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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: To change it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: She wants to have her cake and eat it.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Answer my questions.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know what is going on with this Taoiseach, but he has the media and the people driven demented. He has us driven demented. I think he is becoming demented himself.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I think it is time now to stop all the tricks and the games of snakes and ladders and have a bit of cop-on and respect for the people, as well as this House. Call the election. Let the dog see the rabbit. Let us out there, rather than playing games up and down, backward and forward, running over to Joe Biden and back. He is afraid he will not be Taoiseach again and that he will not be...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil: Motion (8 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is a bit of a charade. The Taoiseach is trying to drive the whole country demented, especially the electorate, but it can see what is going on and will catch him in good time.

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Second Stage (3 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am delighted to be able to speak about this Bill. Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil le iar-Theachta agus iar-Chathaoirleach coiste Joe Carey. In fairness to him, during his time as committee Chair, he did a lot of work on this legislation. I wish him well with his health and thank him. I also thank Michael Kingston, barrister, who assisted me and members of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Minister support the ask of FND Ireland that funding be provided for a multidisciplinary specialist FND clinic at St. James's Hospital Dublin? The group has asked for this and people need it. There are an estimated 9,000 people in Ireland suffering with functional neurologic disorder, known as FND. It is very debilitating. There is chronic fatigue and many other symptoms. Group...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: They can rob the State so and it is not-----

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We can rob the State and it is not breaking any law.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: But it is daylight robbery.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I have no interest in withdrawing it because it is blatant.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Thank you. It is blatant. I referred to Tusla overpayment. According to the annual report of their own public accounts, in case the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach tells me this is something else, they have an overspend of €1.25 million on wages. Is that not daylight robbery? What is that? In their own public accounts, they have the audacity-----

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am being ana cúramach ar fad-----

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: -----but this is the problem with Government. It is too careful. It is not with the ordinary people. It crucifies them and persecutes them-----

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Big agencies like this are milking the taxpayer and they are doing an untold harm to families. I want that on the record because I maintain that. The OPW seems to be licensed to do what it likes. I had great respect for the OPW over the years. They have many good projects and many good staff, but there are the cases I cited there - the bike shed and the hut, and God knows how many more...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The budget, despite its promises of tax cuts, increased welfare payments and infrastructural projects, continues the trend of wasteful spending. The Government has been criticised for the runaway cost of projects like the new children’s hospital, which is old at this stage, the hut outside Government Buildings, which cost €1.4 million, and a bike stand that cost...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Stamp Duties (1 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: This is utterly useless. It is useless, fruitless and toothless. Four out of every ten houses now are being bought by conglomerates from abroad. Did you ever see the beat of it? We are in a housing crisis and the Government will not wake up to the fact it is a housing crisis. We have different schemes to get houses built, we are talking about output and whatever else, and yet we are...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I first want to wish the best to our usher team leader, Tara Humpston. It is her first day as team leader in the Chamber. She has done a mighty job and there was not a word out of place today. We were all very quiet. This budget is like the curate's egg - good in spots. However, there are a lot of spots in it that can go awfully bad and can turn into what we know in the country as a...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Government lost the referendum.