Results 24,681-24,700 of 27,945 for speaker:Michael McGrath
- Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: Some in government might seek to portray the reason for the resignation of Deputy Róisín Shortall as Minister of State at the Department of Health as a personality clash with the Minister, Deputy James Reilly. Nothing could be further from the truth. In a devastating critique of the Minister, Deputy Reilly, and the entire Government, Deputy Shortall resigned over what she...
- Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: We are assured by the chairman of the Labour Party that the Tánaiste was fulsome in his support of Deputy Shortall at the Labour Party national executive meeting last Saturday-----
- Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: -----but he shafted her in public. If that is how the Tánaiste treats his friends I certainly would not like to be one of his enemies. Deputy Shortall has now been sacrificed in favour of the type of politics we have witnessed from the Minister, Deputy Reilly, where Fine Gael constituency considerations are put ahead of established criteria for allocating scarce resources. At the same...
- Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: No, I was speaking on Leaders' Questions.
- Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: No, I thought you indicated to me, a Cheann Comhairle to proceed on Leaders' Questions.
- Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: Come on, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Resignation of Minister of State: Statement (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: I thought no response would be allowed to the statement by the Minister, Deputy Burton.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Remuneration (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the amount the €200 million in savings expected from the agreement reached with the hospital consultants will contribute towards bridging the deficit in the health budget this year; when he expects to see the savings from this agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40965/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultants posts that were advertised over the past year; the average length of time it took to fill these posts; the number of positions that were unable to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40978/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: General Government Debt (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the primary general Government deficit, both gross and net of measures relating to the banking sector for the period 2007 to 2011; his projection of the primary deficit for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41214/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored site visits to Dublin on an annual basis since 2008 and of those that visited Dublin, the number that also visited Cork. [41116/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reintroduce the additional discount of up to 15% under the tenant purchase scheme for persons who have been tenants of their home for over 10 years and his plans for the tenant purchase scheme in 2013 and beyond. [41217/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications (27 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the way the clawback provisions apply in the case of a person who purchases a house from a local authority under the tenant purchase scheme and where the property is subsequently sold. [41219/12]
- Topical Issue Debate: Banks Recapitalisation (26 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: There is no fear of that.
- Topical Issue Debate: Banks Recapitalisation (26 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: That is not the case.
- Topical Issue Debate: Banks Recapitalisation (26 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: I thank the Minister for his response. I will ignore the political swipe he made, which sounds rather tired at this stage, and focus instead on the substance of the issue. He referred to differences of interpretation. What we read last night from the finance Ministers of Germany, the Netherlands and Finland was not a new interpretation of the summit statement from the end of June. The...
- Topical Issue Debate: Banks Recapitalisation (26 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: We are seeking parliamentary accountability.
- Topical Issue Debate: Banks Recapitalisation (26 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: In that case, last night's statement is irrelevant.
- Topical Issue Debate: Banks Recapitalisation (26 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for debate. The statement last night by the Finance Ministers of Germany, the Netherlands and Finland can only be seen as a major setback to the efforts to secure an overall deal on this country's bank debt. It is all very fine for the Taoiseach to insist that the summit statement from last June still stands, but that is no...
- Topical Issue Debate: Banks Recapitalisation (26 Sep 2012)
Michael McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for debate. The statement last night by the Finance Ministers of Germany, the Netherlands and Finland can only be seen as a major setback to the efforts to secure an overall deal on this country's bank debt. It is all very fine for the Taoiseach to insist that the summit statement from last June still stands, but that is no...