Results 11,761-11,780 of 20,725 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: A point of order, please.
- Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Just on a point of order-----
- Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: We discussed that one last night. We did not object or interfere with Deputy Troy's motion.
- Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Deputy Troy should not be so petty.
- Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I move:"That Dáil Éireann:notes:— that there are almost 91,000 kilometres of regional and local roads in Ireland, which account for 94 per cent of the country’s roads network and which carry around 54 per cent of all road traffic; — the importance of regional and local roads which are crucial to economic activity and essential for balanced regional development;...
- Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I thought the Minister of State would add something from her personal perspective.
- Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: We have been there and seen that. What consultation did the Department have? Were the ambulance drivers ever consulted? In respect of problems with the St. James's campus, helicopter restrictions mean that the helipad, which is on a fourth floor roof at one end of the children's hospital, can receive only the lighter Air Corps AW helicopters and then only on flight paths not restricted by...
- Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: It is not.
- Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: A pipe dream.
- Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important topic today. I am disappointed the Minister, Deputy Harris, is not present but I say that with no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne. This is a very serious issue given the serious impact the project is set to have on all of the sickest and most vulnerable children in society and their families. As the...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I wish to raise the ongoing crisis in the accident and emergency departments. I received information by way of parliamentary question on health and safety, the health information Bill, and patient safety. There is only one ambulance covering major towns in Tipperary each night. Some towns have no ambulance at all. Towns such as Clonmel, Cashel, Roscrea, Nenagh and Tipperary town have only...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Legislation was promised. I refer to safety legislation.
- Establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into the National Asset Management Agency: Statements (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I am also disappointed because I am a member of the Business Committee and we agreed with party leaders that we would have a motion setting up a commission of investigation. We agreed a change in the time for this, from tomorrow to today, to facilitate the Minister, Deputy Michael Noonan. He was here today and I know he is busy but the Rural Independent Group has provided pairs on his...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Weight of Schoolbags (1 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the survey conducted by the National Parents' Council Primary regarding the implications for children's back health of carrying heavy loads to and from school; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4719/17]
- Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister met the NTA a couple of weeks ago to better inform himself about the powers it had and he says he was reassured in this regard. He said they would not be found wanting if routes and services are changed. He said, "The NTA stands ready to assist rural Ireland". That is fighting talk. There are many agencies such as the NTA, the TII and the HSE, which have abandoned rural...
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Mattie McGrath: A commitment was given in the programme for Government to support agriculture and the farming community. It is totally unacceptable that thousands of farmers are waiting for GLAS and other payments. They have been told that the delays are due to computer glitches, but that does not wash with me or anybody else. The situation is totally unfair and the morals are very wrong. If they owed...
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Mattie McGrath: It is, of course. A commitment was given in the programme for Government to support agriculture. These delays are stifling agriculture. The Minister, Deputy Coveney, was in the Department for five years.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I have done. Farmers are protesting today. There is no modicum of fairness in the fact that farmers will not get the money they have invested, spent and borrowed in order to develop their industry in line with the commitment in the programme for Government. They have been given every reason for delays, the latest of which is IT problems. If they are late with returns to the tax office or...
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Mattie McGrath: It is totally unfair and this has to be sorted out.
- Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)
Mattie McGrath: They have been.