Results 9,521-9,540 of 20,725 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Vótáil.
- Provision of Objective Sex Education Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak briefly about this matter. All of us in the House want to see the comprehensive provision of sex and relationships education that is fact-based and responsible, but the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, to which the Bill refers, go much further. The committee's report reads as follows:The Committee recommends a...
- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (18 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Cuirim fáilte roimh Susan agus roimh an chlann anseo inniu. I am delighted on behalf of the Rural Independent Group to be able to pay tribute to an t-iar-Theachta Peter Mathews, a man of principle above anything else. He was principled to his fingertips. He was quiet but determined. Above all, he was respectful of all sides and of all people. He died aged 65, unfortunately. He had...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: In the context of the commitment in the programme for Government to transparency and accountability, does the Taoiseach, as Head of Government, think it acceptable that the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, attended the launch of Amnesty International Ireland's repeal the eighth campaign? As the Taoiseach is aware, the Minister for Health, who he appointed, has a responsibility to all the...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Is that so?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: What about the illegal funding that Amnesty received and will not pay back?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has not answered the question.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: What is the point in having a Taoiseach if we cannot get answers?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: What about the Ceann Comhairle?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It will take a while to get the answer.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I, too, welcome the debate and thank I Deputy McConalogue for tabling the motion. I welcome our friends in the Public Gallery who would love to be at home tonight - if it was a fine night - ploughing and sowing and planting seeds. That is what they are good at. When farmers are doing well, Ireland is doing well. Never mind Deputy Bríd Smith talking about cows breaking wind or...
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Rubbish.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It is brown at the moment.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He is magaidh faoi.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Farmers-----
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: -----are being scapegoated. On a point of order, the farmer is the best man to look after water programmes.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The Deputy is blaming the farmers.
- Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: They have a top-class system.
- Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It has been raining since July.