Results 18,681-18,700 of 20,761 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: So am I.
- Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I did not say we were but the officials who drew up this legislation are in the Gaiety.
- Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Possibly, but they strayed away from reality more than 20 years ago.
- Road Safety Authority (Commercial Vehicle Roadworthiness) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The system in Ireland has strayed from reality. They do not understand. All the officials should be sent out to these businesses to understand the effect of this measure. What impact assessment was done to determine how many road hauliers this measure would put out of business? An impact assessment was not done. We are bringing in legislative measure after legislative measure, smothering...
- Order of Business (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I want to raise the issue of patient safety in the context of A Vision for Change and the legislative measures involved therein. As the Minister for Health is present, the Taoiseach might be able to answer on the issue of facilities in Clonmel, a matter which ended up in the High Court, in which the case was lost last week. When will the Government inform the people of south Tipperary where...
- Order of Business (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: They are going to leave them all out shortly.
- Order of Business (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Talk to the Minister.
- Order of Business (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: What about the tent at Punchestown?
- Order of Business (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: They are made out of nylon.
- Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: That is-----
- Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Why can the Garda not use the Air Corps?
- Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister should stand up to Europe.
- Raised Bog Special Areas of Conservation (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Excuse me-----
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Arts; Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts being made to ensure the protection of our national monuments and listed buildings which are under threat because of their valuable metals; the measures if any, that have been taken to restore monuments and buildings which are important to our heritage that have already stripped of their valuable metals; and...
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: Before getting to the question, the Minister made an allegation that I was a serial law-breaker.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister stated I was a serial law-breaker. What laws pertain to septic tanks? I have not broken any law.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: What law have I broken? The Minister stated I was a serial law-breaker. How dare he. I take umbrage at the remark that I am a serial law-breaker.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: What law relating to septic tanks did I break? The Minister is a bluffer and I will not let this go. I will write to the Ceann Comhairle unless he withdraws that outrageous allegation.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: It is a slur on my character.
- National Monuments (1 May 2012)
Mattie McGrath: I will do so. The answer is a load of waffle. How could the Minister read that reply when the country is being stripped day and night? At the Hume Street hospital site, close to the cameras at the Department of Justice and Equality, raiders broke in over a two-week period and stripped the entire roof and contents of the hospital before exporting their gains abroad. Is the Minister saying...