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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The fanfare and dust has settled in Páirc Uí Chaoimh after the re-hash of the NDP. The Government picked a suitable venue to kick the ball around the place and kick it over and back between different parties and party leaders. The people of Tipperary Town are extremely disappointed. Jobs4Tipp, March4Tipp, County Tipperary Chamber and Councillor Anne Marie Ryan, and many others,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (6 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the restrictions on bus drivers preventing those aged over 70 can be lifted in view of the current shortage of drivers to allow those aged 70 years or over to continue to drive; if those over 70 can be allowed to drive a Bus Éireann contracted bus if they undergo a medical assessment and are deemed medically fit to do so; the other...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: There is no scrutiny.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is belt and braces.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: How temporary is "temporary"?

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: We will go again.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Were the organisations representing the restaurateurs and publicans consulted about this extension? Was An Garda Síochána consulted? Where did the date of 22 October for the reopening of everything come from and where did it go? Why are we extending this legislation for a further three months? We all see the waiting lists despite the additional €3.884 billion that was...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The National Ambulance Service is in paralysis. The paramedics and first responders are voting with their feet and leaving. Response to emergency calls is evaluated including response times. On one recent day, the Clonmel ambulance did not service a single 999 call-out in County Tipperary. It was sent as far away as the Aran Islands. This is crazy. The fleet is burning out, as well as...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It happened.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: On No. 11, motion re Part 2 of the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021, it is beyond comprehension that the Government would extend the emergency powers. Everybody's expectation is that we will be reopening everything on 22 January. The schools are back due to the heroic effort made by so many. To think the Government wants to hold onto this power grab for another three months and kill...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is medical apartheid.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: They are keeping the powers.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I did for a long time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: On a Honda 50.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: With an ashtray.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am critical of this, as well as of the sneaky way in the budget last year the Government put in a carbon tax, which we cannot even debate on the finance Bill for next year, or for the nine years. This trick o' the loop job is a three-card trick. We all agree that climate mitigation is necessary. However, we are being destroyed in rural Ireland. It is pure folly. Many speakers...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: That is what they said.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: These are the most basic untruths. Are they asleep at the wheel? They will hear about it from their electorate, when they go back. It is shocking that they will not allow timber to be cut. We will bring forward Private Members' legislation to deal with an issue with afforestation. There are people, who in good faith, enter 25-, 30- or 40-year cycle, with the expectation that they could...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: We cannot cut the handle of a brush without getting a licence. We need to go back to harvesting our crop and to reaping what we sow. I can tell the Government parties that they are going to reap what they sow.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.