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Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too stand to support this amendment. It beggars belief that the Bill promised we might put some kind of rein on these companies. One thing that is sure and certain is that they have not flown the green flag. I do not know what flag they are wearing but we have the most expensive fuels and everything else in Europe by a long shot. The Government here is so feeble in dealing with the...

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am delighted to speak on behalf of our group to condemn utterly and totally the actions of Hamas and what happened. We had our Stardust tragedy, involving all the young people who were in Dublin that night all of 40 years ago, and see the trauma that caused. People are still looking for justice for those 48 young people who were enjoying themselves. To cross a border, to break in,...

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: John Hume.

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating this debate because I have asked for it at meetings of the Business Committee for the past 18 months. I remind Deputy Tóibín that while the Rural Independent Group might not be a political party, it has been fighting on this issue for a long time. I have fought at every meeting of the Business Committee, and thanks to this we are here...

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Anois táimid ag bogadh ar aghaidh leis Sinn Féin agus an Teachta as Port Láirge, Teachta-----

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Gabh mo leithscéal. How could I forget?

Trends in Mortality and Estimates of Excess Mortality: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Indeed. I represent it well.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Budget 2024 will see a €200 million cut in funding for main road projects. This is a misguided decision by the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, who has an overt influence on the Cabinet. It is the third consecutive year there has been this level of cuts to major infrastructure. Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, said there were four deaths on the N24 and 11 serious injuries...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Government please listen to the TII when it says that lives will be lost and there will be more injuries because of a lack of investment in these roads?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Thank God.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am looking forward to that.

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We tabled this motion in good faith. The Government has decided not to oppose it but it is a complete cop-out. It is an abject failure of the Department. I am disappointed that the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, is not here for the reply. With the Chair's indulgence, I would like to sympathise with the families of the four young leaving certificate students from Clonmel. They...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Whitewashed.

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: There was.

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Decide for them.

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: This month, my office received a response from the HSE in respect of a young child in my constituency, the parents of whom applied for an assessment to be carried out for disability services. The application for assessment was made in 2017 when the child was in senior infants. In September 2023, the mother of this child contacted me after her child had finished primary school and she could...

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, welcome Lucia and Jim and their daughters, and, indeed, brothers, and their little grandchild today. They should not have to be here. What kind of a cabal of a country are we running? That is all I can call it. I have been in this House for 16 years and I have seen a litany of injustices and cover-ups, from Whiddy Island, ever before I came in here, to the Fr. Niall Molloy killing...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is wasted.

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Burncourt regional water scheme services almost 4,000 houses and businesses in Cahir town, Ballylooby, Clogheen, Burncourt and Ballyporeen. There was a great announcement six years ago when that scheme was opened at a cost of €15.3 million for it and the Fethard scheme. The two schemes were designed and built to operate. A boil water notice has been in place since July. It is a...