Results 18,661-18,680 of 51,299 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: That has been conveniently ignored in this particular case. The Minister, Deputy McEntee, said that she was prepared to come before the House next Tuesday and for some reason that was not facilitated.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I respectfully suggest that it should have been facilitated-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----and the Members should have then assessed whether they were happy with that process after allowing the Minister to take the questions last week.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: It would have been faster and far easier if that had been facilitated but for some reason it was not facilitated.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I have my own views as to why it was not facilitated, which is that there is a desire to keep it going.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: On what?
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I did not.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: We did not have questions.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: We did not have questions.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: The Minister did offer to come to the House next Tuesday to answer-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: Hold on a second, I did not interrupt anybody. The basic point is this. The Minister offered to come to the House next Tuesday to answer questions on this issue and the Minister was refused.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I have answered questions here. Other Ministers have answered questions on their various portfolios. The last person to do so was the Tánaiste-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----and I do not think Deputy Paul Murphy laid a glove on anybody. I do not understand why priority questions do not seem to be about accountability any more. Priority questions and oral questions are about accountability. The Minister had said she wanted to come in next Tuesday to deal with this for 90 minutes but that was refused. We are going over old ground here.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: My clear, principled position on this from the get-go has been on the separation of powers. I am very committed in that regard and always have been. That remains my position.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: I know what I signed up to and what I did not sign up to. The proof of the pudding is that I followed the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board's recommendation in terms of the suitability of the candidate so that I would not-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: -----embroil myself in judicial appointments.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: That is the point. It goes back to February, which was when the request relating to the need to fill the vacancy came.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: On 9 March last, the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board met. That was long before any negotiations to form a Government.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: The board recommended Séamus Woulfe. Those are the facts.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Micheál Martin: That is the only context. I was not embroiling myself-----