Results 11,401-11,420 of 50,136 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I was not aware prior to what Deputy O'Callaghan just said -----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I am not aware of those specifics. As the Deputy will know, the Minister has appointed a senior counsel to look at issues pertaining to An Bord Pleanála. When he receives that report he will consider that and I have no doubt he will continue to work with you-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Brendan Smith raised a pertinent point on dairy and sheep meat and how the protocol is working generally for the agriculture sector. It seems to me that this is something that is not understood by the British Government particularly with its dual regulatory approach in food traceability which puts a lot of agrifood industries and enterprises at risk if it proceeds with its proposals...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy did not make it clear that it was the Polish Parliament she was referring to. I wanted to establish if it was the European Parliament that was being referred to.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: We will raise that matter with the Polish Government. Deputy Haughey raised the protocol issue. I do not disagree with his fundamental point that this is fundamentally an issue of relationships, trust and, above all, honouring international agreements which were freely entered into by the British Government and ratified at parliamentary level in Westminster. This is very serious in its...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Economic and Social Council (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 to 16, inclusive, together. The National Economic and Social Council, NESC, advises me on strategic policy issues relating to sustainable economic, social and environmental development in Ireland. The NESC work programme in 2022 includes five main areas. It will carry out a major piece of research and consultation on climate, biodiversity and how to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The decision to ban an EU delegation from entering Palestine is reprehensible and wrong. We have consistently, at EU level but, more significantly, at the UN Security Council, raised issues pertaining to Israeli policy within the West Bank, settlements and a range of other matters. We have been probably one of most consistent and proactive countries in that regard, most recently in respect...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Am I over time?
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Europe is committed to creating that capacity within Africa to produce medicines into the future, particularly in respect of mRNA technology, which would be very significant. I think Deputy Boyd Barrett has taken issue with the fact that I met the President of Israel.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: I do not believe it is a double standard. What Putin is doing in Ukraine now is a bit much.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: No, I am not saying that, but let us not try to make a moral equivalence. The Deputy should just be honest.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: He should be unequivocal in his condemnation-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----of what is the worst form of warfare I have ever witnessed, on a relentless basis. Putin's Russia is bombing and levelling village after village-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----and town after town and civilian after civilian.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: Putin has weaponised food and weaponised energy-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----which is having global consequences-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: The Irish effort in respect of Palestine has been very proactive down through the years-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----but the Deputy does not have the wherewithal even to acknowledge that because it is his way or the highway. He has a broader world view in always trying somehow to make the real, shocking brutality of what is going on equal to somebody else's actions. We have to deal with the Middle East situation.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: We have to deal with settlements. We have to deal with other European Union colleagues, the United States and other countries-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (14 Jun 2022)
Micheál Martin: -----to bring about a resolution to the Middle East crisis. Ireland continues to support generously-----