Results 5,761-5,780 of 20,738 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I did not hear him. I did not hear him say he withdrew the word "rat".
- Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I did not hear him say, "I withdraw the word rat".
- Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: He did not say he withdrew the word "rat".
- Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: He is the man who told the people of Tipperary a contract was signed when it clearly was not signed-----
- Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: -----and he has the cheek to call me a vermin such as that. We know who the vermin are and the people of Tipperary know who the vermin are. They will know.
- Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I appreciate that, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. If I could be allowed to finish, this is the biggest attack on rural Ireland by the Minister - "Big Phil" as I call him. He is fleeing to Europe. It is an attack on community development and the volunteers that I salute and have worked with over the years, unlike Deputy Hayes, who could not be found. He was in Brussels or gone off on some other...
- Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, besmirched my good name because his name might lag a little in the polls. He will resort to any tactics. Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle for trying to offer me some protection but it was an outrageous intrusion on the five minutes I had to speak.
- Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I so move. I compliment the former Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, on tabling the motion.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme Administration (4 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: 201. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed outline of the services that a person is entitled to when in receipt of a full medical card and general practitioner only card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23838/14]
- Other Questions: Job Initiatives (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his Department's response to the loss of jobs in a company (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if he has established the proposed task force to deal with this matter; and if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23807/14]
- Other Questions: Job Initiatives (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: A task force was set up to address the jobs losses in Dawn Meats in Fethard, County Tipperary. The factory had been operating for almost 40 years, with some employees having worked there for the entire time. They were a wonderful staff and it was a huge blow to the eastern part of south Tipperary, where there is no industry whatsoever. How is the task force progressing? Has it met other...
- Other Questions: Job Initiatives (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I acknowledge the sensitivities of negotiations and so on. However, I am seeking clarity about the make-up of the task force. The Minister of State mentioned EI. What other agencies are represented on it? It is almost a year since the factory closed. The Queally family gave wonderful service and they did their best but the factory was not viable, which is sad. I asked Coolmore...
- Other Questions: Job Initiatives (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State has still not provided clarity on the task force. Much was made of the task force by a local Minister of State at the time, Deputy Tom Hayes, and we all welcomed it. I want to know if there is meat on the bones of this. Is there a task force or is there not? Will the task force meet the newly elected councillors for the area, including Councillor Kieran Bourke, who...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to be able to speak on the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014. I thank my colleague, Deputy Finian McGrath, for sharing his time with me. I wish the Minister all the best in her current pursuits. She might have a new role and we might miss her.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I have always been supportive of the Minister, Deputy Burton, in her difficult role in Cabinet and in dealing with the difficult issues there. Perhaps she will adapt a new slogan, "Joan's way and not Enda's way", instead of the current Tánaiste who said it was going to be "Labour's way or Frankfurt's way". Good luck to her agus go n-éirí an t-ádh léi. I welcome...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I thought there was. I thank the Minister for that information. Clarity is required on the rules for entitlement to family income supplement. I ask the Minister to set out the circumstances in which a claimant who is living apart from his or her spouse or civil partner and children can still claim the supplement. That area needs to be clarified. I welcome changes in section 10 in...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: For God's sake.
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: When?
- Leaders' Questions (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It does not look like it.
- Order of Business (5 Jun 2014)
Mattie McGrath: In view of the lack of regulation, the actions of several banks in this jurisdiction, the number of entities they own and companies under which they trade, I wish to ask about the Competition and Consumer Protection Bill and the Central Bank (consolidation) Bill which are badly needed to rein in these people.