Results 17,261-17,280 of 20,934 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Water Services Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Measaim go bhfuil rud amháin maith sa Bhille seo agus is é sin an t-ainm, Uisce Éireann. The only positive part of this Bill is the name of the proposed agency which is as Gaeilge. I have very little faith in the way the agency has been proposed listening to Deputy Catherine Murphy describe how the environment committee was treated and how the Minister for the Environment,...
- Order of Business (14 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am disappointed with the Minister's reply but I suppose I should not have expected much more. We heard righteous indignation from the other side of the House about burning the bondholders but the Minister now tells us that €15 billion was already burned. I have acknowledged that it was a mistake that I voted for the bank guarantee but the Members opposite have done likewise on a...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am asking about the home tax. Prior to the election the Taoiseach described a tax on the home as unfair and unjust. The Labour Party campaigned against home taxes for many years but it is doing the exact opposite now that it is in Government. The people are confused and disappointed. I ask about the snitch clause that is being included in the Bill. Does the Government want us to become...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I accepted my responsibility.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: What about amendments?
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: More Big Brother.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I rise on my feet in the knowledge that thousands of families and homeowners, many of whom are in extreme negative equity and perilous situations, are grappling with intolerable levels of personal debt, especially those with home mortgages. I watched the gleeful acceptance and acclamation of the Government and its backbenchers of a wonderful deal last week - certainly I did not think it...
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I will do my best to stay within guidelines. I refer to the recent McAleese report on the Magdalen laundries which apart from the trauma of the evidence, was value for money at €11,400. When will a review be undertaken of the Tribunals of Inquiry Act 2006 and the disbandment of tribunals? We need to learn from our very costly mistakes. I have a question about the Animal Health and...
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Perhaps the Government could look at it and pronounce it. This is a very bad year for sheep after such a wet year with fluke. This is a chronic disease.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012. Where is that with regard to this item?
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is Schmallenberg.
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Who started it?
- Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: One cannot get the wood for the trees.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is not going to happen.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: A tax on homes is unfair and unjust.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach needs to get into the present.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Write to Santy.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: To collect what they can.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2013)
Mattie McGrath: They have been trained to send out the bailiffs.