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Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It is not far away from it.

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I will withdraw the word.

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. I am not talking about the ordinary workers but the consultants and the companies. During the week we debated Siteserv and other issues. It is just despicable. We must accept that this is a sick animal and call in the veterinarians and the ISPCA, take away this beast, give it a nice death, have a wake, a burial and a small celebration and then carry on with running the country....

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, for your forbearance.

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I thank the Ceann Comhairle, the Bills Office and my office staff, who have helped to prepare this Bill. I thank my colleagues who have turned up to form a quorum. I really appreciate that. I do not see the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, here this morning. That does not surprise me but...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: When?

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I want to ask the Taoiseach, in view of - I am sorry, I have promoted the Tánaiste. I want to ask the Tánaiste-----

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Níor chuala mé é sin. It is nice to lighten up the temperature in here. On the issue of GP care for children under six and the Health (General Practitioner Service) Act 2014, what is really going on? In south Tipperary, two GPs have signed up. I have serious questions as to who is driving this agenda and serious concerns about the role of the Irish Medical Organisation...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, there is. She said they were in negotiations, yet the Government is not negotiating with the new association which has half the members. In Tipperary, where are the patients going to go when there are no doctors to take them? Two GPs have signed up in south Tipperary and it is bullying of the highest order of a profession that is under siege by the Government. The waiting lists in...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Not in County Tipperary, only two.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Talk to them.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste can bring a horse to water but she cannot make it drink.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I never suggested any such thing.

Order of Business (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Talk to the organisation.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It has not restarted.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Alan Kelly's ministerial PR wrote that.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: When? Where?

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: He will go to RTE first.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Does the Government have staff for it? It is an empty shell.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Does the money follow the patient or the Minister, Deputy Reilly?