Results 13,421-13,440 of 21,019 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Any time.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: He has blindfolded himself.
- Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (29 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Again, I am disappointed the Minister of State has come here to read out the same standard reply, although I have nothing personal against her. We need action. We have had all the consultations and reports. The Garda needs support and the legislative framework whereby it can try these people. The Minister of State referred to ESB lines being taken. This beggars belief. This has happened...
- Topical Issue Debate: Bituminous Fuel Ban (29 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Like Shaws.
- Topical Issue Debate: Crime Prevention (29 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I am sad to have to raise this issue about a scrap and precious metal dealers Bill, which I introduced here in November 2011. It was debated in 2012. The Minister for Justice and Equality rejected the Bill despite cross-party support. Since then there has been report after report. There was a report from the national metal theft forum, which recommended that Oireachtas Joint Committees...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Rein them in.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: They have not got them.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: They will be on the trolleys.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach will meet the anger if he goes out on the streets. They are waiting in the grass.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach should change the record.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (24 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the staffing levels and the grants paid to the schools in County Tipperary from 2011 to 2015; the changes in grants and funding she anticipates for the school year 2015-2016; the projections for the schools in the 2015-2016 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32699/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (24 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support school leaders by increasing release time for teaching principals and paying the outstanding parity award; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32700/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (24 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children receiving resource hours assistance in schools in County Tipperary; the number of applications that have been received by her Department for resource hours and extra supports by schools in County Tipperary; the number of these that have been approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32701/15]
- Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: According to the Minister anyway, like Santa Claus.
- Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: So have we.
- Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: It is not enough.
- Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts his Department is making to address the challenges being faced by the road haulage industry here, particularly those related to commercial vehicle road tax and the introduction of the lorry road user levy in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31804/15]
- Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: My question to the Minister relates to the road haulage system situation. The road haulage industry in Ireland is in a perilous situation. Road tax for the road haulage industry is five times more expensive here than it is in Northern Ireland and the introduction of the new levy of €10 per day in Northern Ireland and the UK has had a terrible impact. The Minister's Department is...
- Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: We can have the interdepartmental reports and investigations and I welcome them, but it is blatantly obvious that there is not a level playing field. We will have to do something about road tax and we will have to go back more robustly to the Northern Ireland authorities and Westminster to deal with this new levy. There is a channel, or a passage, from Donegal and there could be an...
- Other Questions: Road Haulage Industry (23 Sep 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Show me the money.