Results 2,041-2,060 of 20,725 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Of course. Yes, he is the Minister. He knows I mean that. He is the same man who is in charge of the local government boundary changes. It will be the biggest example of gerrymandering since Jimmy Tully. I suggest that Jimmy Tully would not be a patch on him.
- Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I know we are but I question whether this man is fit to be in government because his cavalier approach to all of these matters is shameful. It is nothing short of bully-boy tactics. County councils are looking after water services but the Minister wants to disband them as well. He will not disband the part of Kilkenny that is in Waterford. He gave the area â¬1 million to set up a new...
- Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Has the Minister ever heard of proper planning involving rainwater harvesting? That is what the Minister should be looking at in the Department. It was part of the plans envisaged by the former Minister, Mr. Gormley, that rainwater would be harvested in tanks and used by households and schools. A retrofit programme is required to harvest rainwater for two and three classroom schools so...
- Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Minister big Phil. I say it is easy to climb a tall tree when it has knots so bÃgà cúramach.
- Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister cannot be trusted.
- Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State should have called in for some tea.
- Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Yes.
- Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: That is-----
- Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Why can the Garda not use the Air Corps?
- Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister should stand up to Europe.
- Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Excuse me-----
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts being made to ensure the protection of our national monuments and listed buildings which are under threat because of their valuable metals; the measures if any, that have been taken to restore monuments and buildings which are important to our heritage that have already stripped of their valuable metals; and...
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Before getting to the question, the Minister made an allegation that I was a serial law-breaker.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister stated I was a serial law-breaker. What laws pertain to septic tanks? I have not broken any law.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: What law have I broken? The Minister stated I was a serial law-breaker. How dare he. I take umbrage at the remark that I am a serial law-breaker.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: What law relating to septic tanks did I break? The Minister is a bluffer and I will not let this go. I will write to the Ceann Comhairle unless he withdraws that outrageous allegation.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is a slur on my character.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I will do so. The answer is a load of waffle. How could the Minister read that reply when the country is being stripped day and night? At the Hume Street hospital site, close to the cameras at the Department of Justice and Equality, raiders broke in over a two-week period and stripped the entire roof and contents of the hospital before exporting their gains abroad. Is the Minister saying...
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I did not interrupt.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Deputy's party has never made political comments. They got away with it.