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- Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I thank all the speakers who supported our motion and who came and gave of their time. Disappointment has been expressed about many who did not come. Agriculture is our primary industry and we must mind it. I learnt a great deal during the time of the protests and it was not just the blockades in Cahir where I was much of the time. I thank Bob Wilkinson, a man in his 80s, young Daniel...
- Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I move:"That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— Fine Gael has been in Government for eight years; — during that period of time, the beef sector has experienced regular levels of price volatility and insufficient levels of Government support in the pursuit of processor price transparency; — this is contrary to commitments outlined in the Programme for a Partnership...
- Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, this is unbelievable. We are discussing a motion tabled by the Rural Independent Group which deals with an important sector but there is only a handful of Deputies in the Chamber. Two Fianna Fáil Deputies have just joined us.
- Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: My point is that we should have a quorum. This is a scandal. There is one Minister of State present and no Deputy from the Labour Party, Sinn Féin or Independents 4 Change. Thousands of people spent weeks standing at factory gates. My colleagues and I visited them, as did Deputy Cahill, who is present.
- Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: The attendance for this debate is scandalous. It shows what many Members of this Dáil think about rural Ireland and agriculture.
- Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to contribute to the debate. I am a former board member of Caisleán Nua Voluntary Housing Association and one of the instigators of a voluntary group of laypeople who set up a wonderful organisation because of an horrendous attack on a vulnerable person. We held a community alert meeting in a full hall. As ever, until there is trouble and everything is fine, nobody...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Do the Minister and his Cabinet colleagues have any idea of the devastating impact of cuts? A woman whom I will call "Chrissie" is a full-time carer for her sister Mary, who has had Wilson's Disease since she was 14 years old. Mary is now 58. "Chrissie" is also a half-time carer for her mother who is 84 with deteriorating health. Mary was recently hospitalised unexpectedly for surgery for...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Take that back.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: The Government is Dublin-centric. That comment should be withdrawn as it was personal.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff Appeals Mechanism (24 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeal process for SNAs who cannot get on a panel; if not, the reason therefor; the reason the supplementary manager of the panels cannot hear appeals from SNAs working within or outside of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38319/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the introduction of extensions to managed hedgerow and vegetation cutting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37291/19]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. Ar an gcéad dul síos, I echo what Deputy Niamh Smyth said about an Gaillimh aréir. I congratulate craobh Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann i gCathair Dún Iascaigh, the Cahir branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and Mícheál and Mary Harty on hosting a wonderful traditional music festival is Cathair Dún Iascaigh...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I said in July that there would be significant anger and frustration within rural communities when the Department confirmed, in response to a parliamentary question I submitted, that proposed regulations permitting the commencement of certain provisions of the Heritage Act 2018 are to be scrapped. The reply confirmed that plans to allow for hedgerow cutting during the month of August have...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister should come and see it.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: The reality is that they are not being cut. Contractors and farmers are afraid to cut them because they will be photographed with mobile phones and reported. It is nonsense. There are signs covered everywhere I go in my county. I refer to signs which indicate the way to particular places, speed limits and that there are dangerous bends ahead. Access to and egress from fields forces the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)
Mattie McGrath: What broadband?