Results 11,921-11,940 of 20,803 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: 176. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to a centre (details supplied) in each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25746/18]
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He could not get the information.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am sure the Minister is aware that this is national carers week. It is our annual opportunity to express our profound admiration for the work that carers provide day in, day out. I am sure the Minister will join me in that sentiment. In my county of Tipperary, 7,041 people provide regular unpaid personal help to a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: We have had enough consultation. It is obvious - the Minister himself admits it - that carers need support for the valuable work they do. The provision of care by children, however, surely cannot be acceptable, and I am worried about the Minister's comments in this regard. On a related matter, in December of last year, the Minister, Deputy Harris, in response to a prominent "Carers in...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I did not say that.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government gives a commitment to increase accountability of State agencies. Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, a State educational agency which deals with quality and qualifications issues, has consistently refused to engage with a company in my town of Clonmel. The Institute of Professional Training in Clonmel, which achieved provider status in 2013, having passed...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Who are they accountable to?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I have done so.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I thank Deputies Boyd Barrett and Barry for allowing me to speak before them as I have an appointment. I appreciate it. I am happy to make a few brief remarks on the issue of adoption. What has emerged in light of the illegalities and forced adoptions in this State is a scandal that cries to heaven for justice. The idea that young babies and children were forcibly removed from their...
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I agree that we should have a debate on this appalling issue. We believe the House should have a wider debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the ongoing persecution of Christians and Muslim minorities. We seem to give-----
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: We should have a debate on that before the summer recess.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government contains a commitment to improving the provision of mental health services. Tipperary, the county I represent, does not have one mental health bed. When will the Taoiseach cry "halt"? What does it mean when Dr. John Hillery, a consultant psychiatrist and president of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, says that he has been forced to resign his role within...
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: That is a nakedly political comment.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Everything about the Taoiseach is spin.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Will the Taoiseach answer the question?
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He is only talking balderdash. All he sees in front of him are votes.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He will not speak.
- Apology for Persons Convicted of Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Acts: Motion (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am happy to make a few brief remarks on this motion. I support the idea of a State apology for past wrongs committed in its name. The State has many things to apologise for. Perhaps the Taoiseach is trying to emulate the late Pope, St. John Paul the Great, who in 2000 made an international plea for forgiveness for the wrongs committed in the name of the church. It seems the State is...