Results 14,241-14,260 of 20,735 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Is it dropping by €10 million every few minutes?
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I seek clarification. Is the figure €460 million or €450 million?
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I am not confusing anybody.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: That is, the taxpayer.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Point taken.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Of course not. They voted for it.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Why would there not be?
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Does the Minister think not?
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Paying the bills.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It is.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: A dance.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Santa Claus.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: A hurricane.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Who will pay? Santa Claus?
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I am aghast at what I have learned about amendment No. 36 from the Minister. I am aware from being in business that if I submitted a set of accounts at the end of a financial year that contained these types of phoney figures, I would be brought before the courts by the Revenue Commissioners. It is just funny money. It is crazy. If it was Hallowe'en rather than Christmas, I would say it...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I agreed with it at the time. It was a good idea to fast-track projects. There were 17 big projects in all the big towns in south Tipperary and in many of the smaller towns and villages. The schemes were done and handed over to a private company. I cannot recall its name. What is its position now? It is probably eight to ten years into a 20 year design, build and operate contract....
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I appreciate the Ceann Comhairle allowing me back in to contribute as I had to leave the House. I do not disagree with one word of the Minster's comments about the employees on the ground who have been intimidated and threatened, which is unacceptable, and the staff elsewhere in the company, even though I am fundamentally opposed to Irish Water. We all have stories about that. I am...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I am replying to what the Minister said. We put questions to him.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I accept that. We are putting the cart before the horse and this is the place to amend the scheme. There is no point in asking the board to do that unless they are magicians. It is like writing to Santa Claus and it is wishful thinking.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: These are pick and mix amendments. We have all kinds of things crossing back and forth from Bord Gáis, the county councils and Ervia. It is a case of "Whatever you are having yourself, Johnny." The amendments appear to be an effort to introduce a catch-all mechanism to allow local authority employees to move back and forth to Uisce Éireann with impunity. The section is not...