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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Ceann Comhairle knows well I have raised this for several weeks at the Business Committee, and the fact the Government deceitfully hid this pact until after the local and European elections. Now, we are debating a red herring here because it is already adopted in Europe, we are told. The Government has changed the wording of it. We need ample time to discuss this. Indeed, the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Not agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (18 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 316. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of a facility in County Cork (details supplied). [26303/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (13 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I nominate Deputy Buckley.

Committee on Public Petitions: Amendment of the Child Care Act 1991: Engagement with the Alliance of Birth Mothers Campaigning for Justice (13 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe. I welcome the witnesses and thank them sincerely for their ongoing work on behalf of the most vulnerable children in our communities and our country. The Constitution states that we must cherish all children equally. They are fighting a crusade on behalf of many mothers and some fathers to get objective, honest and proper care for their children....

Committee on Public Petitions: Amendment of the Child Care Act 1991: Engagement with the Alliance of Birth Mothers Campaigning for Justice (13 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I thank Dr. Markey for being so honest about his own situation and lived experience. This question is for any of the witnesses and is in the knowledge that the court proceedings are held in camera and the witnesses are not present. Do the witnesses feel that the justices, and I do not want to name or implicate anyone, are qualified or have the temperament to deal with the situation? I am...

Committee on Public Petitions: Amendment of the Child Care Act 1991: Engagement with the Alliance of Birth Mothers Campaigning for Justice (13 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I have one brief question, if I may. Have the witnesses looked at the experience and comparable situations in other European countries, as opposed to Ireland?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I wish Deputy Whitmore well and thank Martin for his sterling service over 22 years. He was always cordial and helpful. I have just come from a Business Committee meeting to be told that the EU migration pact, which was buried conveniently and in a deceitful manner for the election will now be discussed in the House next Tuesday in a five-hour...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: There is a guillotine.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is being guillotined.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (13 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25846/24]

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I would say you are, all right.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: One hundred percent.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We have a Bill of 750 or 800 pages we can hardly lift. Indeed, there is also a list of amendments, many of them tabled by the Minister. We are not operating in a silo here. I am speaking to amendments No. 195 and 196 in the group, in addition to other related ones. We are not operating in a silo. We have a housing crisis. We have a crisis with people emigrating. We have a shortage of...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I agree with Deputies Ó Broin and Danny Healy-Rae. The Minister does want to do this. He wants to take away the embarrassment from his own backbenchers and future Government backbenchers by supporting this kind of legislation. I will not be voting for this because it would be like turkeys voting for Christmas. With the Ceann Comhairle's permission, I will mention the case of Sean...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I support the amendment relating to the national planning framework. Any issues with it or reviews of it should be debated in this House. The Government obviously has to look at it and bring forward proposals but they should be open to scrutiny in this House. That is what we are here for. Amendment No. 181 adds to the list of bodies to be consulted the national representative...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: When are the Taoiseach and his Government going to do something with Uisce Éireann? From the very initial constitution of that entity and the transposition of the infrastructure, the organisation never took over the combined sewers underneath and behind houses. Today, I speak about Cashel Road in Tipperary town. I mention the late Councillor Christy Kinahan, who is being buried...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: An-chiúin ar fad.

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the members of the Regional Group on bringing forward this important motion. The EPA has released another report this morning. It is a disgraceful, discredited organisation because it will not look at municipal plants. The Minister of State knows this better than I do. I have put it to him previously. The EPA is discredited, comes out with fake news all the time, and...