Results 21-40 of 399 for going forward speaker:Mattie McGrath

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...this cannot be done any more. They also have to have sensible burning on the mountains, as do very many gun clubs that manage their stocks. This derogation has to be extended because you cannot go into the land to cut the bushes, and where they are cut farmers cannot go in to remove them. In any case, when we stop the burning of them we will have to mulch them, which involves a bigger...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...talk and talk and talk. We just have lost the ability to build. I am a member and vice-chairman - I was chairman - of a voluntary housing association. We set about building 14 houses 15 or 20 years ago. We were told it would take forever. We built them in 18 months. Eleven lay-people on the board hired in all the expertise and built them. I would go back to the Department...

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, compliment, ar an gcéad dul síos, an Teachta Connolly agus a grúpa for putting the motion forward. I know how passionately she feels about this topic, on which I listened to her speak many times here. I put it to an tAire Stáit that this motion is very important. Since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, we have diminished, damaged and almost destroyed our...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (24 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason behind the removal of funding for the 'getting citizens online fund'; if it will be restored going forward to assist vulnerable and isolated members of the community in accessing services online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46605/23]

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We tabled this motion in good faith. The Government has decided not to oppose it but it is a complete cop-out. It is an abject failure of the Department. I am disappointed that the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, is not here for the reply. With the Chair's indulgence, I would like to sympathise with the families of the four young leaving certificate students from Clonmel. They...

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: If you are fracking gas, you need to have water to keep things cool. It is all part of the construct that was set up and the separation of duties. I will go back to the gas but I am just saying that we have three reservoirs. There is one in Carrick-on-Suir on the Lingaun river, another in the Ardfinnan regional water scheme and a third in the Galtee region water scheme. They are massive...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...past. Now everybody is strapped for cash and this funding is necessary. I welcome the recent engagement of the HSE and the Department of Social Protection in visiting the centre to see what is going on. It is an excellent service with wonderful staff and patrons. They look forward to it so much and they love it now that it is back after Covid. There are many other day care centres...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: .... Now we talk to the Departments and the Ministers and are told there are heaps of money and we can get approval but we cannot get personnel to do the job. That is an issue and will be an issue going forward. We have to value, respect and support home helps. Many of them travel long distances to spend a short time, maybe half an hour, here or there. That is onerous on them and it is...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too declare that I am an employer for a long time - 41 or 42 years now - and I appreciate the right of Solidarity-People Before Profit Members to bring forward this Bill. However, it is a phoney Bill because we do not appreciate the workers and the people out there. They take an ideological stance and I accept that; it is their right. However, they do not understand or respect employers....

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (16 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Alan Dillon - to discuss Government's role under the Broadcasting Act 2009 in protecting our national cultural and sporting events. Deputy Thomas Pringle -to discuss the implementation of the recommendations of the Brandon...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...that are or have been on the UN database, to divest the assets of that fund from such investments. The Bill provides for related matters as well. I have been thinking about what has been going on in Israel and Palestine for a long time. As a young man, I had great admiration for what the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, PLO, was doing. I am now, quite frankly, having second...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...do not get through to An Garda Síochána, but the police service of Ireland. I do not like that. There is nothing wrong with the people working in it. When we need to dial 999 I suppose it does not matter what language it is in, as long as they come go tapaidh. There is often a wait. We are losing it. I commend the proposer of this amendment. I look forward to it being...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...our point of view as a small group, grúpa beag, that the Minister never waits to reply. I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State but Deputy Darragh O'Brien is the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. He makes announcement after announcement. I attended the annual general meeting of the Irish Council for Social Housing last week in a hotel near Heuston Station....

Transport Support Schemes for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Regional Group for putting forward this important motion. Disabled citizens are being let down by the Government, which has shown a shocking lack of political will to prioritise their needs. It has been ten years since the discontinuation of the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant for new applicants in 2013 and the Government has yet to provide a fair and...

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...the State even more planning powers over people's private property rights. It is as simple as that. We could look at many other areas. I appreciate the right of the Social Democrats to bring forward this motion. Why do we not look, however, at the more than 4,000, which is a conservative figure, empty local authority houses that have been there for decades? All of us know if we go...

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ..., including wholesalers of confectionery or whatever, have a fleet of cars on the road with very skilled and safe drivers who do a lot of mileage. The benefit-in-kind scheme was of benefit to them. I know the Government wants to push everybody to move to EVs. With the downturn in the economy, coming out of the Covid pandemic and everything else, those small companies did not have the...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...out. We have had this promise, that promise and the other promise, but nobody believes it. All of it is fake news. It is blunder and bluff, as I have said before, from the Minister. We are going back to the Rambo days with the bluff and blunder. If that could build houses, they would be mushrooming up everywhere. I have no faith in the motion Sinn Féin has brought forward....

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the Regional Group on bringing forward this motion on pre-emergency care, which is a critical component of the healthcare system in Ireland. It plays a vital role in the management of emergencies and saving lives, which is the most important thing for any of us in this House or anywhere else. The motion refers to emergency medical services provided to patients outside of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We cannot go forward in any context if we do not sort out the past.

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...processes and greater financial independence. The body itself will be restructured and the current three-person commission will be replaced with an ombudsman and a deputy ombudsman. Glossy Bills are not going to fix the serious problem we have in this country. Ar an gcéad dul síos ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil do na ghardaí go léir. I want to...