Results 261-280 of 308 for cork speaker:Mattie McGrath

Mortgage Restructuring Arrangement Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Oct 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...Government introduced a Bill with a lovely title, the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill. It should have called it what it was, the eviction Bill. I have an eviction notice in my hand that a family in Cork received . It was delivered by the sheriff on 9 September 2013 and pertains to Start Mortgages. The letter tells the family in question to vacate the property in ten days or else...

Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Mattie McGrath: In his reply to an earlier question, the Minister said that the people of Ireland were hurting. I want to raise an issue under the finance (no.2) Bill. It is about a family in County Cork.

Order of Business (26 Sep 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is on the Order of Business. The conveyancing Act of 2009 dismissed the power of the sheriff. How is the new sheriff in Cork - a newly appointed lady sheriff - intimidating families like this?

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (26 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...many years. We had accepted the fact that there would be change and accepted the Higgins report as an honest effort to tidy up our hospital systems. We welcome the fact that we are linked with Cork University Hospital, which is a teaching hospital. However, I want a commitment from the Minister that the seven senior registrar posts at South Tipperary General Hospital will be filled....

Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...the corridors at South Tipperary General Hospital. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Association has stated this is the third worst number in the country, behind only those for Beaumont Hospital and Cork University Hospital, which is alarming. We are not getting the staff we need. Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Health to give the hospital the staff it needs to cope with the...

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...station how business was and he told me it was desperate. I am sure he was an employee of Irish Rail. He told me without the free travel scheme the station would be silent. I met two people from Cork in the guesthouse this morning who are in Dublin for two nights. It is important for the economy that they are allowed to travel and it gives the people themselves the freedom and...

Order of Business (16 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: No. He was telling untruths. In an office in Cork there were thousands upon thousands of applications submitted by parents that were not even opened for one month. If the Tánaiste asks, he will be told that. It is unfair to blame the parents and the students.

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...the Minister's problem. I suppose he inherited it. We have to get the balance right. Farmers are bedevilled with too many officials and too much health and safety. There was a farcical situation in County Cork recently when lads filled a pothole. Well done to them. It would have been a shame on them if they had not filled it because somebody else would have been injured. Many of...

Further Education and Training Bill 2013: Second Stage (27 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...one but one could talk to people. One did not get automated messages looking for information that had been sent in a month earlier. I was told the reason for that problem was that the work was outsourced to a company in Cork but the people opening the envelopes were not there. Tens of thousands of letters containing people's details were kept in a building and the people sending out the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (19 Feb 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Bus Éireann to reinstate the the discontinued bus service at Raheen/Burncoat/Kilbehany along the Cork to Dublin bus route due to the considerable inconvenience caused to rural users of that service. [8244/13]

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...s lives. I will say no more on that, but we are awaiting a report from Professor Higgins, whom I was accused recently of maligning. I did no such thing. I merely stated that he is working out of Cork and, naturally, the more throughput he can get for that area, the better. I am sure he will do an independent report but the games being played and the brinkmanship being engaged in by the...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...lottery funds in Wexford. Is this Government aware of the medical and economic consequences of the proposed realignment of hospital services? Professor Higgins believes his loyalty is to Cork. He also sees a spin off from South Tipperary General Hospital to Cork if Waterford is gone.

Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...its proposers. This is an important issue. I have children in national school, secondary school and third level. Every day, we see reports of severe issues. Today, an e-mail from An Post in Cork outlined the effects and damage caused by cyberbullying and bullying in general. The 1993 guidelines are well out of date. We must strengthen them and make them meaningful. As a former...

Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (23 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...country, from the psychiatrists to the ordinary plain people and, of course, the families of victims of suicide, and dealing with cyberbullying right back to bullying. I read a story from County Cork about An Post and bullying in the workplace. As an employer, one is not cognisant. One sets up in business and employs others, but one is not trained in the main to deal with issues of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Reserve (12 Dec 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...Tipperary in view of the fact that there are two units (details supplied); the way he intends existing members based in the Clonmel centre to be accommodated if they have to travel to barracks in Cork and Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54996/12]

Transport (Córas Iompair Éireann and Subsidiary Companies Borrowings) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...am that the public transport is not there. It is the same with the Clonmel to Dublin route, where there is uncertainty, and but for private operators we would have basically no service. The Cahir and Clogheen to Cork route has had services removed without engagement. The bus stop had a laminated A4 sheet left on it; I have a picture of such a notice at Hopkinsrea in Burncourt indicating...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...passion and they want to do good. However, mistakes will happen. When I opened the envelope, I was quite taken aback to find a bill for £600. The reason I got the bill was that I had to go to Cork University Hospital for a special test. I could have walked over, because the distance was only from here to Grafton Street. The walk would have been good for me and would have helped...

Education Funding: Motion [Private Members] (13 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ..., although it should not have been necessary to do so. It is another fine mess the Government has got us into. I welcome the students in the Visitors Gallery, in particular a student from County Cork, Miss O'Brien. Why can we not learn anything in this country? Why do we change everything that is not broken? It was said there were 66 agencies dealing with this. In south Tipperary...

Order of Business (6 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the Transport (CIE Borrowings) Bill. I am concerned about a situation in Tipperary regarding junction XC-147 on the Cork to Dublin railway line.

Topical Issue Debate: Health Insurance Cost (24 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: ...waiting lists, as was discussed in the previous topic in the debate. We must change this. We cannot allow the companies to charge these exorbitant rates. I once stayed in a private hospital in Cork and had to travel about 600 yards in an ambulance. Deputy Kelleher would know the place well. I could have walked there but not back, as I was under anaesthetic. The ambulance charge was...