Results 121-140 of 50,909 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I will answer it but you have a tactic all the time-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----of interrupting every time I get to my feet and make a point.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I do not interrupt Deputies.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: The fundamental power that HIQA has, particularly in the face of breaches, in my view, and it is one that should not be balked at, is cancellation of the licence. In my view, this is the teeth that HIQA has. Yes, we do need to review the methodology-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----of HIQA and it has said it itself.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: No, sorry I-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: Hold on a second-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: How long is this going to continue?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: It is not my problem. I am not in a position now to answer.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I cannot get my points across because of this constant-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I ask the Ceann Comhairle, given what has happened and what has happened in the past number of weeks, I want a review of how this is happening. I am not going to come in here-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----and listen to everybody and give them the courtesy of listening and not be allowed to reply.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: That is fundamentally wrong.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: It needs an intervention from the Ceann Comhairle-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: -----and the Whips as well, and the Chief Whip, to sort this out.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I fully agree with what Deputy Bacik is saying in respect of people's entitlement and families when they place their loved ones into nursing homes. It is absolutely shocking and scandalous there would be any abuse of people residing and living nursing homes. There is a range of existing legislation, including the 2007 Act amended on a number of occasions. There are a lot of measures and...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: One of the most difficult decisions for any family to have to take is to place a loved one in a nursing home. It is a very difficult decision. The least people can expect is that the dignity of their loved one will be respected at all times and that their loved one will be looked after, cared for and not be subjected to the abuse, neglect and unacceptable behaviour revealed in the "Prime...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: ----are subject to potential threats in terms of national security. We have been very consistent at European Union level in terms of our position on the right of Palestinians to their own state. We have called out the war crimes and the blatant, flagrant abuses of international law by Israel in Gaza and indeed increasingly now in the West Bank, which is a cause of great concern. We will...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: We cannot just label all defence as some sort of appalling activity or sector. It is necessary for the protection of citizens. I will come back to Deputy Brabazon on the timelines around the national security strategy. It is important. My Department is co-ordinating this. There is a national security secretariat in my Department. It is now putting together inputs from all the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (17 Jun 2025)
Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputies who have raised issues. I will make a general comment. This question related to the national security committee, national security council and national security strategy, not foreign policy. This is welcome. I established a national security council as Taoiseach to try to bring greater democratic accountability on matters pertaining to national security. It is up to...