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- Other Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister of State and wish him well in his work on the portfolio, as it is the first time I have asked questions of him. I do not accept his answer, however, as the cart was put before the horse. The reports should have been with the Minister long before EirGrid bulldozed ahead with its sham consultation, which it has accepted was not done properly or adequately. They are going...
- Other Questions: Electricity Transmission Network (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and for acknowledging that the Government had to listen to the people. We see that with Irish Water. The independence of the panel concerns some people. Is it wholly independent of EirGrid and the other bodies? There is also a concern about the new chairperson of EirGrid, who spent so much time in An Bord Pleanála. These things do not sit...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to be able to contribute. I support the amendments, which the Minister seems hell bent on rejecting. He did not even want this debate. We went through two or three interactions with the Ceann Comhairle at the commencement of the debate. Thankfully, we are discussing it. Where many aspects of this Bill are concerned, but especially these amendments, I plead with the Minister...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Destroying a decent party, the good Labour Party that I-----
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I am speaking through the Chair. The Labour Party was well regarded and respected. The Minister wants to wipe it out of existence. That will be his legacy. Will it not be a proud one? Decent people in Tipperary fought and worked for that party. During the children's referendum, the Government was caught with its hand in the till. The €3 million that the House voted to the...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I saw the Minister approaching the Ceann Comhairle and I heard his utterances. The Ceann Comhairle was not too pleased with what he heard. Where is the openness in that? Is that the legacy the Minister wants? It is some legacy.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Will you repeat that?
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Acting Chairman for his forbearance; I am almost finished. Members of the Government are saying they have listened to what people are telling them, but clearly they have not. Do they want to see another march in Dublin in January? Business people trying to make a living in this city could do without that. Gardaí are needed all over the country; they should not all have to...
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Fund-raising.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: You are sinking in it.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: They want rid of Irish Water and the bonuses.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It is not happening.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: The arrogance is mind-boggling.
- Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: That Department has control.
- Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: In view of the recent scandal, the Pro Life Campaign has today commented on Mr. Tony O'Brien's remarks about the value of undercover investigators, yet when the Pro Life Campaign learned what the Family Planning Association was doing undercover Mr. O'Brien rubbished it. We are waiting for a report for two years on the issue. Now we are told an audit is required and that no action will be...
- Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: They told people to lie about their condition to their GPs and there was no investigation.
- Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: No. They told people to do that and there was no investigation. This was the same Mr. O'Brien-----
- Order of Business (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: People were asked to say untruths to their doctors.