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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Cash is king.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: This week the Government made a welcome announcement about back-to-school footwear and clothing and, indeed, school transport. However, there is an ever-expanding cohort of people who are the new working poor. They pay for everything and get nothing. They might be rich on paper, meaning that above all they do not qualify for a medical card or anything else, but with the crippling rise in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a query regarding the retrieval of forestry land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36958/22]

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, support the amendment. I cannot imagine the thought process around it or what kind of thought process came into it that people are not allowed to downsize. We all know there is massive, indeed savage, inflation in building costs right across the board - even leaving the foundations out of it - in terms of blocks, cement, labour, tradesmen and, above all, timber. The Government...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome all the people who have travelled to be in the Gallery tonight. I support the amendment. The Bill is rushed and half-baked. If the fox is minding the henhouse, we can only expect to get dead hens in the morning and no eggs or maybe an odd glugger the fox would not eat. I support the amendment and I support my colleague, Deputy O'Donoghue, who is a member of the committee. The...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: And we know what they can do. They want to work.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Tell them what they can do.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Last Sunday I was at the very successful Clonmel Agriculture Show. I met many farmers whose combine harvesters were oiled and greased ready to start harvesting what looks to be a very promising harvest, thankfully. All we need is the weather. Those farmers who are planning on cutting and harvesting their crops have no idea of next year's requirements under the new Common Agricultural...

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome our guests in the Gallery. They are making a special effort. Tá fáilte rompu. I thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward this important motion. I think of the words of the Tánaiste, the iar-Thaoiseach, who said that we are wasting time in here. He wants to shut down debate and deny the good people in the Gallery and their families all over the country...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the reduction in VAT from 13.5 % to 9% will be passed onto the customer in relation to the electricity account credit payment of €200 or if it has been retained by the electricity supplier; if each supplier received €200 per account; or if he will confirm the amount that they received; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to students to receive their education who cannot obtain a place in a mainstream school in their catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36464/22]

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I too am pleased to contribute to the debate on this legislation, although "pleased" is the wrong word. I am genuinely perplexed because I do not know whether it is right or wrong - there is good and bad in every situation. In early June, the Government approved the drafting of the Bill, which is aimed at addressing the impact of recent judgments from the Court of Justice of the European...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: This is Ireland. He is responsible to this Parliament, not the Ukrainian Parliament. That does not justify him not being here. I want those answers from the Minister. Why are the warships here? Who is sponsoring them and who is bearing the cost of the gardaí minding them?

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: One of the core elements of supporting Ireland's policy of neutrality should be the wish for Ireland to be a peacemaker, a neutral mediator seeking international justice and a fair contributor to the humanitarian cause, as we always have been. This should always underpin Ireland's consistent and active participation in UN peacekeeping measures. If it does not, we run the risk of our sons,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I ask about the music and entertainment industries in Ireland. As the Tánaiste will know, they have struggled through Covid-19 as have the people, na daoine go léir, because they have missed this industry and they yearn for it to come back. This industry is struggling to come back and to get gigs going again because of the fear that is out there. The industry is looking for VAT...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Business Committee has been made a mockery of. There are five pieces of legislation being rushed through the House this week. I do not want to be repetitive but for several weeks, I have been calling for a debate on a vital sector, our third biggest industry in agriculture, namely, the pig industry. My requests have been forgotten and ignored. The House will rise for recess on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is the showman.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is a showman.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We are duty-bound to discuss legislation.