Results 9,441-9,460 of 20,875 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: They have a choice to save the people of rural Ireland or to destroy them. It is up to themselves.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I will not tell anyone how to vote.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Getting back to the cost-effective service, the reality has been the complete opposite with regard to the NDLS and driving licences. The reality has been the complete opposite. We have the ridiculous scenario where SGS Ireland has the contract for the front office interface, Abtram for the back office processing and another company, Credit Card Systems, CCS, for the plastic card licence. I...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Good man. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is good on the Passport Office. I know that and fair dues to him.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Practice makes perfect. I bow to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's experience. He is a long time in the business. It happened. It is a bad day when one does not learn something. If the Leas-Cheann Comhairle has something to tell me afterwards I would appreciate it. I am always in the L-driving category as far as learning is concerned. I have no monopoly on any issues. The reality has been...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am referring to amendments No. 4 to 19, and No. 28.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I have a list here. We have a number of amendments tabled ourselves. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle did not ask any other speaker which amendment he or she was speaking on.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: If the Leas-Cheann Comhairle likes I will pick them out but it will take more time.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: We have amendment No. 14. It is in the name of Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, Deputy Mattie McGrath, Deputy Michael Collins, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae-----
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle asked me. He is goading me now.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The amendments are there. Will I read out the amendment? It is not necessary. They are there to be debated. Whenever we reconvene on this Bill, I hope we will debate the amendments with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle or the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. As I said, the proposal in the Bill would soon fall into the same category of unworkable and unenforceable. It is very sad. As for the...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I do my best.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am not repeating, I am asking questions. I am making points about young people being criminalised.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Young people are being criminalised by not being in a position to get their test. Their parents put their hands in their pocket. For 12 lessons, they pay up to €50 a lesson. There are excellent driving schools. We did not have that at all when we were young and we passed our tests and got our licences. They cannot get the test after all the cost involved. Then they can fail for...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: What is wrong with tomorrow or next week, with all due respect? I respect the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's plea.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I hope it will.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Including my good self.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: No problem, and I respect that.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I thought under the Constitution we were entitled, once we obeyed the rules, to speak here with freedom or are we to be treated like terrorists?
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Yes, but the Leas-Cheann Comhairle is trying to curtail me.