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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid Grid25 Project: Discussion (20 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I propose that we make a submission before next Tuesday.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid Grid25 Project: Discussion (20 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the witnesses for attending. What is the view on the project travelling under the sea?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid Grid25 Project: Discussion (20 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I also would like to welcome the witnesses here today. I understand that they are all lay people, trying to raise their families and live in their communities. They depend on governments to defend their right to live in an environment that is not a threat to their health. We have heard and seen excellent presentations, including the EirGrid document that does not mention the elephant in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid Grid25 Project: Discussion (20 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: We need to clarify that, to be fair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid Grid25 Project: Discussion (20 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, let us be honest to our guests. I do not want to be political but I have put down parliamentary questions to the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte and the Ceann Comhairle has told me they are out of order because he has no responsibility for EirGrid. We must get real, make our decision here, bring it to Government and change the policy because that is what the people are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EirGrid Grid25 Project: Discussion (20 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am not saying that. I am saying there is a process to go through.
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (20 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: 173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Waterford has not received their single farm payments; when this person will receive their payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49820/13]
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Of course they did.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: But they are.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: We need honesty.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is happening under the Taoiseach's nose.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Disgusting.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Will heads roll?
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is a cover-up. It is disgraceful.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Did they pay it back?
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (19 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: 600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary will receive their single farm and disadvantaged area payments; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49379/13]
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The woods the Government is wandering in.
- EU-IMF Programme: Statements (14 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (14 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: 3. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there has been any risk-benefit analysis carried out regarding the impact that the EirGrid grid link project will have on the agricultural economy of south Tipperary; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that south Tipperary has a thriving beef and dairy industry with major companies having long established businesses...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (14 Nov 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I asked this question because there could be implications if we do not do a cost-benefit analysis and impact assessment of the damage that will be done to agriculture in south Tipperary and elsewhere by this ruinous project, which serves big business and will not do what it is supposed to, namely, maintain our energy supplies. I plead with the Minister. His colleague, the Minister of State,...