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Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Someone has to say it and we are all saying it. My secretary often spends 50 minutes, an hour or more contacting Eir on behalf of unfortunate elderly people whose landlines are out for three or four months and they have no pendant alarm. It is a disgrace. That is the problem. I heard my secretary screaming down the phone, "Please do not switch me on to someone further." People are going...

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I better sit down.

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The reason we have the problem is that no one will deal with it.

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I do not mean rape in the sense-----

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am talking about funding. I cannot use the word "pilfer" either, can I? I will sit down, so, and shut up. We have no service and it is a disgrace that people cannot get a basic service to work from home. They cannot even work in the towns where they cannot get broadband, never mind working from home. It is all nice and dandy to talk about it, and the people will go back to the country...

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I support this motion and compliment the movers of it. This is the second time recently we have debated this issue. I could not agree more with the previous speaker. Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh siad. We have to praise our young and they will come. There is a song, "Teach Your Children Well". I do not know who sang it but I love it as it has a nice tune and rhyme. We have to train...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to refund or make concessions for vehicles that are off the road due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns. [36481/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance the date primary medical certificate assessments will resume following the Supreme Court decision almost five months ago (details supplied). [36803/20]

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment Deputies Martin Kenny and Ó Laoghaire for bringing forward this very badly needed legislation. I wish the Minister of State well in his new role as this may be the first time I have addressed him in this House. The Minister of State and I are aware of the case of the Hendrick family in Kilkenny, who are friends of the Minister of State and his father. They were treated in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Michael Collins and I tabled a Topical Issue on the same matter but it fell on deaf ears, which is very sad. The Tánaiste is the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and it is appropriate that I put this question to him. The members of the Irish Bookmakers Association have been denied access to the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, which is very unfair as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: They have stopped trading.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It is all leaked anyway.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Next are an Teachta Alan Farrell agus an Teachta Creed, who are sharing time.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to speak and I assure the Minister that the Rural Independent Group will not be found wanting when it comes to these delicate and sensitive negotiations. We are in the 59th minute of the 11th hour and I heard all the talk from the former Taoiseach, now the Tánaiste, telling us about the backstop and all the reassurances he had. Then we fell off the trough and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach went to Enniskillen last Sunday and I would have no issue with that in normal times. He wore the poppy. We all have memories of the late Gordon Wilson. Travelling in Covid times is questionable. What is the Taoiseach going to do for the late Michael Hogan and the many others who were murdered or wounded in Croke Park 100 years ago by the Black and Tans and Crown forces?...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: And others.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach does not get it. Almost 150,000 people have not been seen by the main cancer screening services in the last six months because of Covid. Over 12,400 more people are waiting for an inpatient day case endoscopy at the end of September compared to the same month last year. That is an increase of 56% in the number of people waiting, on top of the already bad situation we had....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I did not say that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, I want to be associated with the Ceann Comhairle's remarks of compliments and congratulations to the team here at the convention centre and, indeed, to the chairman of the board, an tUasal Uí Dhubhuir ón Bóthar Leathan in Tipperary. I compliment them and wish them well for the future. I am quite concerned about the answers the Taoiseach has...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Future of Public Service Broadcasting and Impact of Covid-19 on the Media Sector: Discussion (11 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for being a bit late. I do not have much time and I say that with no disrespect to any of the witnesses. I thank RTÉ. Every time I go to the RTÉ studios I am well received and looked after, which I appreciate. I have issues with the licence but I will not go into that today. I really want to cut to our guests and discuss local media in Tipperary. I wish to refer...