Results 9,481-9,500 of 20,725 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order-----
- Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle interrupted me when I was speaking about rural Ireland, an issue in which the Government is not interested.
- Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I know that.
- Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I suggest Deputies walk out in protest. I am walking out in any case.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I too want to speak about the recommittal of this amendment. I have been here for 11 years now and I do not think I have ever seen this happen. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, had introduced his Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 and we all debated it here. Then he had a brainwave over Christmas and decided to add more things to it, for fear it would not do...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Thank you. I am definitely on terra firma. They are on terra firmasuas ansin, freisin. And Big Tom, Tomás Mór-----
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: No.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Democracy.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He is on the road.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Instruction to Committee (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, Deputy Fitzmaurice normally gets time. Every week at the meeting of the Business Committee some group gives way to him. I accept that. I believed there were seven speakers tonight but the others are not here. Surely, if there is time within the time allocated, Deputy Fitzmaurice should be allowed, like any other Deputy, to speak.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Instruction to Committee (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: There is a problem. Other people are not here.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Instruction to Committee (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: No-----
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Instruction to Committee (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It is not agreed, no. The Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill which the Minister, Deputy Ross, has been introducing has taken some time. We have had a number of set views of committees back. This is a complete change to the construct of the original Bill. I, on behalf of the Rural Independent Group, am fundamentally opposed to this Bill if some measures are not included to assist learner...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Disgraceful.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He might have some day.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government specifically mentions mental health provisions. We do not have one mental health bed in the whole county of Tipperary. I know a mother, Louise Kennedy, whose 14 year old daughter, Aoife, is entering her tenth week in a paediatric ward in St. Joseph's hospital in Clonmel, County Tipperary, while awaiting a bed in a mental health facility. I also know another...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It is promised legislation on mental health. The Taoiseach mentioned painting over a mural. He cannot paint over these cracks. These are vital years - vital days - in the lives of these young children. They need to be looked after. Glib answers are no good if the Taoiseach cannot speak on personal situations. There are no beds available in Tipperary.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: We cannot access beds in Cork or anywhere else. It is unfair. The parents are bewildered, the families are demented and the children are suffering enormous stress. In another country, this would be regarded as a war crime. It is disgraceful.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Ten weeks.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I appreciate that.