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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: That says it all. The House does not matter anymore. A motion was put forward by a political party and debated for two hours but, although the Minister made a contribution of which we are all aware, ní raibh sí ag éisteacht. She was not listening. We are the Teachtaí Dála, the messenger-boys of the people. I have received countless complaints about the awful...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: It is not the issue. The motion was a vote of the House.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I am aghast at the breathtaking arrogance of the Government. We thought we had got rid of that after the 1973-1977 coalition, with the heavy gang and the former Ministers, Mr. Paddy Donegan and Mr. Patrick Cooney-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: In the interest of health and safety, I ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine or the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to acknowledge that the wild deer population in Ireland has dramatically increased and is doing huge damage to farmland and crops. There have been several accidents and near misses on roads and injuries to persons. Hundreds of accidents have...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I asked about the chairperson of the board.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I did not say the Taoiseach had not.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: It is a hole in the ground.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: There is no helipad and no access from the country.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Pie in the sky.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Dr. Sheehan said it would cost €50 million at the Connolly site. The square metre cost at St. James's quoted by the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris is €8,000 per square metre. Dr. Sheehan and others have said the rate at Connolly would average €4,000 or slightly more per square metre.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I put it to the Taoiseach that these facts are available to us right now but unfortunately he will not listen and he will have history repeating itself. There is a saying in the east of the country that a person should always be careful of where he or she wears a halo because it is only less than one foot away from the neck. It could slip down and do catastrophic damage to the ego. I ask...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: It is back to school he needs to go.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Perhaps to night classes.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has said a lot there. We have a chance now to go back, re-evaluate and stall. The St. James's site was once described in a Department of Health briefing note as "the least worst option for delivery of this priority project”. Will the Taoiseach commit to meet Dr. James Sheehan, Dr. Fin Breathnach and others? Will he sit down in a room with them and talk to them at this...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: With every passing day, the scandal surrounding the development of the national children’s hospital grows deeper. The only thing that is absolutely certain at this point is that all of it could have been avoided. In 2016, Dr. Jimmy Sheehan, Ireland's leading hospital developer with six decades of experience in delivering world class health projects, in conjunction with Dr. Fin...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach is a spinning machine.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach is in a hole; he should stop digging.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: A yarn?
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: 111. To ask the Taoiseach the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019 [7756/19]
- Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts Data (19 Feb 2019)
Mattie McGrath: 113. To ask the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to cost overruns on contracts within his Department with a value in excess of €10 million that came in more than 10% over budget in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; if so, the details of same. [8429/19]