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- Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I am sorry. I meant to say he was like a playboy on the front page of Time magazine. The people suffering from austerity and the kites being flown are traumatised. The Taoiseach is doing his best at home, but he is not at his best abroad. He came back with a deal from the European Council in June which, again, was supported by the President of the European Parliament last week. However,...
- Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: They do not pay the pension levy. There were 860 of them. There was a list of them throughout the public service, including county managers and directors of services. They did not pay the pension levy. They were exempted from the special levy. Everyone else had to pay it. The Minister of State need not shake his head. He can go back and check it. There was a change, but it was a...
- Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I corrected my mistake. Deputy Mitchell O'Connor should not be silly.
- Fiscal Responsibility Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Chair corrected my mistake and I was happy to have the record corrected.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Allowances Review (10 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps that he will take to ensure greater accuracy in the targets that he sets in view of the failure to reach the target set in respect of public sector allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43586/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Allowances Review (10 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I acknowledge that the Minister does a difficult job and I wish him well in it. I do not want to knock public servants, particularly those on lower pay grades. I do not want to take money from the pockets of gardaí, nurses or other front line workers. However, the Minister or his Department fostered the expectation that €75 million could be saved and the public were left with...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Allowances Review (10 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I too thank the Minister for his efforts and honesty in admitting the figure was 5% and that the savings achieved did not come to the €75 million ingrained among the public, leaving egg on everyone's face when only €2.5 million or €3 million was saved. The Taoiseach said he was writing to all line Ministers asking them to come up with savings. Like Deputy Mary Lou...
- Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (10 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on this motion and commend Deputy Ó Cuív and his Fianna Fáil colleagues on tabling it. Deputy Ó Cuív has a deep knowledge of farming in the west and although born and reared in Dublin, he moved to the country to gain an extensive understanding of rural development and all things rural. It is reprehensible that certain Deputies sought to...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (10 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the amalgamation of South and North Tipperary county councils is being progressed, when the reality is that the savings targets will not be met and when the only reform will be less services at more cost; the savings targets that he expects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43587/12]
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: This is dreadful.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: This is my business; it is everyone's business.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is everyone's business.
- Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: In the context of the health information Bill, I ask about the situation in South Tipperary General Hospital, where an 80 year old lady presented for an X-ray yesterday and was still on a trolley this morning.
- Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I am speaking about reforming the health service.
- Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The health service should be answerable to the public.
- Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: A 99 year old woman was kept on trolly for 12 hours, with 16 others.
- Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The staff in the hospital are doing a mighty job.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Does the Taoiseach remember it?
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Bring back James Tully.
- Order of Business (16 Oct 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It will not save anything.