Results 16,441-16,460 of 20,934 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Charges Review (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: He will have no excuse when the Seanad is gone.
- Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted that the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, is in the Chamber to listen to my pleas today. We waited in anticipation for a great deal of time for the Higgins report. I acknowledge that it was pulled and pushed around and that Kilkenny made a break for the border to align with Dublin. We had been working hard in the south east region for many years. We had accepted...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The committee hearings represented a charade that will be unmasked in the fullness of time. People are not being fooled; they see what is going on. It is the tail wagging the dog. The Labour Party has got nothing else out of the Government for its supporters and the public and thinks the Bill is manna from heaven. When they had to be found out by tape, covertly, it is sad. This is only a...
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Of course, I have.
- Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I rise today to speak against the main provisions of this Bill which, under the circumstances, must be one of the most misleadingly titled Bills that has ever come before this House. But before I do, I must express my disgust at hearing Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin's contribution in which he lectured the rest of us about betraying the republic because some of us hold a...
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Big Houses of Ireland Bill.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Rightly so.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Under the Electoral (Amendment) (Referendum Spending and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, we voted in this House to run the Children (Referendum) Bill. The Supreme Court found that the Government misappropriated - that is a kind word, the Court was stronger than that - €1.1 million of that funding. When will we have a debate on that or will the Government avoid it like everything...
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Electoral (Amendment) (Referendum Spending and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I have one more question.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I did not understand the first part of the Taoiseach's reply.
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: What did the Taoiseach say?
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Before he said that what did the Taoiseach allude to?
- Order of Business (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I did not hear. The Taoiseach said something but níor chuala mé. What about the Central Bank (Consolidation) Bill? We are talking about banks and we are playing silly games around here but if that Bill was brought in it would sort out all this blaggarding and cronyism, and whatever else one wants to call it, regarding banking. If the Taoiseach wanted to deal with it he could...
- Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: He will get some shredding when he goes to the country.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Websites (26 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the person responsible for the management of the Revenue website; the person directly responsible for the updating of the VAT code section of the Revenue website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30959/13]
- European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I propose to share time with Deputy Stephen Donnelly. I am delighted to speak on pre-European Council meeting statements. In case the Taoiseach thought I was mocking him, ag magadh faoi, I compliment him on his efforts and travails all over the world and in Europe over six months and on the self-belief and what he achieved during the Presidency. I compliment him on being gracious most of...
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I want to ask the Taoiseach about the proposed health information Bill. This day last week over 30 people were waiting for beds in the corridors at South Tipperary General Hospital. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Association has stated this is the third worst number in the country, behind only those for Beaumont Hospital and Cork University Hospital, which is alarming. We are not getting...
- Order of Business (25 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am asking about the health information Bill. I would also like to ask about the criminal records information Bill in the context of what Deputy Timmy Dooley said. Will these tapes be protected? Will our European colleagues be informed of them? I did not get an answer when I asked whether the Minister for Justice and Equality had these tapes. Was he aware that they were handed to the...
- Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2013)
Mattie McGrath: If that is the best the Taoiseach can do, it is a sad day. We need leadership.