Results 201-220 of 1,020,344 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Máiría Cahill OR speaker:Jan O'Sullivan)
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: British-Irish Co-operation (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: In the run-up to the introduction of import controls, all relevant Departments engaged directly with affected Irish stakeholders, especially in the agrifood, transport, ferry and port sectors through webinars, meetings, training and online briefing materials. Government veterinary inspection services, in particular the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, made extensive...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)
Middle East
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)
Joe Flaherty: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his recent visit to Jordan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20766/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)
Joe Flaherty: I commend the Tánaiste on his recent and very successful trips to both Egypt and Jordan. He has personally taken a firm lead in shining a global light on the continuing horrors in the Middle East. News reports this morning regarding a formal recognition by a number of EU states on 19 May of Palestine as a state are a direct result of the Tánaiste's cast-iron efforts in this...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: The Tánaiste literally has one minute.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I travelled to Egypt and Jordan in April as part of this Government’s continued efforts to address the crisis in Gaza and the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Both Egypt and Jordan are at the forefront of regional and international efforts to halt the conflict in Gaza, address the dire humanitarian situation and resume a meaningful political pathway. In Jordan, I met with...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not, actually.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: You are. You are against the European Union.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am against its current direction.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: No, you are against it full stop, and you have always voted against it. Always. You have never had a good thing to say about it. There is a bit of hypocrisy going on here too.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: It has good environmental directives.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Sinn Féin historically has been against the European Union. It is in its DNA to be against the European Union.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Matt Carthy: The Minister was asked three questions and he has not answered any of them.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: I would genuinely like to see who is going forward after the elections and so forth. In any case, I am well used to it at this stage in terms of the flip-flopping and the perspectives. At one level, they will attack-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Matt Carthy: This is too serious for the Minister's messing.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: It is very serious. That is why the Deputy needs to get serious. I sometimes do not know whether it is the Davy Stockbrockers-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: Tá an t-am caite.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: One second, please. The Chair allowed all of them to interrupt. I want to finish my comments with the following.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Ruairi Ó Murchú: The Minister is over time.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: European Union (9 May 2024)
Micheál Martin: Everyone has been over time. I want to make the point that we sometimes get a Davy Stockbrokers view of Sinn Féin policy, we sometimes get a kind of view from the Deputies in here but it depends on who they are talking to, and whether they are talking to the financiers or the developers. They change their tack all of the time.