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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome our visitors, some of whom have been before us previously. They are very busy people who are trying to do a day's work and make sense of this issue. I welcome Mr. Slye who has apologised for not providing the material for us in advance. He has apologised a number of times for the way EirGrid has got the consultation process wrong. Will it not go back to basics? I have been a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I watched it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electricity Transmission Network: Discussion with EirGrid (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Mr. Slye did.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (4 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Burncourt regional water supply; when will works be completed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many customers in this area are on a boil water notice for around four years; his views on whether this is a satisfactory level of service for customers; the reason for the delay in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I asked about qualifications.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Can I get a reply? It was a serious question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: People are asking these questions. Why I am here? I am a Teachta Dála, a messenger for the people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am a messenger of the people. The Chairman should not forget that. People have been trodden on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I never said Mr. O'Connor did.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: No. I never said that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Fact.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I got no answers. Some of my points obviously were not questions. Mr. O'Connor has made an alarming statement that he was not aware or was not involved. Surely when he was asked by the Minister to take up this role, he troubled himself to inquire into what was happening. There is no point in saying that he was not aware of what happened during the consultation. He was asked to do this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: That is what I said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I was not asking about Dungarvan. I was inquiring as to the role of EirGrid's CEO that Mr. O'Connor was taking over and its functions. I was not talking about the Dungarvan Observer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. I am sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid: Discussion with Chairman Designate (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be part of this process of engagement with the chairman-designate. I welcome our guest and I thank him for his efforts to answer the questions from members. However, his answers to some of the questions leave more questions unanswered. I note he has a very interesting career roadmap charted through his career in various Departments and in the Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Placements (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection who is the person responsible for ensuring that JobBridge participants are not taken advantage of and that participants are employed on their stated projects; the avenue available to those who have taken up a JobBridge placement and who have found they are not gaining the experience promised to them; the total number of persons currently in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (3 Dec 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 442. To ask the Minister for Health the decision by the Health Service Executive not to assess over 70's medical card applications on medical grounds; the way a person over 70 can be expected to make under 70's application form and be assessed as an under 70; where is it published that over 70's with medical circumstances must submit a MC1 application form; when this change in policy was...

Bond Repayments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (27 Nov 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I have been there and won the jersey. There are no benefits.

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am delighted to have some time to speak on this very important Bill this evening. Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom mo chomhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Tom Hayes, a thagann ón Dáilcheantar Tiobraid Árann Theas. I congratulate Deputy Tom Hayes and wish him well as a Minister of State. I have done so many times but must...