House, independent of me and independent of the Minister, and that is the way it should be. Therefore, less of the high, self-righteous rhetoric about this. I...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----which means there has to be feedback. That is what happens with audits if they implicate people.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: They are sent out and they have to come back,-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----and so we need completion.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is just unacceptable that-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----that kind of deliberate politicisation of an issue should reach the level that it has reached on this issue.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: I find it reprehensible.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)
Micheál Martin: No, it has not happened since the Deputy raised it last week. There has been a lot happening in the past week. The extension of voting rights for Irish citizens overseas is a complex and technical matter because that was the subject of the Bill originally.