Results 10,681-10,700 of 20,735 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I did that.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Show us the money and legislate.
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I think that Oliver Callan will have a field day this weekend when he addresses the Minister's paltry answer. This has gone on for years. We see that the courts do not give protection to the families on these tracker mortgages either and the Central Bank is toothless, useless and totally fruitless. I suppose the banks brought some nice fruitcake in to the Minister for Finance, Deputy...
- Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: The infamous American bank robber, Willie Sutton, once said: "You can't rob a bank on charm and personality." What the Irish banks have proven, however, is that one can indeed rob the people on charm and personality. I am referring to the latest example of our predatory banks' behaviour with respect to tracker mortgages. I believe it is important that we speak about this not only because...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: The Government gave strong commitments to support the agricultural industry. What is going on in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Road Safety Authority, RSA? Yesterday the stakeholders, including all the farming bodies and agricultural contractors of Ireland, were told out of the blue that the RSA is implementing a new policy whereby any tractor at 40k or above that...
- Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: In July the Joint Committee on Social Protection published a review of the contributory State pension. Some of the main recommendations made by the committee include the fact that the joint committee is of the view that the current averaging system is inequitable and a new type of contribution system should be devised. The joint committee noted that the Minister is considering the...
- Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Miserable woman I call her for the way she treated people. The joint committee considered that the 2012 changes, specifically-----
- Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: All right but I think I am parliamentary enough at this stage. The joint committee recognises that pension recipients deserve to have a feeling of stability and security about their incomes, and urges the introduction of some form of indexation of pension rates. Family carers, women who stayed at home to mind sick children, sick husbands or their in-laws are the hardest hit. It is a mean...
- Pre-European Council: Statements (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. I note from the invitation letter of President Donald Tusk that members will be updated on where the EU stands in terms of a political discussion on the external aspects of migration, with a specific focus on the financial measures necessary to stem the flow of illegal migrants from Africa. That is vital but we are late to the table and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I do not mind waiting until our guests have finished but I want to comment in public session.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: All right.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I wrote to the Chairman and thank her for the opportunity to speak. I want the Chair to note that I absolutely reject the allegations made against me by Senator Jerry Buttimer in my absence last week, he accused me of glibly quoting what he described as reports from Duke University and suggested that I was doing so in a manner that was dishonest. I want to put it on record that the research...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Apologies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I do my homework properly always. We are going to have more people marched out here and there will be a reasonable debate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Never?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Never?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: No, I object. The Chairman opened the committee by saying that people would have to leave. First, I am sorry for elevating Senator Buttimer. That was an omission on my part and I correct the record any time I am wrong. We have checked the records and the words that were used. We have checked the blacks. I had to leave this committee. I was asked by the clerk and the Chair of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Yes, Senator Buttimer has, again glibly, welcomed me back to the committee. I must also leave to speak in the Dáil on European affairs and I have tabled amendments on other issues. Are we going to have this continual Tweeting if we leave the room? It is ridiculous and it does not happen at any other committee.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I ask the Chair-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I never leave, as a habit.