Results 741-760 of 20,709 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order-----
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Because the Government is playing games, yes.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: The Government is telling us it will.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Of course it was curtailed.
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It was a charade, with NGOs-----
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order-----
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: The Deputy has been addressing me for minutes but I did not hear the first part of his address because I was talking to the Ceann Comhairle's good self. I stood up to ask for clarification because I had not realised the Deputy was addressing me. The debate was a charade. There was a line of NGOs telling us what they wanted us to hear, and NGOs are running the country, so it was a pure...
- International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: You should have got a drone.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: On a day when Áine Donnelly, a former garda, and her former Garda colleagues are visiting the Dáil, many of them of the rank of inspector or superintendent, I wish to speak on behalf of the gardaí of Clonmel in south Tipperary. The Garda station in Clonmel is Dickensian, with no sign of it going to tender. We also have the worst numbers ever in Clonmel. Carrick-on-Suir has...
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: The Government has been doing this for 18 months. It is political. The Government parties are not accepting the motion, yet-----
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It is not agreed. They are accepting the motion mar dhea and then talking against it . We will have to force a vote.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We have to.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It is a slipshod way of getting-----
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We would love to agree the motion, but it is a slipshod effort by the Government to allow its backbenchers to go around to all the hotels and tell them they support them.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: That is the reason we are not supporting it.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We are not accepting it. We have to vote against our own motion, which is ridiculous. It is exposing the Government.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: More baloney and trickery by the Government.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I thank colleagues for their contributions. Ar céad dul síos, gabhaim buíochas leis an iar-Seanadóir Brian Ó Domhnaill agus Triona O'Flynn in our office for putting together this motion. Tourism is a vibrant, dynamic sector that plays a vital role in Ireland's economy, as has been stated. It is the lifeblood of rural communities, providing employment and economic...
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: They cannot wait until the budget.
- Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)
Mattie McGrath: No response.