Results 19,921-19,940 of 50,453 for speaker:Micheál Martin
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the launch of the first progress report on the Climate Action Plan 2019. [46413/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: I join others in welcoming last week's Youth Assembly on the issue of climate action. It was a very positive and constructive occasion. We should also acknowledge the ongoing work of Comhairle na nÓg and Dáil na nÓg, which this network convenes. We should all value the fact there are so many young people out there - we meet them in our constituencies - who are willing to...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: It is important to put on the record our appreciation for Mr. Donald Tusk as President of the European Council. When Fianna Fáil was in government, we found him to be a strong partner for Ireland during his time as Prime Minister of Poland. As Deputy Enda Kenny will confirm, we spoke in favour of the proposal that the previous Government support his appointment as President of the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: That is not what I asked.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken with other EU leaders since the last European Council meeting on 17 and 18 October 2019. [45497/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions: EU Meetings (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he has spoken to European leaders since the last European Council meeting on 17 and 18 October 2019. [46659/19]
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: For the information of the House, on 26 July, at the MacGill Summer School, the Taoiseach raised the prospect of changing the Central Bank's rules on mortgage lending, particularly for those paying high rents while also saving for a mortgage deposit. He attacked me earlier, but he specifically raised it.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: With regard to the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, will the Taoiseach confirm the views of the Fine Gael candidate in Wexford, Ms Verona Murphy, that the Road Safety Authority should be abolished, notwithstanding the incredible work the authority has done in saving lives and reducing injuries on our roads? There is no doubt that Fine Gael is a safe house for right-wing...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Fine Gael candidate is openly saying that they have decimated rural Ireland, and apparently-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: -----the enforcement is always on Irish individuals, whatever that means.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: It is not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: -----that we will blame everybody else but ourselves. That is his approach to housing and the other key issues facing this country.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: He agreed that the €2 million would go up to €6 million. Is he seriously suggesting-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: -----that he cannot trust local authorities to build more than ten houses without having to get sanction from some official in the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government? Is that why we are paying the CEOs of councils large salaries? Is the Taoiseach stating that it would be reckless to allow the councils to spend more than €2 million on projects involving 20 houses?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: That is what is delaying the delivery of housing. The Taoiseach has no sense of or feel for how people are suffering out there because of the lack of housing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach said the same thing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: -----and a chronic shortage of social housing. Does the Taoiseach accept that it is cowardly and cynical to blame local councils when central government has been the main culprit in preventing the fast delivery of homes?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: What about this morning's report in the Irish Independent?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: No, I am talking about today's newspapers and other media.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)
Micheál Martin: The Irish Independent-----