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Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (23 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am quoting from her reply.

Topical Issue Debate: Suicide Prevention (23 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am making the point that it was the same with road deaths. We prevaricated and we were all part of it, but then we dealt with it. It took huge energy and courage, but it has been dealt with. A number of such deaths, as we know, were also suicides and we have the results. We need new thinking and new specialties. I believe we need to remove the involvement of the HSE and take it out of...

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I often disagree with Deputy Wallace on various issues but I could not disagree with a syllable of what he said this evening. We have seen what happened in Greece, with penury being forced on people. There were two different scenarios where some people rose up and protested while others accepted austerity. At least Greece fought and gained concessions through fighting austerity and the...

Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak in support of this Bill. I compliment its proposers. This is an important issue. I have children in national school, secondary school and third level. Every day, we see reports of severe issues. Today, an e-mail from An Post in Cork outlined the effects and damage caused by cyberbullying and bullying in general. The 1993 guidelines are well out of date. We must...

Education (Welfare) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The cutbacks in career guidance hours, another Government attack, are abysmal and counterproductive. Career guidance teachers are the people who pick up on bullying issues. Can the Government not see that?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers (23 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the disabled drivers/passengers scheme on new vehicles in each of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3370/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Maintenance (23 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Defence the person responsible for the maintenance of a private road being used by Army personnel to gain access to their training base in Kilcoran, Cahir, County Tipperary (details supplied); if his Department will ensure that damage caused to the road by heavy army vehicles will be repaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3454/13]

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Technical Group, I want to follow up on the two previous speakers who questioned the Tánaiste. Quite frankly, I know by the Tánaiste's body language that his heart is not in the replies he is giving here today. I can remember the Deputy Eamon Gilmore whom I sat behind on the Opposition benches for four years. He demonstrated righteous indignation with all things...

Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle. I am and I know that the Tánaiste is and always was, as well. The Labour Party was founded in Clonmel and I welcomed him there last year to commemorate the party's 100th anniversary. Given the proud tradition of the Labour Party, however, I am simply appalled that the Tánaiste would treat nurses, our caring profession, like that. I listened to his...

Order of Business (24 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to note the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is present in the Chamber, as I wish to ask the Tánaiste a question on the proposed children first Bill given the passing of the children's referendum. In addition, when will Members have a debate in this House on the Supreme Court decision that found that the present Government stole €1.1 million of the money...

Order of Business (24 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I asked about the children first Bill, in which the Government puts so much faith. When will we have fair play and respect for children?

Order of Business (24 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, support the Bill, having voted for it on Second Stage yesterday. However, I also believe it tinkers at the edges and is akin to treating someone for a cold when he or she has a much more serious medical problem. The European Union and International Monetary Fund have dealt with Greece in a ham-fisted manner from the beginning. The Greek people have resisted this approach with some...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome classes from Coláiste Dún Iascaigh who are in the Visitors Gallery today. I compliment the work of the voluntary bodies, as I am sure the Minister and all other Members do. I am the chairperson of Caislean Nua Voluntary Housing Association and I wish to pay a special tribute to the members of its small committee. Most of them are older than me and they do tremendous...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Graduate Employment Initiative (24 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse the proposals to reduce the salary for graduate nurses under the graduate programme to protect the future of the nursing profession here and to avoid an exodus of graduate nurses from the country in a bid to find employment in a health service that will value their profession; his views on whether the nursing profession have already taken...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the Taoiseach back from his sojourn in Europe. I am delighted to take this first opportunity to question him across the floor of the House. I was very interested in his last replies to Deputy Gerry Adams, because I happen to represent one of those places - that is, Tipperary South, which includes part of west Waterford. We have suffered as a result of this cronyism. Fine Gael...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: We cannot have this. Can the Taoiseach give us an guarantee that the people served by South Tipperary General Hospital and people in the Waterford region will have the services to which they are entitled and that it will not simply be through the efforts of a Minister that a person is treated in a hospital? This is outrageous. The deeds of past Ministers condemned by the Government when it...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am disappointed with the Taoiseach's reply. How many front-line service staff does Professor Higgins's group include? The answer is none. The people in the south east are working towards the reconfiguration and the centre of excellence in Waterford Regional Hospital in Ardkeen. This has been the template for the past number of years. Will the Taoiseach allow the Minister for Health to...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The people of the south east will not take this. The Taoiseach should not insult the staff and services in St. Luke's Hospital and in Wexford by saying-----

Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I remind Deputy Buttimer that it was the Taoiseach who first named Professor Higgins.