Results 61-73 of 73 for waste management speaker:Mattie McGrath

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...dealing with these problems. The Leader companies and county enterprise boards did great work but for some reason they are being amalgamated. We seem to attack the good things while leaving alone waste, inertia and top heavy Departments of State. It is my personal belief that we cannot tackle this problem because it is run by a cosy cartel. These Departments are too powerful. Today I...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 May 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...a huge amount money, although it has decreased to €4.5 billion this year. There are anomalies and shortcomings - we all have those, unfortunately - but there is no accountability because county managers are all powerful. What sticks in people's craw is that when county managers and senior officials retire, at a young enough age with big severance packages, they are back the next day in...

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 May 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...? Were they getting a fighting fund for the next ten years before they introduced the legislation? As for the big business associations, there is no point in talking about tribunals. They were a waste of time, to be honest, but they did exist yet nobody was prosecuted. They involved some of Fine Gael's members as well. There is talk now of pillorying a colleague of theirs who is a...

Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 May 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...after it, including unpaid bills. Ordinary, decent, hard-working people who gave services and supplies cannot get paid. Thankfully, the council has the bond which, according to the town manager to whom I spoke, ensures the bondholders can send in a company to certify the work carried out to date is structurally safe and appoint a new contractor to continue the work. However, that is of...

Clotting Factor Concentrates and Other Biological Products Bill 2012: Second Stage (14 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...Executive and the delivery of patient care. I have been critical of the failure of the HSE to transpose best practice. When it was set up it amalgamated health boards. It is too big with too many managers and not enough front line services. The Minister referred to that. He also said all patients treated for blood disorders or other ailments last year were seen by a consultant inside...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...with others. I do not mean that the Traveller culture should be changed rather that young Travellers can be better able to adapt to other cultures such as ours. I have been a member of a board of management of a national school and also on the boards of management of both a secondary school and a VEC college. I have noted the number of different cultures in schools, with children from...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: ...about whom Deputy Catherine Murphy talks. The code of practice limiting the number of telephone calls or business transactions is baloney. One is living in fear of the banks. The dirty look on a manager's face when one enters a bank is telling because it demonstrates banks do not want the aforementioned businesses anymore because they know they will be bailed out by successive...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (11 May 2011)

Mattie McGrath: ...salaries of Secretaries Generals and CEOs of State companies are simply not fair. The Taoiseach and the Ministers took a cut in salary and such reform must extend across the senior public service management. The issue of rates must be tackled, as it has become a joke. Many of the rates reviews occurred during the Celtic tiger years. A small businessman in my town of Cahir who has paid...

EU-IMF Programme: Statements (Resumed) (5 May 2011)

Mattie McGrath: ...do not have the money and they are not giving it out. Their loan statistics are total nonsense. No account is taken of people such as myself who walk up to a bank counter or who telephone the bank manager only to be told not to bother coming in because there is no point and it would be a waste of time. Others are called into the bank to discuss their overdraft and before they leave, the...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Second Stage (14 Apr 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment and I look forward to engaging with him and the Department on many issues. We are told the plastic bag levy is an environmental waste measure in line with international best practice and that Ireland should be a role model. We should and could be a role model because we are a small country by any standard, and our waste issue should be dealt...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2010)

Mattie McGrath: ...political life to act as leader and advocate for that electorate. Under the new powers, the mayor will develop and oversee policy for the Dublin region in respect of land use planning, housing, waste management and water services. The mayor also will have a strong role in transport and traffic management throughout the region. The legislation will give the mayor the authority and powers...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2010)

Mattie McGrath: ...and believe they should be used as social housing. Amendments could be made to the Bill to bring this about rather than force people to demolish such buildings, which would be a complete and utter waste. If the issues are small and the buildings do not interfere with landscaping and are not prone to flooding, they could be used. We must consider such social capital aspects. The rogue...

Employment Law Compliance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2009)

Mattie McGrath: ...and during their busiest periods, often as late as 10 p.m., and demanding to see their books in the middle of busy functions when their secretarial staff might not be available. Often, the owner-manager is the secretary. We need to support our small indigenous firms, not allow them to be treated like criminals by officials who do not know what it is like to run a small business while...