Results 11,821-11,840 of 20,894 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Welcome to the party.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Last week I told them they had growing pains.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: She has not been seen since.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: And those who were maimed and knee-capped.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Who is sitting on the pin cushion?
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: The grass is not that long yet.
- Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: It is a bad man who never made a mistake or, as Deputy Michael Healy-Rae said, a man who never made a mistake never made anything. The Taoiseach made many mistakes and his Government was punished severely by the electorate at the previous general election. However, the party colleagues who remained and Independent Deputies gave him a second chance, which he has completely blown. He has come...
- Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I appreciate being able to speak on this matter. We have known for long enough that there will be a Brexit, but not enough is being done about it. With so many distractions, sideshows and so on, less and less is being done about it. While I appreciate Deputy Michael Healy-Rae's comments about visiting Europe - I am also on the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs - the majority of the...
- Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Deputy Danny Healy-Rae is just taking two minutes.
- Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: We have agreed that Deputy Danny Healy-Rae is taking two minutes. The Acting Chairman is interrupting me. Do not take me off my train of thought. The Acting Chairman is worse than the patrols at the Border.
- Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: At least they have uniforms. The Acting Chairman only has a bell.
- Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: We have to stand up for ourselves. We have to be bold. We have to tell Europe that we have been exemplary Europeans who have looked after all Europe's interests and that it is now time for Europe to return the favour and look after this country's interests and people and respect us as a sovereign nation. I do not know the intricacies of what is happening with the Border and mainland...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I want to raise with the Taoiseach the consequences of the roll-out of the DEIS programme this week without the necessary supports in place to meet schools needs. I am calling on the Taoiseach to order a full and urgent review of the new DEIS programme to ensure that such schools do not suffer the mistakes of the Department of Education and Skills and to ensure transparency. Five schools in...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Inexplicable.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Neither.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: We do not have an ASD unit.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I was going to raise the McCabe saga today, but there are so many other important issues and I will raise one of them. I raise the serious situation of the State once again failing children with disabilities. Today I will not speak about hospital waiting lists, Tusla, the children's hospital or any of the many other failures for those with disabilities, but about a child's constitutional...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Taoiseach and the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Burton, but what people with children with autism or an ill or sick child with special needs do not want to hear is that €1.5 billion is being allowed for special needs education. What they want is a place for their child who they love and cherish. We all love these very special children. The Taoiseach...
- US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I too am pleased to be able to speak on this debate. On the business committee, I was one of the people who opposed the frenzy we had to have an immediate debate and have huge hand-wringing, eye-washing and God knows what. As Deputy Healy-Rae said, Mr. Trump was elected by the American people. We are always told that it has one of the greatest democracies in the world. Now they are...
- North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I did not see the Deputy.