Results 16,821-16,840 of 20,768 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: There is already a disciplinary procedure in An Garda Síochána, a strict one for dealing with matters such as this. They must pay monetary fines and whatever else.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: What is their crime? They are representing their members in a desperate plea to get someone to listen. When will we have a situation where there will an independent mediator or, as happens in other countries, a board set up between the Minister, the Commissioner and the Garda Síochána to de-politicise the issues involved between Ministers of all hues? The Minister has shown no...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: That is my question to the Tánaiste. People can laugh if they like, but it is a fact. Must gardaí bring a commode and use it outside the house?
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister has taken cars from them-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: They have to go back to the station. The Minister should respect An Garda Síochána.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister has silenced them.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Given that he has spent a life involved in trade union activity, the Tánaiste knows, as I do, that the members of An Garda Síochána do not have full negotiating rights at the talks. They are depending on the messages they get back, perhaps two hourly, three hourly or on a half-day basis, from SIPTU, IMPACT or Mr. Liam Doran of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. That...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: On bicycles.
- Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Most courses only take 30 seconds.
- Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I have no whip.
- Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: What else was it?
- Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: There was no mention of jobs.
- Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I support the Minister and I rise to speak against this amendment. I come from a county with a proud coursing record and with long-established coursing clubs. Coursing is part of our heritage and our culture. It is fine to hear Deputies saying that any jobs lost can be replaced in other ways. It is difficult to create employment in these difficult times. The employment provided by the...
- Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Regarding the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012, is there any effort being made to curtail the savage legal costs incurred in the High Court in cases of children who were taken into care? I note the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is in the Chamber.
- Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Is anyone watching it? Enormous amounts of money are being paid for these legal services.
- Order of Business (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: We cannot have our matters selected.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Phantom Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: A week is a long time in politics.
- Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is too cold in the snow.