Results 1-20 of 136 for destroyed speaker:Micheál Martin

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (9 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...needed more than ever and must be encouraged, not undermined. Being Minister for Defence is a particular honour. At our toughest moments, Óglaigh na nÉireann stood against those who would have destroyed our democracy. Internationally, they have brought great honour to our country. At last year's consultative forum, the attempt to stop even a mild debate about the role of our...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...the date of issuance, i.e. the validity of the passport plus five years, as stated in the Passport Service's Data Privacy Notice. After this time the data will be marked for destruction and will be destroyed in line with internal guidelines and guidelines for destruction received from the National Archives. A minimum amount of personal data is held beyond this period for the purpose of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (7 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...on a new €50 billion financial assistance package. The “Ukraine Facility” will allow Ukraine to continue to pay wages and pensions, maintain essential public services, ensure macroeconomic stability and restore critical infrastructure destroyed by Russia in the coming years. Ireland also welcomes the recent agreement on a 13th package of sanctions against Russia. ...

Seanad: Situation in the Middle East: Statements (20 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...in Gaza after 7 October. Journalists and other media workers who cover conflicts are courageous. In the face of grave risks to their lives, they bring us the truth, and this must never be targeted. This war has destroyed so much. UNICEF estimates that at least 17,000 children are now unaccompanied or separated from their parents in Gaza. This unspeakable situation has led to a terrible...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...level of campaigning on fossil fuels. In fact, I can recall headlines in the 1970s and 1980s that we had struck oil as if it was a great panacea or achievement. We now know fossil fuels have been destroying the planet and have created an existential threat to the very survival of humankind. Yet, there was never the same agitation about that as there is about other aspects of renewables...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (25 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...period 2024 to 2027. If agreed, this package will allow Ukraine to continue to pay wages and pensions, maintain essential public services, ensure macroeconomic stability and restore critical infrastructure destroyed by Russia. An agreement unfortunately could not be reached at the December European Council due to the decision of Hungary to use its veto. I am deeply disappointed by this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...2015. This consortium is made up of a number of donor countries that contribute to Palestine and the West Bank and are seeking compensation from the Israeli Government in respect of buildings it has destroyed such as schools. We fund the consortium.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Medals (17 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Department of Defence receives requests from time to time for the replacement of lost, stolen or destroyed medals awarded to Veterans of these conflicts. In relation to such requests, it has been the policy that replacement medals were issued on a once-off only basis on receipt of a bona-fidé request from the Veteran to whom the original medals were awarded. This policy was adopted...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (30 Nov 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Assistance package agreed for Ukraine in 2023. This package will allow Ukraine to continue to pay wages and pensions, maintain essential public services, ensure macroeconomic stability and restore critical infrastructure destroyed by Russia. In June, European Commission President von der Leyen announced a €50 billion package aimed at covering immediate reconstruction costs and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (30 Nov 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...aims to assist Ukraine over a four-year period from 2024-27 to continue paying wages and pensions, maintain essential public services, ensure macroeconomic stability, but also to restore critical infrastructure destroyed by Russia. In September, I was pleased to announce a further €23 million in humanitarian and institutional support for Ukraine and Moldova. As part of this...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Micheál Martin: It was not anything of the sort. What I saw there was horrific and I only saw the village and neighbourhood that were destroyed. It is not wrong to do that and to visit that area. His outrageous assertion that this represented a sort of propaganda exercise-----

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (28 Sep 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...package agreed for Ukraine in 2023. This package has allowed Ukraine to continue to pay wages and pensions, maintain essential public services, ensure macroeconomic stability and restore critical infrastructure destroyed by Russia. In June, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a €50 billion package aimed at covering immediate reconstruction costs and...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...second intifada. The stated objective of the operation, which unfolded over two days, was to target “terrorist infrastructure” within the Jenin refugee camp. Israeli forces reported several arrests and that weapons and bomb laboratories were seized or destroyed. But at what price? The presence of armed militants within the Jenin refugee camp is not in dispute. However,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ministerial Engagements (15 Jun 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...of this. We are not in any way colluding but are simply putting pressure on the Israeli Government that if we with other European countries are funding infrastructure in the West Bank and it is destroyed or confiscated, we believe compensation must be forthcoming and there must be a cost. It is just one other further element of endeavouring to keep pressure on the Israeli Government with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (15 Jun 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Russia’s full-scale invasion. Since February last year, Russia has launched hundreds of drone and missile strikes in Ukraine with the apparent aim of terrorising the civilian population and destroying civilian infrastructure. In recent weeks these attacks have further escalated. The destruction of the Nova Khakovka dam last week is another brutal consequence of Russia's war. In...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (15 Jun 2023)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 and 37 together. On 6 June, the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant Dam (Kakhovka Dam) across the Dnipro river was destroyed, unleashing a torrent of flood water across the conflict zone. The destruction of Kakhovka dam is a serious development, which poses a severe threat to human life and the environment, and will have far-reaching consequences. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (15 Jun 2023)

Micheál Martin: On 6 June, the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant Dam (Kakhovka Dam) across the Dnipro river was destroyed, unleashing a torrent of flood water across the conflict zone. The destruction of Kakhovka dam is a serious development, which poses a severe threat to human life and the environment, and will have far-reaching consequences. This reckless act is yet another brutal consequence of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: .... All of that will have to be collectively agreed by the Government over the time between now and budget time. The Deputy's policies overall on employment and his model of the economy, I think, would destroy jobs in this country-----

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...be held by the Passport Service for 15 years after the date of issuance, as stated in the Passport Service's Data Privacy Notice. After this time the data will be marked for destruction and will be destroyed in line with internal guidelines or guidelines for destruction received from the National Archives. A minimum amount of personal data is held beyond this period for the purpose of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (31 Jan 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...to pay wages and pensions, and maintain essential public services such as hospitals, schools, and housing for relocated people. It will also allow Ukraine to ensure macroeconomic stability and restore critical infrastructure destroyed by Russia in its war of aggression, such as energy infrastructure, water systems, transport networks, roads and bridges. Additionally, Ireland has...