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Born Cork, August 1960. Married to Mary O'Shea with young family. Educated Colaiste Chriost Rí, Cork and UCC (BA, HDipED, MA). First elected to the Dáil in 1989 and at each subsequent election.
Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin TD has today written to An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD following the conclusion of negotiations on the new EU Fiscal Treaty (The Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Read More | Share
Over the next few months there will be a lot of debate on the ratification of the Fiscal Treaty which the Taoiseach agreed to on Monday. This is already shaping up to be a destructive process solely focussed mainly on the form of ratification rather than on the future of Europe and our role in it. For the first time since we applied to join the Union fifty years ago, we begin this debate without basic information being publicly available and without even the most elementary consensus between parties who are positive to the EU. Read More | Share
Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin TD has called on the Government to immediately publish the detailed advice and impact assessments they received on the fiscal and economic implications of the Fiscal Pact agreed by the Government last night. In particular, he has sought further information about the fiscal limits within the Intergovernmental Treaty. Read More | Share
The outcome of this summit is disappointing because it contains no new initiative to overcome the economic crisis. Read More | Share
It’s important to start by recognising the spirit in which today’s conference has been held. For the last few years all parties have been working together to discuss gender equality in politics in an open and constructive way. The dialogue started by Mary White has been continued by Kathleen Lynch and I think we should thank them and the officials of the Department of Justice for their work. We should also acknowledge the all-party report which was published in the last Dáil by a committee chaired by my colleague Brendan Kennealy. Read More | Share
For most of last year a steady stream of announcements and leaks came from Marlborough Street. An enormous amount of time was spent telling journalists how progressive reform was underway in a new era for Irish education. The problem through all of this is that it all added up to nothing more than a statement of intention rather than concrete action. Budget 2012 was the moment when the warm words and self-praise could no longer cover up the reality of a government whose education policy is deeply regressive and almost designed to maximise the damage inflicted on the most vulnerable pupils. Read More | Share
Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin today highlighted the ongoing threat to teaching posts at DEIS schools around the country during a visit to St Laurence O’Toole Boys National School on Sheriff Street, and by questioning the Taoiseach on the extent of the promise made by Ruairí Quinn to 'review' his decision on DEIS teachers. Read More | Share
I am saddened to learn of the death of Aengus Fanning. I want to extend my sympathies to Aengus’s family, his friends and to his colleagues in the Sunday Independent. Aengus Fanning was a larger than life character who established himself in his own right as an institution in the Irish media. Read More | Share
Current Leader and Spokesperson on Northern Ireland.
Elected Uachtarán Fhianna Fáil on the 26th of January 2011.
Re-elected to the 30th Dáil, May 2007. Minister for Foreign Affairs, May 2008 - January 2011. Appointed Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the 29th September 2004. Minister for Health and Children 2000-04. Minister for Education 1997-2000. Fianna Fáil Front Bench spokesperson on Education and the Gaeltacht 1995-97.
Micheál is a former Chairman of the Oireachtas All Party Committee on the Irish Language. Former member of the Dáil Committee on Crime. Member of the Dáil Committee on Finance and General Affairs. He was first elected to Cork Corporation in 1985 (Lord Mayor of Cork 1992-93). Former member of the Governing Body, UCC and of the Governing Body RTC. Former member of the ASTI.
Micheál is a member of the Fianna Fáil National Executive since 1988. He is a former National Chairman of Ógra Fianna Fáil and was a member of the Commission on the Aims and Structures of Fianna Fáil. Winner of the Cork Examiner Political Speaker of the Year Award 1987. He is the son of Paddy Martin, former International Boxer.
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