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Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Minister clarify that?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Further to what Deputy Calleary said, I am also concerned about reliance on stamp duty slipping back in here again. We saw how it was very fruitful for a long time in the crazy times. When transactions ceased, very little came in from it. It is a very shaky foundation. The Minister gave an estimate of in excess of €370 million. I support Deputy Fitzmaurice's amendment because I am...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I will, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Here is a cash-rich sacred cow that the Government refuses to touch. It could be done on the basis of acres above the limit. It would not stifle anyone buying commercial premises to develop for residential or commercial purposes. It would not create uncertainty. Auctioneers are concerned about it, as we all are. The Minister is not definite - no more...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: We are back to the old landlord days where people can amass up to 15,000 acres of land with no small farmer and no community. No football or hurling team will be fielded. No schools will be filled because they will be locked up and fenced as if it was in Nazi Germany; a snipe would not get through the fences. There are rich pickings there but the Government refused to touch it.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to speak on this resolution and I will support it. I realise it is difficult for people who need the fix of a cigarette and are addicted to smoking. I do not know how they manage given the current price of cigarettes. At some stage we will have to examine this because it will not continue to be an easy touch to get money from this area. Cigarettes will reach a price where people...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I too would like to speak on the budget, so I am disappointed that there is no senior Minister here. I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, who is a good worker. I will ask him a direct question. It relates to the fair deal scheme. Ms Maura Canning of the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, and others were promised by the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, that there would be...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: What about the widows?

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Good man.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Imports Data (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of timber being imported. [42982/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Portfolio (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance the housing and commercial properties in the possession of NAMA in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42980/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 275. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the funding concerns of a society (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42917/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the progress on the construction of the national children's hospital, including changes to the overall cost estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42981/17]

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (5 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I would like to extend our sympathies to Liam Cosgrave's family and the Fine Gael Party on his passing at such a great age. Liam Cosgrave was a man of deepest political integrity. He talked about a true Republic of opportunity long before it became the catchphrase it is today. Under his leadership, Ireland entered the United Nations General...

Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, compliment Deputy Cowen on bringing forward this Bill. He has shown through his freedom of information requests to each local authority that there were over 2,600 vacant units in the country in council ownership. That they were in council ownership is very important to note. The information provided to the Deputy also shows that, in 2014 and 2015, there was a reduction of...

Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I must declare that my sister runs a post office. Her staff member, Helen, had a stroke and I wish her well in her recovery. I hope the Minister's aunt is not watching the debate or she will have a stroke. It is a good job that he has made his First Holy Communion and Confirmation because he would receive no envelope. She would instead give him a red card. It is up to the Independent...

Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad the Minister is here to hear this. We in the Rural Independent Group brought in a Bill here last September. It was agreed by the Government. My secretary spent time negotiating with the Minister's office, for which I thank him, and the Taoiseach's office and the Department of the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Deputy Michael Ring - God help us - to agree on wording...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank our guests for attending here today to give their perspective on the issue. My first question is for Ms Logan. I have read the new position paper released today, Human Rights and Equality Considerations in the Development of a New Legislative and Regulatory Framework on Abortion. I respectfully put it to Ms Logan that it is very noticeable that there is not a single mention in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Ms Logan might answer the question so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (4 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is some clarity that there are two members out of 15. It is important that Ms Logan has said it and that some recognition is given to what I have asked. I appreciate that. It tells its own story, however, when the two members of the commission are in the minority of 15.