Results 13,901-13,920 of 20,731 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: In 2012 the organisation in question was found to be disseminating life-endangering information to women with crisis pregnancies. A proper investigation was not carried out into that matter.
- Order of Business (26 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I am raising this matter in the context of the health information Bill. Does the Tánaiste approve of the Minister's attendance at the event to which I refer?
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: It misspent the money allocated.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste needs to change the record.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Is that right?
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Come on. The Tánaiste can do better than that.
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Any new baby can be put-----
- Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Government rolled right back on-----
- The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: It is a great deal to with quotas. The Deputy can be smug if he likes but he will know, when he meets the people in question, that justice delayed is justice denied. The farmers in question are raising money to fight a case. I am asking the Minister of State, not Deputy Deering, to state whether the Government will support them or wheel out the might of the State, including the advice of...
- The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I will be surprised if the Minister of State were to oppose them. I hope the Government will not do so. Deputy Deering can laugh if he likes but the issue is related to quotas. The courts are supposed to be free, open and transparent. Unlike me, Deputy Healy-Rae paid €100 into the fund opened by the farmers in question. He and any of the farmers who contributed to the fund are...
- The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The goalposts should not change. The farmers in question were eligible to claim headage payments and so forth. Their land was mapped by experts and it is unacceptable that the eligibility criteria have changed. I am glad milk quotas are being abolished. I extend good wishes to every farmer, whether young, middle aged or older, who has entered the scheme. The margins are tight and the...
- The Dairy Sector: Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to contribute to this debate and to make some brief comments on the changes in agriculture. I welcome the fact that my colleague and fellow Tipperary man is in the chair opposite as junior agriculture Minister. I echo many of the points made by my colleague, Deputy Healy-Rae, about past times. The Minister of State, Deputy Hayes, will also remember because it is not 100...
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this issue and thank Deputy Fitzmaurice for sharing his time with me. I am delighted to see my colleague from Tipperary in the Government benches to hear this debate. I have concerns about this referendum. I have the greatest faith in young Irish people. They are the brightest and most intelligent of people in every way, in sport,...
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Aois Intofachta chun Oifig an Uachtaráin) 2015: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: What I am saying is that there is no point in passing Bills here if we are going to break the laws ourselves. The Government of the day clearly broke the law in regard to the children's referendum. This was the unanimous decision of the highest court in this land, but there was no debate and not a word uttered on that here, yet it is an issue I have raised here 116 times. The Minister of...
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Does the Taoiseach agree with that aspect of the Constitution which provides that members of the public are entitled to free and unfettered access to courthouses on any day a court is sitting? What is his view on what happened in his home town of Castlebar on Monday morning?
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I am discussing legislation. Where is the judicial council Bill the Government promised? Does the Taoiseach find it acceptable that people were denied access to the courthouse in his home town on Monday morning? He could have seen this if he had been in Castlebar on the day. It was wrong and a retrograde step. Does the saying of the rosary by members of the public threaten safety in a...
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I want an answer. This is part of a democracy. What is the point of celebrating the 1916 Rising?
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach can laugh if he likes, but the last laugh will be on him.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Government has made a hames of it.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: And now they are being badly treated by the Government.