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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I accept that but the split of 80% and 20% is not, by any standards, reasonable for the work done by local authorities. The private rented sector has exploded because of the so-called building boom, with an ensuing crash, and there is now a staggering number of people in private rented accommodation. Standards vary enormously, with some excellent landlords interested in their tenants and...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to be able to speak on this important legislation and on the whole sorry and sad saga that has obtained in the private rented sector, as well as in some public or local authority rented areas, over the years. There have been many issues and disputes, as well as all kinds of unsavoury situations arising, with which there has been a failure to deal. Ar an céad dul...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister would be welcome.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am speaking to the amendment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am not cutting anyone. I am just standing up for a practice that existed in real Ireland since God's time.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: We can agree on many of these amendments. We all support animal welfare. Farmers and pet owners are custodians of their animals and want to look after them. The notion that some of us are not interested in animal welfare is disturbing because anyone who was reared on a farm or lived in rural Ireland understands that. The rural hare is a very intelligent animal. We all know about the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be able to attend the select committee. It is nice to be able to compliment the Minister and his officials on dealing with the Bill in the sensible way they have, using a realistic and practical approach. The public might believe the Technical Group is against hunting and sport, but it is not. The system for tabling amendments means that Deputy Thomas Pringle's name is...

Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I raise an important issue relating to the Bill I introduced last year on precious and scrap metals. I see that on Monday the Minister for the Environment-----

Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I refer to the monuments Bill. We could erect a monument here and one would never know. I also want to ask about the public consultation the Minister announced this week on the trade in scrap metal and a Bill on waste facility sites.

Order of Business (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I did not say I was one, although Deputy Kehoe may soon become one. Perhaps Michael Fingleton will fund a monument for him.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: They have to be card-carrying members of a party.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: That is if he can find the Minister.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Party membership.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It is party membership.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: No, we would not do that.

Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister is taking a scatter-gun approach.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: My seanmháthair did not have any English. Bhí me ag éisteacht leis an raidió inné. It is amazing what one hears and learns every day, and I heard a scéal uafásach. In Galway they want to commemorate a certain fear whose life was taken 130 years ago, when the country was governed by British forces. He was charged with a crime and he did not have any...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom cúpla focal a rá ar an mBille agus déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall cuid de a rá as Gaeilge agus an chuid eile trí Bhéarla. I am delighted speak on this important legislation. It is incumbent on all of us sa Teach níos mó a dhéanamh chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn i gcónaí. I am coming at it, having been here for...

Order of Business (21 Nov 2012)

Mattie McGrath: It is the only growth in the country.