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- Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to speak on this Bill. I know how important foreign direct investment is, and has been over the decades, to our economy. I want to mention my own constituency in this regard, because in south Tipperary and a small part of west Waterford alone there are many foreign-owned companies - mostly American - including Boston Scientific, Merck and Abbott, although we have also had...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Yes. Jobs for the boys.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I recommend Athlone.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: He never does that.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is a deliberate distraction.
- Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason domiciliary care allowance payment ceases when carers of children under the wing of the Jack and Jill Foundation are reviewed for this payment; if she accepts that these children are severely and permanently disabled and that their conditions will not improve and if she will explain the need for the review in such cases; the...
- Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Question 346: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the ongoing review of the funding of community employment schemes; when this review will be completed; if she will acknowledge that the delay in clarifying the funding situation for community employment schemes is causing difficulties for these schemes in maximising their full potential due to their funding...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Question 403: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the broadband service being provided by three networks in rural areas; if he will acknowledge that a mobile broadband service is insufficient to support businesses in rural Ireland due to its unreliability; his plans to ensure that a fixed line broadband service will be provided in...
- Written Answers — Driving Licences: Driving Licences (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Question 635: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person that is returning to Ireland to start in a new job with both an Irish and an English provisional driving licence and having completed 40 hours of driving instructions in England all logged cannot use these lessons as part of their requirements for a driving test here; his plans to change this situation and...
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I rise again to ask a question with regard to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. The Taoiseach seems to be confused about this. The Minister did not publish the regulations.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I also want to ask about a consultation document, not the one mentioned by Deputy Stanley but another one. The Minister made a promise in Clonmel some months ago, when he announced "Fiver Monday", that it would be â¬5 to register septic tanks. This was to commence on 1 April, April Fools' Day. The process for registration is not up and running and people cannot register for â¬5, even if...
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is quite serious. People cannot register.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The registration process. The Minister offered a fiver. I will have to come back with a basket if he keeps going the way he is. He offered a fee of â¬5 to register a septic tank, but people cannot register online because the website is not functioning.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: What did the Government do with the fiver? I know what to do with a fiver; I will come to the Deputy.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is not funny.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Yes, it has gone underground.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has not answered it. They were never published.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: A Cheann Comhairle, that is a wholly inadequate answer. There was supposed to be a registration process from April to June, but people cannot register.
- Order of Business (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: He is telling porkies.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is gone away with the Secretary General who was banished to Europe.