Results 161-180 of 299 for 5 million speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (17 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: ...; laistigh den Acht sin. Is léir go bhfuil dul chun cinn mór le fheiceáil maidir le cúrsaí labhartha de, go háirithe ós rud é go bhfuil béim faoi leith ar an nGaeilge labhartha san ardteist. I mo thuairim, tá feabhas mór tagtha ar chumas na Gaeilge labhartha atá ag formhór na mic léinn i measc aos óg na tíre...

Leaders' Questions (16 May 2017)

Micheál Martin: The point is serious promises were made that there would be €25 million in investment for a combined heat and power plant. An article on tippfm.comon 5 June 2015 stated:Funding and a fuel supply will have to be sourced before the combined heat and power plant can go to planning. [It had not even gone for planning permission or anything like it]. Because of this Deputy Lowry says...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (22 Feb 2017)

Micheál Martin: ...of complaints must speak to something that is wrong with within our system. I put this to the Taoiseach in respect of the inquiry into Siteserv and the IRBC. Project Eagle is a classic illustration, where €4 million or €5 million ends up in an offshore account and nobody bats an eyelid. People were saying the problem was "Over there, and not over here". It is just bizarre...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: ...or whether Nama likes it or not, was not robust, was not competitive and did not secure the best outcome. There are huge ethical questions over the entire sale of that asset. As we know, there was €7 million in an offshore account. We know there are allegations of fixers' fees. We know that PIMCO went to NAMA and said that third parties were looking for fees. At that stage NAMA...

Standing Order 112 Select Committee: Motion (10 Mar 2016)

Micheál Martin: ...for a change of government and a change of priorities and, of course, they have voted for a different type of politics. The Fianna Fáil Party has emerged from this election with the support of over half a million people.  I want to welcome my new colleagues and to acknowledge the incredible work of our members in every part of the country. We have gained the largest increase...

European Council: Statements (20 Oct 2015)

Micheál Martin: .... If we did that, it could reduce the need for people to leave the camps for a better quality of life. Very basic services are not up to standard. I accept that those countries have taken in millions of people. How much funding to date have we given to the camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey? Have we a figure for that? Is the Government considering providing a much greater level of...

Order of Business (30 Jun 2015)

Micheál Martin: ...the House. In particular, as I outlined earlier, the substance of the issue has to do with Irish Water and the method of extracting charges from people and also, essentially, the transfer of €540 million from property taxes to Irish Water. I object to the idea the Government would only allow an hour for the discussion of amendments that have been brought in for the first time....

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (28 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: ...We have had no discussion about that. In summing up, the report concludes:We believe that the airline should set aggressive but achievable targets for short-haul cost efficiency at a minimum of €60 million or €5 to €6 per seat. This should in turn be co-ordinated with the CORE programme initiatives.It also lists the various reductions in a table of minimum potential...

Sale of Siteserv: Motion [Private Members] (6 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: ...;il for so long. The sale of Siteserv is an important issue of public interest. A subsidiary of this company subsequently went on to win three contracts linked to water metering, totalling €62 million each. The fundamental error was made when the company itself and its directors were given the sale to conduct, at arm's length from IBRC. Everything else stems from that wrong...

Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: ...deal would cover the buying and selling of shares in the period in advance of the sale of Siteserv, and if we would have full transparency over who bought the shares and who benefited from the €5 million pay-out. I also want to deal with the relationship between IBRC and the Department of Finance. The Government's press release is extraordinary in that it mentions concerns...

Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: ...but the bottom line is that it was a very strange and wrong decision to allow the company to run the sale rather than IBRC. There was no logic in excluding trade buyers from the sale and the €5 million pay-off proves the point.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: ...investigation we are talking about. I have no difficulty at all with the totality. The reason there should be a commission of investigation is that it would engage with the totality. The idea that €5 million would be paid to directors or shareholders of a bust company is fundamentally wrong from any moral perspective and raises all sorts of alarms. This must be put to the...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: ...number of days the sale of Siteserv by IBRC to Millington, an Isle of Man company owned by Denis O'Brien, has been the subject of much controversy. At the time of the sale, it was in debt of up to €150 million. It installed Sky boxes, fixed traffic lights and had contracts with the ESB and Bord Gáis Energy. After the sale, it went on to win a large contract to install water...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: ...process to be run by Siteserv's advisers, the timing of the exclusivity period when there were other bids outstanding, the decision to exclude trade buyers from the process and the payment of €5 million to existing shareholders. The Taoiseach proposes to have a very narrow framework for an inquiry into one aspect of the deal, whereas the material from the Department of Finance...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is too limited. Was it okay to pay the €5 million? There were a number of large transactions.

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: ...of State, Deputy Harris. What the Taoiseach is saying to me is that Alan Dukes persuaded the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, that it was okay for taxpayers' money to the tune of €5 million to be paid to shareholders of a bust company.

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: The taxpayer was already losing more than €100 million on the deal, but it was okay to pay the shareholders €5 million. The advisers to the shareholders were Davy, and it has transpired that some of the shareholders are clients of Davy.

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: We could not make this up. It is wrong. Will the Taoiseach call it as wrong? Does he think it was right that the €5 million payment should have been made? Will the Taoiseach give me a straight answer to this question? Why did the Minister not do what his officials wanted done and establish an independent review of the transaction? That is all the civil servants wanted. The...

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: ...protection of the taxpayers' interest is at the core of the issue, and it clearly was not protected in this deal. Will the Taoiseach establish a proper inquiry? Does he think it was okay for €5 million to be given to the shareholders?

Leaders' Questions (22 Apr 2015)

Micheál Martin: Could he not see for himself that €5 million for shareholders was not in the best interests of taxpayers?