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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I thank Mr. Fives for that curt answer which may be true but no one else has that luxury that DSP would allow it. Nobody else does and the social welfare payments would be stopped for an ordinary person who is on unemployment benefit. This is the problem and they do not get it. As Mr. Bakhurst mentioned public accounts, I think it was in 2019 all this evidence was presented to the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I identified the people where the buck stops. Secretaries General of Departments were made aware of this in 2019. It might have been a different at the time, but their role is to run the organisations that are under them. They come down on people and cut off their social welfare if they are defrauding, and rightly so. We all deal with cases every day of the week where there are social...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am not sure how much time I have, but I have a final question. What would be the problem with having a lovely big auction of the sacred cow, Montrose, and relocating and using the money to restructure RTÉ instead of putting the begging bowl out to the unfortunate taxpayers?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It sounds very simplistic to me anyway.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know how factual it is with the property values in that part of Dublin.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Mr. Bakhurst wants to stay on the sacred ground, the hallowed spot, and keep everything and milk the taxpayers all the time.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The workers do not feel that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: They do not feel that. We have all got emails from them.

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I too wish to comment on this legislation, which amends of a number of Acts to facilitate an increase in the mandatory retirement age for uniformed public servants to 62 years, and for gardaí especially. So much more of this legislation is varnish and veneer. I too have cases that I have highlighted here dozens of times about Pat Esmonde and John O'Brien who lost their lives off...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The people of Cashel lost their medical services in Our Lady's to Clonmel back in the 1980s. They have been waiting and waiting for a new 60-bed community unit in Cashel. We expected it to be started at this stage, but, hey presto, the authorities decided the site was not big enough at St. Patrick's Hospital. We all believed it was. Now the authorities are supposed to be searching for a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach did not respond to me.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Where are the rights now?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, on behalf of the Rural Independent Group, wish Deputies Murphy and Shortall the very best following their announcement. All is not well in this State regarding children. Thirty-nine children in State care are missing. Just think of that. It is the second-last week before we break up for the summer recess, and 39 children are missing in State care. We need an urgent debate on...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The National Ambulance Service and the south Tipperary ambulance service are in a chronic state of frustration due to a lack of personnel. They were promised some interns but now they are told they will not get them until perhaps August. One night last week two ambulances had to come together as there was only one paramedic in each. One ambulance had to be parked so they could go out on a...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, déanaim comhghairdeas leis an iarAire, an Teachta McGrath agus leis an Aire nua, an Teachta Chambers. I congratulate and compliment the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, on his appointment to the European Commission. It is a wonderful day and time for him. I wish him well. I also wish well his wife, Sarah, Tom, Jack, and the lads, and his mother and...

Nomination of Member of Government: Motion (26 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: You get your way all the time.

Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am glad to speak today to statements on these pre-European Council meetings. Ar an gcéad dul síos, I warmly congratulate my namesake and good friend and colleague through the years, the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, on his nomination to the position of Commissioner. I welcome that nomination. I hope that the different political machinations and interactions with...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to raise the issue of the chronic shortage of gardaí on the ground in County Tipperary. Despite the rising population and the increase in immigration, Garda numbers are in a worrying decline. As of 30 April 2024, the force stands at a total of 14,000-odd members, with just over 11,050 serving as rank-and-file gardaí. This is in stark contrast to the overall strength of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Six hours.