Results 15,641-15,660 of 51,089 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: Deputy McDonald said the country is open for investment. What does she mean?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: There is a lot of bluff and bluster repeatedly coming from Deputy McDonald on housing, with nothing to back it up-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: Every time the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, brings in legislation on affordable housing, we get this repeated negativity and opposition-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----from Sinn Féin to the legislation until the division bells ring. What happens then?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin meekly goes in and supports the affordable housing legislation, despite all the bluster, hype and all of that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy opposite said we are open for investment, but by the way-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----we do not want any institutional investment whatsoever and wants a no-go area. That is the point.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy asked who we were taking for fools.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: Who is the Deputy taking for fools, given the extraordinary repeated and consistent opposition to housing projects all over the country, denying ordinary people access to housing development after development? Rank hypocrisy is going on in this House for far too long. There is no roadshow to attract any cuckoo funds and-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----the Government agreed today on the owner-occupier guarantee-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: It was agreed by the Government in terms of legislation and so on.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: This intervention is totally out of order-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: -----and is being facilitated by policies in the House.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: That is not true.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: Ar dtús báire, arís, níl an fhírinne a rá ag an Teachta. Níl an ceart aici. Go bunúsach, is í an aidhm atá ag an Rialtas ná tithe a chur ar fáil do dhaoine ar fud na tíre, na gnáthdhaoine agus cosmhuintir na tíre. Is í sin an t-aon aidhm amháin atá ag an Rialtas. The Deputy's attempts to portray...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: No. The question is meant to be a propaganda spin, designed to portray Government housing policy as being exclusively about one thing and one thing only, which, of course, is far from the truth. I have outlined the facts to the Deputy. As far as the Government is concerned, and Fianna Fáil has been in government for approximately a year and a half now with Fine Gael and the Green...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 46 together. The Economic Division in my Department supports me and the Government in developing and implementing policy across relevant areas to support sustainable economic development including job creation, infrastructure, housing and climate action, digital issues, quality of life and well-being, and social dialogue. This work is particularly...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Sector Staff (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: The number of civil servants employed in the Chief State Solicitors Office is set out in the attached table, along with the budget allocated to the Office for each of the past three years. Number of Civil Servants 2019 2020 2021 294 303 311 Grade Breakdown 2019 2020 2021 ...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: The Economic Division in my Department supports me and the Government in developing and implementing policy across relevant areas to support sustainable economic development including job creation, infrastructure, housing and climate action, digital issues, quality of life and well-being, and social dialogue. This work is particularly focused on ensuring a coordinated approach to the delivery...
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (9 Nov 2021)
Micheál Martin: I spoke with both First Minister Paul Givan and deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill last week at the COP26 Leaders’ Summit in Glasgow. I had last spoken with them in Belfast on the 8 October, when we all attended and addressed a conference on climate action. During that visit to Belfast, I also, separately, had meetings with the leaders of the main political parties on...