Results 61-80 of 46,692 for speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: All the timelines have been BAM timelines.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I am speaking through the Chair. These are not Government timelines.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: They are BAM timelines.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: In respect of the October timeline, through the Chair, that is a BAM deadline.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Even this morning, what the chair is saying is that BAM is indicating, and the Deputy said this himself-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I think the Oireachtas should back the Government in being-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----resolute on this issue with the contractor and not fall for the game being played in terms of commercial strategy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: First, and I think Maddie is the child's name, it is not acceptable that we do not have sufficient early intervention teams in place for children at an early age. I say this because I accept the principle that early intervention makes a profound difference in a child's life and in the outcome for a child in terms of any particular need or issue that exists. The Cabinet agreed last week to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy did.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ní aontaím leis an Teachta. Is é an rud is tábhachtaí ná go mbeimid in ann an t-ospidéal seo a chríochnú agus go háirithe, in ann déileáil go láidir le BAM. Maidir leis na dátaí atá ag an Teachta, go bunúsach tá BAM freagrach as an t-ospidéal seo a chruthú. B'fhéidir nach bhfuil sé...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----in terms of a very strong and robust engagement between the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, the Government and BAM. All the deadlines he came through with there are deadlines that BAM set. It is likely to be part of a commercial strategy by BAM to try to extract more funding and more money from the Irish people.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I put it to the Deputy that I am not going to take debate and I suggest he does not take debate either. For the last few years there has been a very robust engagement through dispute resolution mechanisms. The Deputy will cite hundreds of millions that have been submitted in respect of claims but the net outcome of those claims is actually a fraction of the overall cost of the hospital. In...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The deadlines to which the Deputy refers have all been submitted by BAM at different times. I am not sure whether he is saying we should go straight to the High Court or Supreme Court and suspend all work on the project. I do not know if that is the Deputy's suggestion to the Government. Our objective is to get the hospital completed as quickly as we possibly can. BAM has submitted about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: This hospital is urgently required for the children of Ireland. It will be transformative compared to what we currently have in Crumlin or Temple Street. Of that there is no doubt. There have been significant advancements on the project. The Deputy did not quote the comments from the chair of the board in respect of the current update, that all the tower cranes have been removed from the...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: You cannot be dishonest and say that.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: He has been interrupting me all my life.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: We tend to provoke each other.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Yes.

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Intolerant of debate, yes.