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- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I refer to newspaper reports over the past few days about European Court of Justice, ECJ, fines. We dealt with this issue under the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012. I thought by introducing the legislation and putting charges and registrations fees on people the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government had dealt with the ECJ issue. We now find we have the worst of...
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is an important issue. The Ceann Comhairle is in good spirits this morning and I want to keep it that way if I can but it is a serious matter.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: People will register their septic tanks and I welcome the limited grants scheme.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Under the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011, the fines were supposed to have been addressed when it was enacted but now we are being fined.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: We all use the tanks.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is not entering into the spirit the Ceann Comhairle asked for.
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Is the Government still paying the fines?
- Order of Business (20 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Government was going to solve it all.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Does he have his hat?
- Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Closing down businesses.
- Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: An insult.
- Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Fine Gael wanted more then.
- Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be able to speak on tonight's motion and I compliment Deputy Halligan on tabling it and the Technical Group on supporting it. I am slightly concerned about Deputy Ross and the seating arrangements here because we had confusion last night over the votes in the House. I am worried to see Deputy Tom Fleming and him sitting between the two hard left Members and he is supposed...
- Private Members' Business - Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I will take it.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: There will be more of them.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It has been eight days since the Supreme Court handed down a judgment on the events leading up to the children's rights referendum involving misappropriation of funds and other issues. The Taoiseach indicated to Deputy Adams that he had not read the report he spoke of but this decision has been around for eight days. Will the Taoiseach comment on it? It was a shameful abuse of funds.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: This relates to the children's rights referendum Bill.
- Order of Business (19 Dec 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is a Supreme Court decision. The Taoiseach did not know about it when he spoke on radio as he referred to a High Court matter.