Results 661-680 of 20,996 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Freagair an cheist.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Where is the missing money?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Where is the €530 million?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Ca bhfuil an airgéad?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: What about the missing money?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It is €530 million according to the Comptroller and Auditor General.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I wish to raise the issue of the Government's carbon tax mismanagement. Billions of euro have been collected and millions of euro wasted. The C and AG report, which the Tánaiste drew on just minutes ago, reveals that 39% of carbon tax funds are misallocated. I am very concerned about the Government's handling of carbon tax funds and the allocation of the €2.872 billion...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Will the Tánaiste answer the question?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I am asking where is the money that is missing.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: My God, you are a professional spinner and spoofer.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: You are a professional spinner and spoofer.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I asked a question about the €530 million that is missing. That is according to C and AG report, not my report. The Tánaiste quotes the C and AG when he wants to. Deputy Farrell asked questions that had not been answered. I asked a question about the €530 million in carbon tax that has been robbed from the people and that was supposed to go back into retrofitting and...
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: When does the Minister of State intend to enact the Bill? I am concerned that every authority we set up has to have the brass plate on the wall, plush offices, staff, a CEO, perhaps a deputy CEO, and board members that cost a lot of money. None of the members of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board had seagoing experience. The mushrooming of these quangos is out of control. The rain...
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Weeks.
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We are at the risk here of becoming a nanny state, if we are going to be making applications for lifeblood issues that keep clubs running. National lottery sports grants were announced recently and I salute every club. They put in impeccable and professional applications. Some may have got professional advice and that costs a lot of money too but many did them on their own. They have...
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It was not personal but the fact is that he is doing a solo run and is rushing this legislation. There was a refusal to engage with major stakeholders - simple as.
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It is bad legislation and it is being rushed.
- Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We all know that problem gambling can lead to a total breakdown of social cohesion. It is a problem. I understand where the Minister of State is coming from with that. I was one of those who lobbied on behalf of the Jack and Jill Children's Foundation, GAA clubs and all kinds of fundraising. Indeed, we have a fundraiser in my own parish at the moment, called "Do it for Declan". He is a...
- Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome the improvements in the budget as regards PRSI for self-employed persons, although we are starting from a low base. When the crash came, employees were rightly able to get supports. They had paid in, as had their employers. However, a self-employed person with a van – a plasterer, welder, fitter, block layer or whatever – got nothing. While I accept that a lower...
- Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I see that the Minister for Finance, tá sé imithe. With his first budget he had plenty of money and heaps of opportunities but he failed. He kow-towed to the big people again, the big business. Let us take the situation where a kite was flown about the 20% stamp duty on the conglomerate buying up houses. The Government puts it up 5%. I and the Rural Independent Group wrote in...