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Order of Business (4 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will not. It is not true and it is an insult to say it. We did not come down in the last shower.

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The eviction law.

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is unfair.

Leaders Questions (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Very few.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is for resuscitation.

Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I hope the Taoiseach had a successful trip around Kerry. I am disappointed he did not take some of the free water and bananas offered by Deputy Healy-Rae for the sustenance of the people. I want to ask the Taoiseach about a very serious issue of which he is aware, as is every Deputy in this House - namely, that of Garda vetting. This is out of all control. I refer to this under the...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I have done so, and I have also raised the matter in Topical Issue debates. This is killing voluntary groups and other agencies. I have a second question, regarding the Credit Review Office, which is totally toothless. I refer to the Central Bank (consolidation) Bill. Can something be done under its provisions? The office exists and one can write to it and engage with it, although many...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I too would like to give my comments and views on the Bill. The changes in the Bill relating to private hearings will be commonly described as relaxing the in camera rule. However, the Bill adds to the list of cases that must be heard otherwise than in public but which bona fide representatives may attend as long as nothing that might the identify the parties is published. There is a...

Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am sticking to the Bill. Part 7, on bankruptcy, also concerns me greatly. Is this to protect the banks yet again? Is it another part of the eviction Bill the Minister had passed last week, going by the fancy name of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act? The Minister has stated that we must do all in our power to minimise the risk of challenge - my goodness - and judicial review and...

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I rise to support the motion and compliment the proposers on it. Both Fine Gael and the Labour Party said in the programme for Government that they would get tough with the banks. It is another broken promise. MABS is at the coalface in this work. It should be provided with more powers. We know the figures, which have been trotted out by everybody tonight. I will not repeat them. I...

Mortgage Arrears Proposals: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Unfortunately, my time is up. This is complete fraud what the Minister is portraying to the people. He is allowing the banks to do what they like. Why would they not do so when the Minister is going off with his petty statements or whatever? As I stated previously, what the Minister is doing to the banks is like rubbing Vaseline into a fat sow's belly. He is allowing them do what they...

Report on Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to contribute to the debate and compliment and thank the Chairman of the joint committee, Deputy Andrew Doyle, the secretariat and all committee members, of whom I was one, for a hard year's work and investigations in putting together the report. Article 10 of Bunreacht na hÉireann states: "All natural resources, including the air and all forms of potential energy,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a student who is living independently of their parents and earning their own income can be classed as a dependent when applying for Student Universal Support Ireland; the way a student who has no relationship with their parents can be refused a SUSI grant because they are unable to provide information on their parents' income due to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline and compare the levels of pension benefit and the rates of pension benefit accrual of Irish Government Ministers with those of government ministers in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32967/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 296. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the individual costs of the KPMG report on the State pension, the PwC report on pension charges, the OECD review of the pensions system and the critical review of the Pensions Board and Pensions Ombudsman, broken down into amounts paid to the consultants and ancillary costs such as meetings, catering and departmental...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: EU Directives (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 297. To ask the Minister for Social Protection considering the recent definitive victory by the Waterford Crystal workers against the Government in the European Court of Justice and the potential costs that will now accrue to the State, if she has reviewed the advice to contest the case in the manner the Government did; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32981/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (9 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a handling charge of €10 when a person tries to pay the non-principal private residence tax when such a handling charge does not apply for payment with cheque, postal order, debit or credit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33328/13]

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am ready and willing, a Cheann Comhairle. My first question relates to the electoral (amendment) (referendum spending and miscellaneous provisions) Bill. I am glad the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is here as I raise this issue. We had a unanimous Supreme Court decision last November regarding the misspending of money by Government in the campaign leading up to the referendum...

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: There has been no debate in this House on the issues arising from that unanimous decision of the Supreme Court. Does the Government intend to ignore it?

Order of Business (10 Jul 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is simply ignoring it.