Results 13,921-13,940 of 20,731 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: They are being taken over.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: They are making people redundant.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has lost all credibility.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: It is a smash and grab exercise.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Smash and grab.
- Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: And good work.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I do not often agree with Deputies Coppinger or Boyd Barrett, but in this case I do. I also believe that both mothers and fathers matter a great deal in a child's upbringing. I have had a lot of interaction with an organisation called Mothers and Fathers Matter. I am sure the Minister has met its representatives as well. I see nothing wrong with a review, as called for in this amendment....
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Court hearings are taking place in Clonmel in respect of 55 repossessions. I am delighted the Minister is here and that the Minister for Finance is minding the country when the rest of his colleagues have gone. It is like the flight of the earls. When the Government came to power, the Taoiseach confined travel to ten people. Now the whole lot are gone. I am asking whether, under the...
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I am referring to two Bills. The Minister might or might not be aware that there is an order for the O'Donnell family to be evicted from Gorse Hill at 5 p.m. tomorrow when the Government will be in absentia and the courts will be closed. I am not fighting for Gorse Hill but I am fighting for the hundreds of people receiving the same treatment, much of it unfair, from the judicial system....
- Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister for Finance did promise it. He said last week that it was not a problem in Limerick. He promised to change the Personal Insolvency Act. He introduced the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act, which was more like an eviction Act. It was just a fancy name for it. I am glad the Minister for Finance is remaining at home and I wish the Minister for Education and Skills well on...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Yes, I have a brief comment. As a previous Deputy noted, the Bill is being rushed and adequate time is not being given to it. I compliment the Chairman of the committee because when we dealt with the Bill on Committee Stage, he was very fair and understanding. I have amendments but I cannot find them in this morning's groupings.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: Yes. It deals with the area of assisted human reproduction and those rights. It is a massive area. The Minister knows that many people are not happy with current adoption rights, including a former Minister and colleague of the current Minister. The process has been rushed at an indecent pace and the Bill is too big and complex to get around it in a year, not to say a month. I am totally...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I accept that but I cannot locate the amendments I raised on Committee Stage. I am just making the points relating to that.
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (12 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I have a similar question and the Minister has answered it partially. What kind of group would we hand this to? What kind of agency would have the information? Would it be a quango? It is very sensitive.
- Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be able to speak tonight and I welcome the Minister. I recognise the background and purpose of the Bill. We must respect the decision of the courts. The case was heard in court and the court came up with its finding, which is what the courts are for. The separation of powers between the Judiciary and the Oireachtas is very important. I was in this House at the same...
- An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: An Dara Céim - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Second Stage (10 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Technical Group for giving me some time to speak on this issue. I am delighted the Minister is present. I have some serious concerns about this Bill. I welcome the fact that there will be a plebiscite and that the people will be asked to decide. It is honourable in our democracy that the people get the chance to do that, unlike the Bill that was put through last year when...
- Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: The eviction Bill.
- Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: On 1 April, I would say.
- Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: I do not want to repeat myself-----
- Order of Business (10 Mar 2015)
Mattie McGrath: -----by asking the Taoiseach a question six times. I will ask it in a slí eile. Will he introduce legislation-----