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Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: -----and I hope the EU will not decide to bring an appeal about the style and the manner of the hurling. I also wish to preface my remarks by saying that I fully support the 12.5% corporation tax. I salute the many companies that have established operations throughout Ireland, but especially those in my county and in and around Clonmel. There are almost 4,000 jobs there, some with Merck...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am sticking to Apple but there are a few bad apples always in every pack. Deputy Grealish might know that. This is about the corporate tax rates. We said it is not about tax avoidance. It clearly is not. It is not about tax evasion. It is not about the justness of our tax system. Ostensibly, it is not even about tax. It is about illegal state aid, full stop. The Minister, Deputy...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: In 2013, I was told by the HSE that it had commissioned an independent review of orthodontic services throughout the country. I pursued the matter in 2014 and during the past fortnight. Sadly, it was confirmed to me through a Parliamentary Question yesterday that there are 382 patients awaiting orthodontic treatment in north Tipperary and similar numbers in south Tipperary, with only two...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: It is ladies' day.

Appointment of Members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am delighted to avail of the opportunity to speak to this motion on the last day before we break. I have been asking on the Order of Business and during Question Time when this board would be set up because it is long overdue. I have a list of the names of those to be appointed and I am glad to see it is happening. For too long, we have not had any real regulation. There were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm if Coillte Teoranta owns or rents woodland at Curraheen Hill, Curraghdobbin Hill, Newtown and associated townslands of Macreary, Rathclarish, Poulmaleen, Ballinurra, Lisadobber and Ahenny in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23795/16]

Standing Order 149: Motion (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to get some speaking time and I thank the Business Committee for allowing extra time to at least have some debate on this subject. It was going to go through the House without debate, which would have been a very retrograde step. I am not surprised by this action by the ECB and the EU because that is they way they have been behaving. As a man who campaigned over the years for...

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am also glad to be able to speak about the Bill, which is timely given the Minister's announcement of his grandiose plan yesterday. We will be housed out of it before we are finished, pardon the pun, but that will not give any houses to the homeless. I remember when Part V was introduced. I was a member of a county council in south Tipperary and was a big supporter of it because the boom...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: There is not one of us in this House who does not come across the tragedy of suicide in our communities on a weekly basis. In light of recent scandals and so on, when will legislation be introduced to deal with the issue of suicide and the delivery of services in that regard, including intervention services specifically tailored to families and victims?

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: The South East Economic Monitor report produced by the Waterford Institute of Technology, WIT, school of business confirmed that unemployment in the south east is at crisis levels and is rising. It currently stands at 12.5% compared to other regions that are experiencing a national trend of 8.4%. The report finds further that the quality of employment in the south east is dramatically lower...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Tá a fhios agam. That will not get us jobs.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: My point was that IDA activity over three decades has not been up to par, so it needs to improve. Part of the reason for the continuing stagnation of the economy in the south east is down to the administrative burden being placed on SMEs and other business ventures that are having their entrepreneurial vision and passion restricted or crippled. In reply to a parliamentary question I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services Provision (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse: National Policy and Procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22931/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 296. To ask the Minister for Health to investigate the matters outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22936/16]

Domiciliary Care Allowance: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Danny Healy-Rae also wants to contribute, but if he does not come in, I will do the best I can. I am glad that this motion was tabled but I am even more pleased that the Government has accepted it. It is a sign of new politics. People may scoff and laugh at the new workings of the new Dáil, but this is practical proof, and it is not the first time in recent weeks that it has...

Housing Strategy: Statements (19 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the report and wish the Minister well. I wish Deputy Bailey well as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, which I look forward to working and engaging with. I pay tribute to Deputy Harty and others who worked on the interim committee. I know the work that Deputy Harty put in and he has provided very interesting statistics on foot of his...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: The county councils, through a memorandum of understanding, are transferring water charging functions in relation to non-domestic water to Irish Water. This means supply to all types of businesses, including farms, shops and so on, will be affected. In the context of the so-called "ceasefire" in relation to water charges, why are businesspeople being asked to pay for water? Why is this...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am asking about the Water Services (Amendment) Bill. As I said, what the county councils are doing is a retrograde step. Why are we moving in the artillery from the side given the moratorium on water charges while the report of the expert commission is awaited? Are businesspeople the patsies who are going to pay all the expenses? My concern is that charges on private contributors will...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach's response is not an answer my question.

Nice Attacks: Expressions of Sympathy (19 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Our behalf of rural Independents, I add our voice to the condemnation of this most savage and horrific attack on Bastille Day. Many colleagues attended a reception at the French ambassador's residence to celebrate Bastille Day. I was unable to attend but attended the event last year. It is unbelievable to think that a celebration and joyous occasion could turn into such an atrocity. As...