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Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste says that Deputy Harris has a tough job. I will tell the Minister what I believe is a tough job. A tough job is that of a mother or a father, a parent, waiting a year and a half for a simple operation while their child's spine twists and turns. Another tough job is that of the women and families who have been so desperately affected by the cervical smear scandal. There...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It already went out the window.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: They are being closed down.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He ran away with himself.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I wrote to the Taoiseach on 19 January about a very distressing television advertisement sponsored by the Road Safety Authority. I sympathise with the loved ones of anyone who has died or anyone who has been injured in a road accident, but several families are very annoyed about the advertisement. Thousands have signed petitions to try to have it removed. In fairness, the Taoiseach has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Is that all the Taoiseach can do?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is a quango.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason an embassy (details supplied) sponsored an event at which persons were not permitted to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8546/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Acting Chairman was talking about Question No. 91.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I beg to differ.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am not out of order. I am neither wrong nor out of order. I will not take any lectures from-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Wind down the clock.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Acting Chairman is a blunderbuss now. He is blundering. Will he please let me ask the question? He is blundering now because he is afraid I might say something to upset the-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am not abusive.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Can I please ask the question?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Of course I will ask it politely. I am always polite. The Minister should know that. I have worked with her on the Business Committee and we never had any difficulties.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Initiatives (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the outcome of her visit to the careers fair held in Tipperary town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7975/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Initiatives (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: My question is about a jobs fair in Tipperary town. The Minister's roadshow was wheeled into town with the aid of Fine Gael election candidates and Deputy Lowry. Will the Minister give me a few results from it? The Minister knows me. I am not a bully. I have never bullied anyone. I am concerned about the 860 people who were bullied and coerced into coming to the fair. They were written...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Initiatives (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I was in the House. This is cynical in the extreme. It is totally cynical. It is propaganda.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Initiatives (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is totally cynical propaganda.