Results 18,601-18,620 of 20,934 for speaker:Mattie McGrath

National Cultural Institutions: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: What did that cost?

National Cultural Institutions: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy O'Donovan is not too bad at that.

National Cultural Institutions: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy O'Donovan is mixed up.

Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on the Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012. I welcome some of the comments that have been made by the Minister. The report that was published last week, like the other reports of recent years, reminds us that we cannot leave any stone unturned as we try to ensure there is no ambiguity about the...

National Cultural Institutions: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the Fianna Fáil Party for tabling this motion and I thank the Deputies for sharing time with us. I believe in a society that values creativity, imagination and expression. The arts enrich our lives. Everyone should be given the opportunity to participate and enjoy the arts and to appreciate the value of the arts, which is more important. I come from a proud county, south...

National Cultural Institutions: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am shocked that the Minister is trying to-----

National Cultural Institutions: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: -----bulldoze the situation regarding our artistic institutions in Dublin.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: The issue I wish to raise is similar to the previous one. With regard to telecommunications legislation, mobile phone companies are being asked to buy out the rights to deliver services. Will they be compelled under a public service obligation to ensure service levels are kept at least where they are at present and ensure all areas of rural Ireland have a mobile service? It could be very...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am sure there is telecommunications legislation. I am inquiring about a very serious issue.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am probably winging it, but it is a very serious issue for rural Ireland.

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Miracles will never cease.

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Question 3: To ask the Minister for Defence the savings that have been made as a result of the closure of Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the costs associated with the provision of security and maintenance at the former Kickham Barracks site; the costs associated with the provision of an alternative building for the Reserve Defence Forces who were formerly located at Kickham...

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I asked a specific question about Kickham Barracks and the Minister has bundled it in with others which I am not happy about. He also gave only one figure of €36,000 when the question requested three figures. He did not even answer the last part of the question on the relocation of the Garda station in Clonmel. The gardaí based there are working in a hovel, a third world premises which...

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: There were three parts to that detailed question and the Minister only answered one. He often talks about my ramblings but they were put down on paper to him. He had time to answer them but he failed. He is more interested in jibes at Fianna Fáil and the Technical Group, for which he seems to have an obsession.

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: He will, however, have to go out to the working class people in Tallaght and look after them. He might not like that.

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Would the Minister just answer the questions? I wish him bon voyage to Tallaght.

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Minister come down to see it?

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Minister answer the question and forget about the past?

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: There was none.

Army Barracks (21 Jun 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I hope it is not scrap metal.