Results 9,101-9,120 of 20,725 for speaker:Mattie McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (22 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 626. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the travel and subsistence expenses incurred by her Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22152/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (22 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 627. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the consultancy services, value for money and policy review expenses incurred by her Department in the year ending 31 December 2017. [22168/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: My question is about the programme for Government and support for education in national schools. St. Mary's CBS primary school in Carrick-on-Suir is an excellent school with excellent staff and principal, Denis Cotter. In February of last year, the school got DEIS 1 status and was delighted. Last September, after enrolments, the school was one short. It had 132 students but it needed 133...

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Do something about it then.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Why does the Government not use it?

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is sitting on its hands.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Blind people.

Leaders' Questions (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is killing it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The public service performance report for 2017 states the aim is to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public expenditure by linking the funding of public sector organisations to the results they deliver. That is vital. It is a very useful exercise and one we all support in terms of promoting positive reform. In the section of the report dealing with local authority funding for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I did not say the Government was not giving enough money. It is giving plenty of money and there have been plenty of reviews, but nothing is being delivered. While the reviews and practices continue aplenty in the Department, nothing seems to change. There are poor outcomes. That is what I said. I did not say the Government was not giving the money. The houses are not being built. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I did not say the Government had not.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: What good is money if one cannot build anything?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Positive? In the Minister's mind.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Campaigning.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: No homes to be found.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas of reform his Department is prioritising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21978/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Sector Reform Implementation (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: This is to ask the Minister the position on his Department prioritising cost saving initiatives in the interests of better financial prudence and scarce resources being spent wisely.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consular Services Expenditure (17 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of consultancy services, value for money and policy review expenses incurred by his Department as at 31 December 2017. [21891/18]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (16 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I thank Deputy Darragh O'Brien and I wish him well in his role as Fianna Fáil spokesperson on housing and on the motion tonight. Did the Minister say that there have been nine Ministers with responsibility for housing? Was it uimhir a naoi or were there six or seven Ministers? We talk about Charlie McCreevy's dirty dozen of tax cuts, but these housing Ministers are the useless six...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I admit that I have concerns. I also admit and respect that the committee sat and discussed this for a long time. I am not a member of the committee and I was neither involved in this nor kept abreast of it. There are issues with regard to public consultation, as Deputy Byrne said. In most public consultations many people do not get involved. They might miss the deadlines because of...