Results 4,001-4,020 of 20,725 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It will be an awfully long session altogether.
- Statute of Limitations (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to contribute to the debate on the Bill. I compliment Deputy Ó Caoláin on his persistence in championing the cause of those victims who fought long and hard to see this day dawn. It is a pity that so many previous Governments, Members of the Oireachtas and the HSE ignored this long-standing problem. It is sad that so many of the victims have gone to their...
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is because the Government threatened a 7% pay cut.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: And the Government compromises.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: We should give the Tánaiste a medal.
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: They will not be introduced before the local elections.
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: They did.
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I also wish to raise an important issue. I compliment the Ceann Comhairle on his remarks on Private Members' Bills. I have resubmitted one. The Minister for Justice and Equality promised that he would introduce legislation to address thefts of scrap and precious metals. It is happening wholesale, but nothing has been done. Under the forestry Bill, will the Government please desist from...
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Yes, but this is on promised legislation.
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I have, but I received no answer.
- Order of Business (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Will the Government sell the rights?
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to speak on the Bill. The Financial Action Task Force recommendations include more transparency on ownership and control of companies, trusts and other legal persons; the clarification of rules on customer due diligence to ensure better knowledge of customers and better understanding of their business; the expansion of provisions dealing with politically exposed persons to cover...
- Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: -----but nothing has been done. We have no meaningful accountability from senior politicians, senior officials, regulators, Central Bank governors and bank chairman. What we did was to increase their wages and bend or broke the rules to allow this despite the promises made. Consider how the staff of the former Anglo Irish Bank and the IBRC have been treated. They are badly needed to help...
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (18 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current position with the Burncourt Regional Water Treatment System in South Tipperary; if the residents of this area who are subjected to using bottled water due to the condition of the water will be exempt from water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18125/13]
- Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The banks, for God’s sake. The Taoiseach must be joking. Show me the money. Cá bhfuil an t-airgead?
- Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Live horse, eat grass.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It has.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: They have gone beyond that point.
- Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: They cannot eat clay.