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Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Advantageous.

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It never happened. When did it happen? That was Progressive Democrats policy.

Primary Schools: Motion (Resumed) (1 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: To hell or to Connacht.

Written Answers — Court Accommodation: Court Accommodation (1 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the courthouse in Tipperary town; if moneys secured in recent years for essential repairs for the courthouse have been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5742/12]

Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Is there any promised legislation in the Department of Finance relating to diesel, fuel and excise duty?

Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: No, it concerns the finance Bill.

Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: No. I am asking about this particular aspect of it, because it is a huge problem, especially -----

Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Life is full of problems, but I am asking the Tánaiste-----

Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: This is crippling hauliers and now there is talk of agri-diesel being included. There are other ways of dealing with that than going down that road.

Personal Explanation by Member (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to make a statement. I make the statement in regard to comments made by me in the course of a Topical Issue Debate on 8 December 2011. During the debate, I mentioned by name an individual who is not a Member of the House. I would like to withdraw from the record of the House the remarks and any direct or indirect references to the person in...

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to speak on the health service plan for 2012. I have the summary of the plan, I would not like to have to read the full document as I do not know how many pages it would contain. Having listened to the last speaker, I accept the Minister, Deputy Reilly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Shortall, and her colleagues are genuine about this issue, as is everybody in the House. The...

Health Service Plan 2012: Statements (Resumed) (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I accept that. I am talking about my party in Government, and about what I saw with my two eyes open in the past four years. I accept that we attacked the front line services and I am ashamed that was not addressed. The Minister, Deputy Reilly, promised to tackle it but he has not. I could raise issue after issue but the fundamental problem is that the HSE is a big, monolithic organisation...

Local Authority Services (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 3: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the status of the amalgamation of South Tipperary County Council and North Tipperary County Council; the proposed location for the new head office; the savings to be made; his views on the fact that amalgamating town and borough councils into county councils would yield much greater cost savings and would...

Local Authority Services (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister said there is an implementation group which, as he knows, I have an issue with in terms of its make-up. I welcome the fact there will be a progress report which I have seen and read. Where will the savings be made? The Minister said there would be savings in administration. If there will be two headquarters, what will be different from what is currently in place? We will...

Local Authority Services (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I will get an answer in two months time. It is like the answer to previous questions. We are expected to accept there will be standards but the Minister will not tell us when they will be delivered. There is the same mystique around this. The Minister likes to create mystique around himself and his position and we have to wait and see what will happen. Money was put into offices in...

Local Authority Services (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: No it does is not.

Local Authority Services (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: We stopped Cromwell.

Local Authority Services (2 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It is a bulldozing approach.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: A Fiver Monday.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Very few and none in Tipperary.