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- Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: He is one of thousands.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I compliment Deputy Healy on bringing forward this motion. As with many other Private Member's motions and Bills, the Government is not listening.
- Housing: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: It does not want to hear. It is a case of speak no evil, hear no evil and see no evil. The housing policies are a disaster and were so long before the recession kicked in because the Government gave in to the private sector. The councils had stopped building. There is an argument there. The councils do not get the money but the Government says it gave it to them. Deputy Fitzmaurice said...
- Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Good man.
- Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I too welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I issue a fáilte Uí Cheallaigh to the Spanish ambassador and his colleagues. Irish ambassadors all over the world expect and get respect in the vast majority of countries. We must keep diplomatic channels open at all times and engage with that process. Catalonia, of which Barcelona is the capital city, has more than...
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: The medical evidence is there.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I thank all the emergency services that worked so hard and are still working, particularly ESB Networks, the council workers and everybody who dealt with and tried to help, such as the Red Cross, the Garda, and others. However, I have one issue to raise relating to the strategic infrastructure Bill, namely, Uisce Éireann. Uisce Éireann really is unfit for purpose and has been...
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: My question concerns Irish Water's role in disseminating information to us as representatives. It closed down the Oireachtas line at the weekend when everybody else was out trying to help and then gave us misleading-----
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: It is under the strategic infrastructure Bill.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Irish Water should be brought to account because it is giving out misleading information. I do not want to call it anything stronger but that is what it is. It was telling me that water was back in places when it was not back until several days later. When I asked about some place in Tipperary, it talked about Buttevant in Cork and some place in Kilkenny. It is so serious it is almost...
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I did.
- Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: It was agreed. The issue did come up but it was agreed. What about the staff who have booked holidays? What about all the other staff whose plans have been thrown into disarray just for grandstanding here by Deputy Martin? That is all it is. Grandstanding of the highest order.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I did that.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Show us the money and legislate.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I think that Oliver Callan will have a field day this weekend when he addresses the Minister's paltry answer. This has gone on for years. We see that the courts do not give protection to the families on these tracker mortgages either and the Central Bank is toothless, useless and totally fruitless. I suppose the banks brought some nice fruitcake in to the Minister for Finance, Deputy...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: The infamous American bank robber, Willie Sutton, once said: "You can't rob a bank on charm and personality." What the Irish banks have proven, however, is that one can indeed rob the people on charm and personality. I am referring to the latest example of our predatory banks' behaviour with respect to tracker mortgages. I believe it is important that we speak about this not only because...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: The Government gave strong commitments to support the agricultural industry. What is going on in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Road Safety Authority, RSA? Yesterday the stakeholders, including all the farming bodies and agricultural contractors of Ireland, were told out of the blue that the RSA is implementing a new policy whereby any tractor at 40k or above that...
- Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: In July the Joint Committee on Social Protection published a review of the contributory State pension. Some of the main recommendations made by the committee include the fact that the joint committee is of the view that the current averaging system is inequitable and a new type of contribution system should be devised. The joint committee noted that the Minister is considering the...
- Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Miserable woman I call her for the way she treated people. The joint committee considered that the 2012 changes, specifically-----