Results 12,881-12,900 of 20,725 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Does the Deputy know where Templemore is?
- Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister should bring the Deputy down in her car and show her where Templemore is.
- Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Templemore is in County Tipperary.
- Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Deputy Mitchell O'Connor should get a satnav.
- Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I, too, am delighted to speak on the Bill and I wish the Minister well, as I have done in the past. Although it is an effort, it is too little too late. Deputy Stanton, who is Chairman of the justice committee and does good work there, referred to the important Scrap and Precious Metal Dealers Bill, which I introduced here on one occasion in the Minister's presence and on two previous...
- Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I have the figures from the CSO. They are not manicured. There were 3,091 recorded burglaries in Tipperary over a four-year period. It is a terrifying statistic. Confirmation of the level of recorded burglaries for County Tipperary in the past four years is a damning indictment of Government crime prevention policy. For rural Ireland, it has been death by a 1,000 cuts until, at last, the...
- Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: We will find out that when we get the answer to the questions. I will not say any more than that.
- Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I am just saying that it is very wrong and makes no sense. We cannot blame Europe or duck behind an EU directive. The Minister has to face the music himself. He might not go down to meet Vincent Browne but he will have to meet the people on the doors and the tyre dealers in Tipperary and Offaly and deal with them.
- Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: He will have to deal with the householders when they feel it after their tyres have gone up by €20 for an ordinary saloon car. A haulier's tyre costs will go up by €100, and for a tractor the cost will increase by €100 per tyre. It is nonsense. I repeat that it is a Minister Kelly directive. He is the boss in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local...
- Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister is too warm in his State car with his State drivers.
- Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: There is no tachograph in a tractor and there never was. I could give the Minister a Christmas card from Santa Claus. This is not Santa Claus. It is more like Satan coming along and persecuting people.
- Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome the decision taken by the Ministers for the Environment, Community and Local Government and Transport, Tourism and Sport to introduce this badly needed legislation. I salute Verona Murphy, the Irish Road Haulage Association and the Freight Transport Association of Ireland for the lobbying they did on this matter. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport promised to introduce...
- Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Bill 2015: Second and Subsequent Stages (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I will praise him when necessary and build him up to take him down, if that is all right. Whether building a load of bales, blocks or cattle, I give praise where it is due. I acknowledge that this measure was badly needed as hauliers here were facing unfair competition from hauliers in the North. We have a high level of exports and need hauliers and drivers to transport them. They do...
- Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I support Deputy Daly's amendment. It is part of the bureaucracy of the State and huge efforts have been made by many people to have the situation rectified over many years with many meetings and commitments. Now that we finally have the Finance Bill we are told we must wait further. It is very unfair to people and families trying to create a home for themselves by buying it or having it...
- Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I thank Deputy Lowry for allowing me a few seconds to appeal to the Minister of State and the bureaucrats in the HSE. I fully concur with what was said by Deputies Lowry and Healy. The children in question are the most affected in any school. They should be treated where they are and not dragged around the county to clinics that are already full and overflowing and to which people with...
- Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: There are 12,500 children waiting.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I am not talking about that. I am talking about the medical services Bill.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: That is not an answer.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: People deserve treatment.
- Order of Business (25 Nov 2015)
Mattie McGrath: They are not interested in under sixes. That is only a joke. They need a GP.