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- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I am talking about the previous amalgamation of two Government agencies.
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I cannot say off-hand but I am not making it up. I was presented with the facts, which I will get for the Minister of State. It happened during the tenure of the last Government. It do not know if it has arrived at its intended destination yet.
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It is pertinent to amalgamation.
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: My point is that the main provision of the Bill is that primary legislation is necessary to give effect to the decision to integrate Forfás into the Department. I came across this situation before where two agencies whose names elude me - they may come to me before I am finished - were amalgamated. When we inquired about how it was going, we were told that it would be ongoing for some...
- Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I am aware of that but the last speaker also referred to them. I have very valued experience of what they did. The last people someone goes to in order to create a job are those agencies. They will be seen as statutory groups where all the hoops have to be gone through to secure planning, etc. They will also be seen as enforcement agencies. IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland have been...
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: The publication of the EirGrid Bill has been delayed. We were promised that it would be published in the first session of this year, but now it has been put back. I wonder whether that has anything to do with the quicksand the Government has arrived in - the Minister, Deputy Rabbitte and the Taoiseach are saying one thing - with regard to the whole issue of pylons.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It is very important that we have legislation and that we rein in these monsters - not the pylons but the people who are pushing them.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: When are we going to get it?
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It was listed for this year. What happened?
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: I have been told that it was listed for this year.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It was.
- Order of Business (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: What are they?
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: We do not need them.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Deputy Calleary did not do so but I will.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: It was in respect of the local elections.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Who is the boss?
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has always stated that it is about creating jobs.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: Some 35,000 submissions were received.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (28 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: 588. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the composition of the expert group on repossessions; its the terms of reference; the key findings to date; if he intends to publish a report and recommendations from the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4006/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (28 Jan 2014)
Mattie McGrath: 750. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include treatment for Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, EDS, under the treatment abroad scheme; his further plans to provide for the treatment of EDS here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4050/14]