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- 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...
- Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this Bill and particularly on amendments Nos. 14 and 15. Amendment No. 14 reads:In page 28, after line 34, to insert the following:"Micro-targeting and profiling of children 30. It shall be an offence under this Act for any company or corporate body to process the personal data of a child as defined by section 29 for the purposes of direct marketing, profiling or...
- Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Níl mé críochnaithe fós, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Tá nóiméad eile fós agam.
- Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Of course. I have read the two amendments I am speaking about.
- Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am talking to the subject matter of the amendments.
- Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Not at all. People have come at this issue from different angles. I accept everyone's bona fides in this regard. As legislators, we have to make a choice when we are dealing with and voting on these two amendments. I appeal to the Minister to show understanding to the people who are here. There is a big difference between processing and profiling, or between profiling and processing. It...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Can I get an answer please? This must be stopped.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: This is not fake news; it is fact.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: What is the Minister going to do about it?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Will he defend the integrity of the voting process?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (16 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: These people never asked to be registered.