Results 1-20 of 26 for buttimer speaker:Mattie McGrath

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...A new track for cars is being developed near Duneske in Cahir. It is to be hoped people will be able to use it to train. Planning permission has just been granted by An Bord Pleanála. I compliment the Buttimer family on this project. It is to be hoped young men and women will be able to drive their cars and get experience there. There is nothing like experience. I pass on my...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ..., is a practical, hands-on course. Girls and boys learn to drive, pay for lessons and get good experience from the tester, Mr. Joe Quinn. He has arranged this with the school, which I salute. We need more of that. The Buttimer family in Cahir is applying for a new racing track. The planning application mentioned that it is hoped to use that track as a simulator course for young people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I wrote to the Chairman and thank her for the opportunity to speak. I want the Chair to note that I absolutely reject the allegations made against me by Senator Jerry Buttimer in my absence last week, he accused me of glibly quoting what he described as reports from Duke University and suggested that I was doing so in a manner that was dishonest. I want to put it on record that the research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: No, I object. The Chairman opened the committee by saying that people would have to leave. First, I am sorry for elevating Senator Buttimer. That was an omission on my part and I correct the record any time I am wrong. We have checked the records and the words that were used. We have checked the blacks. I had to leave this committee. I was asked by the clerk and the Chair of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Business of Joint Committee (18 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, Senator Buttimer has, again glibly, welcomed me back to the committee. I must also leave to speak in the Dáil on European affairs and I have tabled amendments on other issues. Are we going to have this continual Tweeting if we leave the room? It is ridiculous and it does not happen at any other committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: How dare Senator Buttimer? Excuse me, Chair. Can I finish, Chair?

Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Buttimer is wrong.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Mattie McGrath: I am not looking for any jobs for the boys. Deputy Buttimer is craving for them. One can see that every day of the week. He has been passed over so many times now, he will be like a-----

Garda Inspectorate Report on the Fixed Charge Processing System: Statements (26 Mar 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Excuse me, Deputy Buttimer. You are Chairman of a committee, as the Acting Chairman has reminded you. Have some manner, please.

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. Deputy Buttimer might well get the nod for the Minister of State post, by all accounts. It is looking good. I acknowledge that we will have to have further time to debate this issue when the Bill comes before both Houses. Whether those debates will be equally ignored remains to be seen.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...Bill has been proposed by Senator Quinn and Deputy Ross and others. We need that second House to oversee and to marshal the wisdom in it. It needs a broader electorate, elected by the people. I hate going back to it but Deputy Buttimer was here last night and made reference to the proceedings in the Joint Committee on Health and Children from Friday to Tuesday and last January. The...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I remind Deputy Buttimer that it was the Taoiseach who first named Professor Higgins.

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Buttimer is not in the health committee waving his hammer

Europol Bill 2012: Second Stage (4 Oct 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this debate. As Deputy Buttimer stated and regardless of which side of the House we are on, it behoves us to support all law enforcement agencies, including the Garda and the Army. I compliment the Minister and his team on introducing this Bill, the primary purpose of which is to give effect to the European Council decision establishing Europol....

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 May 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Bí ciúin, I am speaking. Deputy Buttimer will have an opportunity to speak. The Minister is back in office and I meet his colleagues. He is a great man. He has water charges and septic tank charges. He has done the lot but everything was put on the back burner until the referendum is over. The people are not eejits.

Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Apr 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Buttimer continues to compete with Deputy Durkan for heckler of the year. I accept that the fiscal compact treaty is a serious document. I have not made up my mind in respect of it and I am waiting to see what we can extract from Europe. We have an opportunity to get something from Europe. Those opposite can laugh at me if they choose but, like them, I am an elected Member of this House.

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I cannot say anything about the Ceann Comhairle. I am sorry. I withdraw it. Deputy Buttimer is here.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am trying but Deputy Buttimer is distracting all of us. The Independents have received some nice comments in the newspaper for hard work and honesty in the Chamber. We are not being given money for breaking guidelines on adviser salaries. If the true cost of government was calculated, it would be €130,000 or €150,000 per day with all the spin doctors waiting for the Minister. They...

Bretton Woods Agreements (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (15 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Excuse me. I do not know what kind of Tadhg Deputy Buttimer is. He is the best heckler in this House and he is trying to take over from Deputy Durkan. He can hide behind his notes now. I do not have to have notes but I am not going to be heckled and blackguarded----

Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I dislike speaking about absent Members, unlike Deputies Buttimer and Durkan who fired many criticisms of us across the floor of the House. There appears to be a competition between Deputies Buttimer and Durkan in terms of who can be the loudest heckler. While they insulted us for not being in the House, they have now run out themselves. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural...