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Mental Health: Statements (Resumed) (21 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important matter. I acknowledge the genuine attempts that have been made by the Minister of State, Deputy Daly. We now have a newly designated Jigsaw service in Thurles, which I warmly welcome. However, I am worried about the timelines. We need to see it set up and it is already five years late. That said, I have expressed my concerns and the...

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: They are all too cosy.

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Sorry?

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I was here.

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Of course I was here.

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I was here for the start of it and I watched it in my office. Okay?

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I heard your thing and I read it. It could be used in a different part of this building. Focus Ireland also said the current situation would be much worse without its work as it helped more than 400 families, in partnership with the State, to secure a home last year. It did not do it on its own. I salute it, Fr. Peter McVerry and all of the other groups. Those 400 families were helped to...

Supporting Children out of Emergency Accommodation and into Homes: Statements (21 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: To say I am happy to speak on this important issue would be wrong. Like Deputy Connolly and others, I agree it is a shocking situation. Last week, the Oireachtas housing committee released its report on family and child homelessness. It is a stark and sobering assessment of the damage being perpetrated on children by the current homelessness strategy. Like previous speakers, I have no...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the announcement this week of a Jigsaw project for Tipperary based in Thurles. It has been long sought and we are pleased to hear of it. However, it will not be any use to towns such as Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Borrisokane and areas of north Tipperary unless outreach is provided in those towns and villages. The mental health situation in Tipperary is chronic, especially since...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I resent the Minister's tone, attitude and patronising statement suggesting that I do not understand the haulage industry. I have worked in it. I have loaded lorries and been a passenger in lorries, although I have never driven them. I have repaired lorries. I understand the axles, the calibration and the suspensions now used. How dare the Minister make such a statement? He has probably...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am well aware of that and my name is on the amendment. The haulage industry is so vital that one of the Fine Gael candidates in Wexford is part of it. The party must be getting around to understanding how vital it is. As Deputy Fitzmaurice has said, we have so little rail, canal or other type of transport, the road haulage industry is vital to our survival in terms of both imports and...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: There are many bushes. That is the problem. The Minister, Deputy Madigan, will not allow us to cut bushes. We debated that for two years but we finally passed legislation allowing people to cut bushes under supervision in March and August. The Minister just drove a coach and four through it. The Minister of State, Deputy Moran, knows hauliers and can speak to them. The truck mirrors are...

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Fair is fair. I praise the bridges I go over. She knows her stuff and she is very capable.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Oh.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I do not support the amendment. I have to be honest and fair in this matter. I was arguing with the Minister last night about a land tax, which could have brought in a lot of money, and the situation where executives earning huge money get certain preferable tax allowances. The Minister tried to make the case that he had reduced such allowances greatly, which may be true. There are nearly...

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Could I carry on without the Lord's name being take in vain from some inadequate people behind me? There is cursing and swearing.

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: If they have to resort to taking the Lord's name in vain, what else is there?

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is unbelievable. I am trying to concentrate. I have a script.

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Apologise for-----

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I would like to continue without being interrupted.