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Road Traffic (Amendment) (Use of Electric Scooters) Bill 2019: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: As Deputy MacSharry indicated when he initiated this Bill on First Stage, the purpose here is to set legal parameters for the safe use of electric scooters. Currently, it is effectively illegal to use an electric scooter on Irish roads and such vehicles are liable for seizure by gardaí. There is also a requirement that these vehicles be taxed and insured as mechanically propelled...

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: All of us are waiting to see whether the hopes of this week’s developments in Brexit will bear fruit and if a deal will emerge. We have all supported the Government in its efforts on this. The middle of October used to be harvest time for apple farmers in Tipperary. Hopefully, the harvest will be rich and we will get a deal. The kind of deal is the question, however. Cén...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Will that be after the election?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: For eight weeks during the summer, the Independent Farmers of Ireland, their wives and families protested outside the gates of meat plants because they were devastated by the price they were continually getting. It is not business as usual with the Government and the so-called task force because, first, the Taoiseach appointed the former Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: We have a rota system for questions.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is not an independent task force.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He is an insider.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: What?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I did no such thing.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Stop conflating the issue.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Look after the farmers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is not happening.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: There are none so blind as those who cannot see. The Taoiseach is not listening.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: We are not getting them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I want to highlight the serious and alarming low levels of Garda availability across County Tipperary. There are supposed to be 380 gardaí to cover the county. Unfortunately, 45 of them are out on long-term sick leave. I wish them well as many them have injuries from the line of duty. I also raise this issue in the context of the proposed divisional reorganisation, a move that will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I will give the Taoiseach the roster I was given. It has the facts and is from a member of the Garda Síochána who is afraid for his community and the people he wants to police. I am astonished with the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, because he has not engaged with the GRA or anybody else. The GRA stated the Government’s policing reform plan looks like it has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address concerns that Dublin City Council was involved in the payment of moneys relating to criminal activities at a social housing development in Dublin city; when his or a Minister of State's attention was drawn to this issue; the measures taken in response to ensure that such practices are not being carried out...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak to the motion and compliment its authors. I had better declare that I am an employer and can speak from that perspective also. As I said, I am happy to speak to the motion and salute Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. Some of the statistics mentioned in the motion are truly disturbing. There is no other way to describe them and I compliment Sinn Féin on...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: When I met the head of IDA Ireland in New York, he told me that himself. IDA Ireland cannot get them to move down the country; they want everything to be in Dublin. That is what the Government is driving. The motion proposes a living wage of €12.30. Considerable complexity remains in dealing with the issue. It is not simple and the last thing we want to do is to make the...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to be able to speak on the Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. I acknowledge the excellent briefing prepared by Ms Emily Heery and the Oireachtas Library and Research Service. The Bill seeks to maintain the provision of certain health benefits, including the European health insurance card, EHIC, to eligible residents of Northern Ireland and to make...