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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I know the Ceann Comhairle is independent now but in his previous incarnation, we were good friends. I hope that we will stay friends and, in that vein, I will not keep the Ceann Comhairle here too long tonight. We are discussing the Asian Investment Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017. One could nearly make a mistake, given what Fine Gael did yesterday, through the Minister for...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I support this Bill, as I do with anything that tries to facilitate or help accommodate companies. That is welcome and needed. I do not buy into the mantra that we saw with the previous debate with the attack on investments in nursing homes and the tax breaks in that area. We must have incentives to attract these companies. The Minister knows how hard it is to attract companies,...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I did not interrupt the Deputy.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: That is fine. I know Deputy Bríd Smith has had a fit of laughter tonight but I do not know at what she is laughing. I said in the previous debate that we can hire a minibus for the Deputies to show them rural Ireland and what it is about.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am doing so. We will show them what rural Ireland is about and the difference made to a town and its society by a small factory brought there by foreign direct investment. It makes a difference to job creation and work experience for young students. There is also investment in the community, along with rates and tax paid by workers. It is not always about the "double Irish" or us being...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: -----and who I wish well-----

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: -----to continue this work. I ask the Minister of State to implement what she said she would do this evening. Words are cheap. I am not dismissing her genuine words but we need provision for this in the Estimates and in the budget, and we need action on this. She mentioned that such legislation would be difficult and complex. We need provision for this in legislation. I know it takes a...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Acting Chairman for his forbearance in changing time slots, etc. I am delighted to be able to bring this evening's important debate to a conclusion. I acknowledge the presence of our guests from the various farming organisations. We have received support from members of Nursing Homes Ireland, who are keenly aware of the vital importance of reforming the nursing home support...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: We should have a rotating Leas-Ceann Comhairle.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: No interest in rural people.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Minister to review the scheme.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am not saying that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Our supervisor is doing a great job, but he is ringing social welfare offices and everybody else but cannot get them. There is a huge logjam. The spirit of what is supposed to be done by JobPath is fine, but it involves private companies. It is regressive. The forerunner of one of the companies had difficulties in England. My colleague, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, wanted to ask this...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am not saying that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am not saying that. The Minister is being mischievous now.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 29. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the detrimental effect the Turas Nua scheme is having on participants, community employment schemes, Tús and other job placement schemes which have been the bedrock of communities over the years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26226/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I too wish the Minister well in his efforts and travails to become party leader. I hope he took the advice of the Taoiseach this morning. They were very wise words. As I understand it, once a person signs on with Turas Nua, he or she is prohibited from doing anything else for at least one year. This forces people to engage with Turas Nua or face a cut in their social welfare payments....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister was not always listening.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister has had his moments.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: JobPath Implementation (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Of course.