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- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: Come on.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach is on shaky ground.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: Ask Shane Ross.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: Before the election.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: Shane Ross-----
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: The heavy gang are back.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: As Deputy Michael Healy-Rae said last week on behalf of the Rural Independent Group, we are not in favour of this. We have no interest in an impeachment process and we made that quite clear. There are no grounds for impeachment. However, we want the Minister for Justice to come to the House. Her predecessor should also come before the House because he slipped her the note. This is horse...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Control (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grounds upon which he ordered the release of hares, which had been legally caught under the 2020-21 hare netting licence as granted under the Wildlife Act 1976, when there is no precedent for the limit of time in which a hare can be held under said licence as long as it is within the period of validity of the licence....
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in operation in primary and secondary schools in County Tipperary; the details of same; and the primary and secondary schools in the county in which plans are under way to develop ASD units. [37810/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: 986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has a legal obligation to give data on the value of a single farm payment to a farmer from whose land those single farm payments were taken by a person leasing the land at the termination of the lease in view of the fact it is the lessee's personal data. [38727/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: 987. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the removal of single farm payment entitlements from 150,000 hectares was illegal according to the European Court of Auditor's report 2006. [38728/20]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. I thank him for allowing me to speak at this committee and I wish him the best in his role as Chairman. I also wish the Minister well as it is my first occasion to engage with him. I thank the Department and the Government for continuing to support what is a very valuable industry in rural Ireland. I know that the previous speaker, Deputy...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: Coursing involves greyhounds as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: Yes, but coursing dogs-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: ----- are being slaughtered by dogs with no muzzles - lurchers or terriers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: Yes, but it is all part of the greyhound industry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: It is fine to make those decisions but those hares have been looked after in anticipation of coursing with greyhounds. This has been well-monitored by the proper agencies in the way that they should be, and now many Deputies are getting calls about marauding gangs lamping them and killing with them no muzzles and no controls.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: I will but these are greyhound people, as well, who are involved in coursing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome the funding but animal welfare issues across the board have to be looked at, not only greyhounds but every dog owner and horse owner. Anybody who has them should look after them. However, there is this underbelly going on with the slaughter of these animals by other dogs and there is no talk about it. Then we were forced to release all those hares, who were brought in by the...
- Special Committee on Covid-19 Response Final Report: Motion (19 Nov 2020)
Mattie McGrath: I am glad to have an opportunity to contribute to this discussion. I begin by thanking Deputy McNamara for doing, from what I saw of the proceedings, an excellent job as Chairman of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response. I thank Deputies Michael Collins and O'Donoghue from our group for their diligent attendance at, and contribution to, the committee's work. The Minister for Health...