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- Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am not really. It is all applicable. We need more hackney licences in rural Ireland. They must be allowed to pick up people. We tried to introduce the Ring a Link service. Some smart alecs tried to call it the drink a link service. We wanted to help people to socialise at Christmas and other times. However, it did not work for various reasons. The Minister of State is aware that...
- Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I will finish. You, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, know the situation where you are from. Ireland does not end at the Pale. People in rural Ireland are proud. They are not spongers. They want to pay their way. All they want is fair play in terms of rural transport. We only get €10 million for the entire country and Bus Éireann would spend that in an hour. As the Minister of...
- Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill. I compliment the Minister of State, Deputy Kelly, on its introduction. I had a number of concerns regarding the way in which the Bill was announced some time ago. Many taxi drivers and operators and those with family businesses were annoyed when they saw headlines about the level of bad behaviour and widespread illegal...
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: There should be.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is a mess. One cannot contact it these days.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is not true.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is spin.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I want to ask the Tánaiste about a number of items, including the county enterprise boards (dissolution) Bill and the local government amendment Bill. Last night in the Mansion House, I attended a very pleasant function, as did many others, at which there were many people from the LEADER development companies and the voluntary boards that are doing tremendous work. If these are going...
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: No. He was telling untruths. In an office in Cork there were thousands upon thousands of applications submitted by parents that were not even opened for one month. If the Tánaiste asks, he will be told that. It is unfair to blame the parents and the students.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste blamed the families.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Where is the ship the Minister promised to bring the food?
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: And sheep.
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Where is the ship he promised to bring in the food?
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: He promised a ship to bring in the food.
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: So this is how it starts.
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Burn the bondholders.
- Leaders' Questions (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Burn the bondholders.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: 161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her vies on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Tus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23464/13]
- Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the Acting Chairman, who is very fair. He did the same when I was talking, for which I apologise. We have a habit of doing that. Maybe when the speaker is not that interesting we wander into that area. I will keep repeating this while I am in this House. We voted €3 million to run the children's rights referendum and a Supreme Court action was taken. Five Supreme Court...