Results 4,081-4,100 of 20,725 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Order of Business (25 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: What about the consultants?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I also welcome the Minister and his official. I assure the Minister that he will never have to check on his official or those like him because they are always working hard. I certainly welcome the €1 million fund. It is a start but it is only a drop in the ocean. I thank the IFA and other organisations, such as Coolmore Stud in my own county which did not export fodder but recently...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I will. It is having a huge knock-on effect. It is 25 April. The Minister knows that in his county, silage has not been cut. It will not be cut for at least another three weeks and will have a significant effect. This is not going to go away but will continue into next winter and be very serious. The disadvantaged area payments have to be released and the Department of Finance must...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister did not tell us.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis: Discussion with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am on the ground.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Himself.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: He never does.
- Leaders' Questions (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: A drop in the ocean.
- Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The continuing cold weather is appropriate to my question. STEP is providing insulation for hundreds of houses in County Tipperary and has a contract with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Its funding has been frozen.
- Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The next time the you are down in Tipperary, a Cheann Comhairle, you might see some of the nice houses it has insulated-----
- Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: -----under the geothermal and energy Bill.
- Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I appreciate that he did and I hope Tom or the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, can do something about it if he can because 50 jobs are on the line here.
- Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I was going to, but I was not allowed by the Whip. Will the Taoiseach investigate the matter to ensure that Muintir na Tíre and other groups can continue to provide the service they are providing allowing people to insulate their homes?
- Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Bill is the geothermal energy development Bill.
- Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Jobs are at stake.
- Order of Business (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Was it frosty in the Cabinet room this morning?
- Organ Donation: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I compliment Deputy Tom Fleming on tabling this Private Members' motion and on the work, effort and research he has put into this subject. It is interesting to note there is another function on the playing fields of Páirc an Chrócaigh anocht freisin at which this issue is being discussed with Mr. Joe Brolly. Deputy Fleming has engaged deeply on this issue and, with the help of Ms...
- Organ Donation: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: This is very disappointing.
- Organ Donation: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am aware of that.
- Organ Donation: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2013)
Mattie McGrath: While I agree to the suspension of the House, I find it disgraceful that, apart from the Minister of State, no other Deputy on the Government side has bothered to come to the Chamber to speak on such an important issue. It is an insult to the Technical Group which tabled the Private Members' motion, in particular to Deputy Tom Fleming, who moved it. Surely the issue of organ donation is...