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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: During the previous lockdown people with disabilities, special needs children and adults, were left behind, and now, as we face into another lockdown, they are still left behind. I wish to speak about a mother who contacted me. I raised this here on 21 September, and now it is 21 October and there is still no sign of a place for her adult child. She went to Scoil Chormaic in Cashel, an...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Regional Group and Deputy Denis Naughten in particular for moving this very important motion. I have been a Member of this House for 13 years and every year we speak about the plight of post offices. Many reports have been compiled over decades but this report amounts to the last chance saloon. We seem to be able to find money for everything now because of Covid-19. We should...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Sector: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome and thank our guests. I thank the manager of Buswells for always being kind to us. Mr. Connick thanked Fáilte Ireland. In what way has it been helpful? How is that relationship percolating down to the individual projects on the ground? As for banking, microfinance and the loan schemes the Houses have passed, how are they working out? Are the witnesses finding them...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Sector: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, I think so.

Post-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: People in Ireland are in a difficult position. They are weary of Brexit, which we have been dealing with for three or four years, and now we have Covid-19. We have seen the ineptitude of the Government in dealing with Covid-19. We have also seen the ineptitude of the HSE, which has been unable to cope in any winter in recent years despite having €1 billion extra in annual funding...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: In the first lockdown people could go for long walks and walk out in the countryside. The weather was good. The weather is so wet now with long evenings. The issue of people who use gymnasiums and hotel and private gym owners needs to be examined because they are safe places. Contacting tracing is in place, people are booked in and they are highly disinfected. They should be looked at...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: He certainly does not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It is a simple proposal. I agree with the Sinn Féin proposal. It is a pity to waste time voting here. Many Members want to get in.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: There are Questions on Promised Legislation. The Taoiseach does not listen to the Business Committee any week. Every week he does not listen to us.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Did I? No, I never-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: That is an insult to the Ceann Comhairle. He is an excellent chair of that committee at all times.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has too much jest.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: He does every week.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, under the stewardship of the Ceann Comhairle.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to say the very same as the previous speaker. This is a shambles. Those who were in mother and baby homes and families have waited long enough. The way the Government is treating them is shambolic. It is being rushed through the House without any proper scrutiny. We are also opposed to it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Today's schedule of business is packed and will run until almost 1 o'clock tomorrow morning. There are only going to be 45 minutes per segment to discuss the extension of the emergency powers, which is not enough. We will not have enough time to discuss the mother and baby home legislation either. What are we trying to do here? Are we trying to steamroll everything through? If we have to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: That is gone now.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance when the issuing of primary medical certificates for disabled drivers and passengers will resume following a court decision in June 2020; and if those that already qualify for the scheme will be affected. [30982/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 635. To ask the Minister for Health the provision of funding for a facility (details supplied); the current stage of the project; if the project will now proceed with urgency; when he expects the project to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31286/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: On my own behalf and that of the Rural Independent Group, I pay fulsome tribute to the Captain of the Guard, Mr. Flaherty, on his retirement. I thank him for his sincere and genuine engagement with Members, staff and everybody else over the years. I have known him for the last 14 years. I wish him a happy and successful retirement. I have a constituent who, like many others, took his...