Results 14,301-14,320 of 20,735 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I also am concerned by this proposal and in the Private Members' Bill I introduced, namely, the Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014, I sought that a specific ombudsman be put in place to deal with what will be a huge utility. Huge issues will arise and simple mistakes will be made, such as meters being appropriated to the wrong house. It is possible to make such mistakes,...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Give Deputy Walsh a looking glass.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: What about the word the Minister, Deputy Kelly, used for me?
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I am being serious.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, what about the language that was used about me? I received no retraction or apology.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It was during the debate.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It was heard.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi. The clown in County Cork.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Never mind.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Animal people.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: What?
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Stop.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It has been brought to my attention that during my contribution a few minutes ago, the Minister, Deputy Kelly, expressed a very nasty expletive to me across the House. I did not hear him, but I want the records checked and I want an apology if he used that kind of foul language to me as an elected representative of the people of Tipperary.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I might be robust in what I say, but I am not going to insult or use denigrating language.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I will give the Minister a chance to reflect. He needs to reflect on a lot of stuff tonight.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: He needs to go back and learn his sums.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It is Santa Claus stuff.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister will get a bad report card from the Taoiseach. He will get a red card.
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I have because this has descended into a total farce. I remember when the Minister, Deputy Kelly, took over, he went on television with an ashen-faced John Tierney. I said the morning after that if he brought John Tierney to every house in the country, he would not change people's minds but now he would not find them. Some 365,000 houses are missing. That is 1,000 for every day of the...
- Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I said before the Minister was making a show of Tipperary and, by God, he is.