Results 4,201-4,220 of 20,725 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Gabh mo leithscéal. I stand corrected on that. What is all the hoo-ha at Dublin Castle about the Presidency?
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: My niece and some others have been up Dancing at Lughnasa or dancing like lunatics at the Mansion House for these guests and it all is for fun and games. We see the flags flying inside the hall. We have power when it suits us and we have no more power.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I accept that. I thank the Minister of State.
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I do not mind deferring to the Minister of State at all. I do not mind saying I am not infallible. I am only a humble backbencher from south Tipperary. I would not be always right or claim to be. Certainly, I note the charade that went on. We talk about the European Central Bank. When we had our so-called bailout, which I referred to at the time as a clean-out, the interest rates...
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: We are, but we are looking for what we call rolling funds or, as I learned first in the local authorities, the multi-annual fund. As to how medium or how roving is multi-annual, I do not know. As roving as you like, I suppose, Acting Chairman. I do not know whether it is roaming or roving. Recently, I spoke on the Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Bill. I was aghast. I made my horror known....
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Acting Chairman, who is very fair. He did the same when I was talking, for which I apologise. We have a habit of doing that. Maybe when the speaker is not that interesting we wander into that area. I will keep repeating this while I am in this House. We voted €3 million to run the children's rights referendum and a Supreme Court action was taken. Five Supreme Court...
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am just saying I am glad the Minister has arrived, because that is how silly it is. We have got carried away and punch drunk, thinking we can do what we like, when we like, where we like and to hell with the people and to hell with Bunreacht na hÉireann. We simply say, "Yes, we will do whatever you ask" to our European colleagues. We have never looked for a write-down for the...
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Burn the bondholders.
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: So this is how it starts.
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Burn the bondholders.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: There should be.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is a mess. One cannot contact it these days.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is not true.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is spin.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I want to ask the Tánaiste about a number of items, including the county enterprise boards (dissolution) Bill and the local government amendment Bill. Last night in the Mansion House, I attended a very pleasant function, as did many others, at which there were many people from the LEADER development companies and the voluntary boards that are doing tremendous work. If these are going...
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: No. He was telling untruths. In an office in Cork there were thousands upon thousands of applications submitted by parents that were not even opened for one month. If the Tánaiste asks, he will be told that. It is unfair to blame the parents and the students.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste blamed the families.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Where is the ship the Minister promised to bring the food?
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: And sheep.