Results 17,681-17,700 of 20,825 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: It is down by more than half.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: Not for here.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: We are talking about LEADER.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: I asked about LEADER.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: The idea is to close them down, is it?
- Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 - Second Stage. What a mouthful. The Government does not intend to do anything for the hard-pressed people. Households are facing annual gas and electricity hikes of €6,000 from early next year. That is more than triple the €1,900 they were paying at the start of...
- Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: It is a very old saying in Gaillimh and Tiobraid Árann.
- Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: It looks like that to me, if we put in 10 newton concrete that will probably be the strongest batch, but we will never again use that pipeline. If that happens, I will call it an act of treason. I ask the Minister of State to clarify immediately, or tomorrow, whether this is poppycock or a wild dream someone has had. Could the Minister reach so far as to sign an order to instruct people to...
- Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: The snakes are all around Deputy Bruton over there.
- Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: All the snakes are over there.
- Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: I, too, thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. I will say my few words on it. Carers have been abandoned, especially during the Covid pandemic but also since then. They expected something meaningful this year in that they would be linked to other extra payments. They did not get that linkage. They got their once-off payment but that will not bring them very far. The Indecon...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister for Education for attending but I am disappointed the Minister for Justice is not here. I know it is late but it is not good enough that she is not prepared to take this Topical Issue matter. I attended a meeting last Thursday night in Moyle Rovers GAA Club, Clonmel. I thank the caretaker, Mr. O'Connor. More than 500 people came from far and near in fear and...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: That is a shocking reply. The Minister for Justice needs to take heed. She is accountable to this House. I am sick and tired of Ministers coming in here to refer to the Garda Commissioner, head of the HSE and all these people. They are not elected or accountable to the people. We are supposed to have a Government here. We are celebrating 100 years of our freedom, having set up our...
- Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: This is an important motion which has been brought forward by the Labour Party and I compliment it on doing so. I wholeheartedly support the community and voluntary sector. The people working in that sector have not had a wage increase in 14 years. What other section would put up with that? These people are the glue and the building blocks that keep our country together. In many cases,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: Why has the Government deliberately chosen not to cap the cost of electricity or implement a windfall tax on electricity providers in this country? Never has there been a more important time to be decisive and to reduce the crippling bills that households, small businesses and farmers are facing. All energy customers are once again facing extremely significant increases in their bills from...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: That was a pretty feeble answer. The Government is tired; it has created this problem itself. The Government likes to blame the war in Ukraine but, as awful as that is, the Government has created this problem. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. That is what the Government is trying to do here. Some 40% is not nearly enough for businesses. I know of one SuperValu in...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: Do you want glasses to see properly?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: No place to hide.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister has no place to hide.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)
Mattie McGrath: Businesses are disappearing by the hour.