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- Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am asking about the legislation. Can the Tánaiste clarify whether the Bill will deal with the issues mentioned?
- Order of Business (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Bill is published, but when will it be enacted? I also have concerns with regard to the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012. Valuations must be adjusted. We have seen a court case recently in Dublin on this, but all over the country valuations are ridiculously high and ratepayers are being forced out of business.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall. I call on the Tánaiste, especially given what we are hearing from the tallies in Meath East, to be the sensible voice in the Government and try to intervene in this unseemly mess that has descended into a shambles, that is, the situation regarding An Garda Síochána vis-à-vis the Commissioner and the Minister for Justice and...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I want to clear up this matter once and for all.
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am speaking about the facts. The Minister has shown total disdain for An Garda Síochána. I want to kill the lie that gardaí walked out on the Croke Park agreement. Members of an Garda Síochána have no rights in any negotiations, whether on the Croke Park agreement or otherwise. They were there to listen to SIPTU, IMPACT and others who could tell them what was...
- Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)
Mattie McGrath: One could be forgiven at this stage for thinking we are living in a democracy. It is more like Russia or a military junta. Four senior officers of An Garda Síochána are being summoned today to Templemore. They have 130 years service between them. They are the only people who will be at the college in Templemore because the Minister has closed and laid waste to it, despite his...
- 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...