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Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this important issue. Like others I compliment and congratulate the Minister. I know where his heart is on this issue. I know he was robust when he was in opposition and I know he was glad to get the portfolio he has. He is doing his best with it. I want him to be honest with us. I have one ceist before I start. I hope he got some treatment from his local vet...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 8 o’clock Maith an fear.

Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to speak on this important legislation. I have to declare that when the matter to which it relates was put to referendum, I opposed it for very genuine reasons. It is like getting a flat tyre when driving one's car and one takes off the other three wheels as well. At the time of the referendum, we were informed by the Government that it was introducing this great and...

Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am doing so. I am talking about what we should be reforming rather than just appointing more judges. If Galway were doing badly in an All Ireland final, the management could not just add four extra players to bring the team on the field up to 19 in order to beat Kilkenny or Tipperary.

Courts (Establishment and Constitution) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Not at all, I have great respect for her. Adding five people here is like buying extra hens if those that one already has are not laying eggs. This is exactly what I said would happen and what legal commentators such as Seth Barrett Tillman of Maynooth University have made clear. Anyone who wanted to do so or who cared enough could see what was about to happen at the time of the...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Deputy needs a travel agency now.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: One could not embarrass them.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: They wish we were dumb.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is the quality, not the quantity, that counts.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Mine were related to the Bill.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak to the Bill. To be fair to the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, he met a delegation from County Tipperary today to discuss mental health issues. He is doing his best and I acknowledge his bona fides. It is a pity that he is not the senior Minister. The Bill amends the five health professional regulatory Acts, in particular, in the areas of fitness to practise and...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is the same Government. Does the Minister of State not remember he was there before?

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: My God, it is.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The blueshirts are still here.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is the same Government, it might as well be.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He is denying who he is now.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He is not ignoring us.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Keep away from that. It has gone awful for them.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Different authorities.