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National Monuments (1 May 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It is happening in every parish in the country.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister cannot be trusted.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State should have called in for some tea.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted the Minister is present to respond to the debate but I do not think much of the speech he made available, which I have just read. I am surprised that there are no officials accompanying the Minister. I do not know what is going on in the Department. The Minister does not know himself. The officials are rarely seen with him. He is a one-man show. His backbench colleagues...

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Excuse me. But Deputy O'Dowd is the nice face of Government. Phil has become the monster.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I affectionately called him Big Phil previously.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Of course. Yes, he is the Minister. He knows I mean that. He is the same man who is in charge of the local government boundary changes. It will be the biggest example of gerrymandering since Jimmy Tully. I suggest that Jimmy Tully would not be a patch on him.

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I know we are but I question whether this man is fit to be in government because his cavalier approach to all of these matters is shameful. It is nothing short of bully-boy tactics. County councils are looking after water services but the Minister wants to disband them as well. He will not disband the part of Kilkenny that is in Waterford. He gave the area €1 million to set up a new...

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Has the Minister ever heard of proper planning involving rainwater harvesting? That is what the Minister should be looking at in the Department. It was part of the plans envisaged by the former Minister, Mr. Gormley, that rainwater would be harvested in tanks and used by households and schools. A retrofit programme is required to harvest rainwater for two and three classroom schools so...

Water Services Reform: Statements (26 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Minister big Phil. I say it is easy to climb a tall tree when it has knots so bígí cúramach.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2012: Committee Stage (25 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am concerned about this pussyfooting around the banks. During the last Government's term, the Minister and I were members of the committee dealing with social protection. She was then a strong advocate for people in mortgage arrears and in receipt of social welfare generally. She was also very much opposed to the bank guarantee, so she is in a better position than most to know that the...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: What about Deputy Peter Mathews?

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Not to this extent.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It is too slow.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: When will the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government publish the waste water standards? Will the Taoiseach do so? Details of the number of people who contacted the Department during the consultation process, which ended on 31 March last, also need to be published.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It has been promised.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It needs to be brought to a conclusion.

Order of Business (25 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: No.