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Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: We are discussing amendments Nos. 1 to 15 in this group.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, amendments Nos. 1 to 13. We have two more to go. The Minister will get his amendments through when the guillotine falls on the Bill tonight. The Minister should not make this a laughing matter. He has nothing to smile about. I believe there are not many smiles at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party meeting tonight. There is a lot of anguish and tears.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The wheels are falling off the wagon. The Minister will have to rein in Deputies O'Dea and MacSharry and others. They have found out what we know about the Government. The Government is not fit for the job, full stop. I do not say that to the Minister personally but it is definitely true of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister tried to interrupt me by asking what amendments I was speaking about. I am calling out the guillotining of the legislation without giving enough time for debate. This important legislation raises many issues about the LDA. There are a plethora of other agencies out there that are not fit for purpose, not doing their jobs and not accountable. Will the LDA be accountable? We...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am also glad to be able to address these amendments. There is an ideological argument here about parties on the left and on the right. The sad part about all this, however, is that there is a logjam in the delivery of housing. Many parties have been involved. When the Labour Party was in government, Deputy Kelly was the Minister responsible and he promised us more houses. I told him...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I said earlier that we should all listen to Deputy Howlin, who has far more experience than I. He asked a very logical question. While we may not agree on the primary purpose of a pub, the publicans that I know, and I am sure that he knows too, give far more than that. They give service with a smile and they look after their customers. They are ringing some of their customers to make sure...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: This definition is very prescriptive. I heard the Minister of State refer to it. It is another example of overreach and overkill. Deputy Howlin referred to it as well. A small pub I know of in Ballylooby, Keating's, is closed, unfortunately. It is a lovely thatched pub but it is impossible now to get insurance for the building. It is never going to open again now thanks to the lockdown....

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: We need justice and fairness, but putting the provisions in shambolic legislation like this is an extreme farce.

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: This is like playing Russian roulette. The last 15 months have been a torrid and horrible time. I listened to Deputy Howlin and other speakers. I bow to Deputy Howlin and his vast experience of doing legislation in this House. This is ham-fisted and a shambles. The Minister has been foisted on the Department of Justice as well as having her existing portfolio. Whether she sought it, I...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: That is fine. I do not mean that literally but the Minister knows well what I am trying to say. It has been extraordinary. I said today when I left the Cabinet room - Deputy Howlin or Deputy Kelly may have been there - that at the first meeting we were called into when this happened, I staggered out of the room in fear because of the predictions from NPHET. Thank God and thanks to our HSE...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: What about the passports?

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State mentioned that vaccines are discussed at all European Council meetings, including this one. Were vaccine passports discussed at that meeting? Have they been discussed at other European Council meetings? I do not have the minutes of the meeting to which I refer with me but I have the articles in my file regarding the discussion of vaccine passports at EU and European...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: When did it go in?

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: On what date did it go in?

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, will return to the pre-European Council meeting statements made in the House some time ago. Has the Minister of State apologised to our European colleagues for not making a submission seeking Covid support funding on time? We ended up with a paltry €900 million. Some other countries received twice or three times as much as we did. I do not begrudge any of them aon phingin...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Be it in regard to fishing or the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, we are the laggards in Europe and are being treated like little schoolboys in the bold boys' corner who are told to luigh síos anseo agus bí ciúin and we obey them. Yesterday, we had the patent nonsense whereby apartheid is going to be introduced in this country to justify the approach taken by the Taoiseach to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is the Government.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Has the Taoiseach any bit of shame or self-respect at all? He told us many times he would not have green passports. The illogical, alarming, Dickensian and apartheid decision to have vaccinated people go one place and others left outside is shocking. He is operating to an agenda that is clear for everyone to see. It is not an agenda for the Irish people, but for somebody else. If NPHET...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Do the figures add up? There are 48 people in hospital today. Who are you codding?