Results 9,321-9,340 of 20,731 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The Deputy is probably travelling another journey and she is coming back off it now again.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I will not take any lecture from the Deputy.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I will not take any lecture from the Deputy.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I was interrupted. I did not interrupt anyone. I sat here-----
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am not inviting them. I did not interrupt anyone tonight. I have sat here all night. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle was in the Chair and other Members chaired this debate. I hope the Minister will reflect on the terrorist remark, and that other people will do so as well, otherwise we will have to be forced to take another route to make him to apologise. That route would be a costly one....
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am sure they are on the record and attributed to him. I asked the Minister previously to look at many issues in the context of road safety. He could have considered a plethora of issues. One of these relates to the statistics for driving test. I want him to comment on the statistic confirming the number of people waiting to be scheduled for driving tests, which is deeply alarming and a...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: They have been killed. They died because of neglect on the part of the HSE.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am continuing. I am just putting in context what the Minister is trying to do.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am thinking about that but I have not heard any response from him at the committee or anywhere else. I have tried to discuss this with him privately and at different fora but he has not been prepared to do so. He is hell bent on passing this legislation. It is his swan song, especially coming up to the two-year anniversary of his appointment to ministerial office, which is very important...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I too am pleased to be able to speak here tonight.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall, an dtuigeann an Leas-Cheann Comhairle é sin?
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Maith an fear. I have regarded the Minister as a friend of mine for many years but I am literally appalled at how the Minister has stooped to a new low in this Parliament in how he has described us. We are trying to represent our constituents as best we can. The Minister and the quango queen, Liz O'Donnell, came out last weekend, during the week and again today-----
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: She is a former Teachta Dála but she is chairperson of the Road Safety Authority. She took it upon herself to attack us for doing our duty.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Tuigeann an Leas-Cheann Comhairle an fáth go bhfuil mé ag rá é sin. She chose it. I did not mention her the last time I spoke so this is not repetition. This is the first time, an chéad uair. The following comments were apparently made by the Minister today. I have seen them in the print media and other media as well: "A number of rural TDs have opposed the...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a one-way ticket.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: What he is saying is factual.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: With the Acting Chairman's co-operation, if she does not mind, I would ask her to let Deputy Healy-Rae go first.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am. I have just two questions. When will it be enacted and when will it be evaluated?
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He did not say when it will be enacted.
- Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I wish to make a further comment on it.