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- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Where is the ship he promised to bring in the food?
- Order of Business (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: He promised a ship to bring in the food.
- Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill. I compliment the Minister of State, Deputy Kelly, on its introduction. I had a number of concerns regarding the way in which the Bill was announced some time ago. Many taxi drivers and operators and those with family businesses were annoyed when they saw headlines about the level of bad behaviour and widespread illegal...
- Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am not really. It is all applicable. We need more hackney licences in rural Ireland. They must be allowed to pick up people. We tried to introduce the Ring a Link service. Some smart alecs tried to call it the drink a link service. We wanted to help people to socialise at Christmas and other times. However, it did not work for various reasons. The Minister of State is aware that...
- Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I will finish. You, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, know the situation where you are from. Ireland does not end at the Pale. People in rural Ireland are proud. They are not spongers. They want to pay their way. All they want is fair play in terms of rural transport. We only get €10 million for the entire country and Bus Éireann would spend that in an hour. As the Minister of...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (16 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: 161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her vies on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Tus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23464/13]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I, too, welcome our guests today but express my deep dismay that the Minister is not staying with us. We were informed only yesterday by e-mail at 4.30 p.m. It is typical of the way this has been handled and I am very disappointed. In the absence of the Minister, can our guests provide specific examples indicating how the heads of the Bill were influenced by the evidence presented at this...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: He asked to be reminded.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I am not saying that but he asked to be reminded if he-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, the Minister did not answer any questions. The Chairman thanked him for answering questions but he did not answer any. He ran out of the Chamber.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is a farce. The Minister ran out of the Chamber.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: The Chairman is making it an even bigger farce by condoning that. If he wants to be fair and impartial, he should ask the Minister to reply to some questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is a joke.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome our guests. If two consultant psychiatrists agree a patient is suicidal and this constitutes a real and substantial threat to her life which can be averted only by the termination of her pregnancy, do the witnesses envisage any situation in which they would disagree with them? The heads of the Bill provide for a situation in which a physically healthy woman carrying a perfectly...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: Could I get an answer to my question?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is a waste of time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome our guests. At the hearings of the committee in January Dr. Mahony dismissed the notion of performing late-term abortions in Irish hospitals. However, this Bill contains no term limits. While she told The Irish Times that babies who were viable would be kept alive, there seems to be a legal question about a potential liability which arises for doctors who deliberately induce a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I believe Dr. Coulter-Smith has an issue with the media. Does he believe some elements of the media are covering the issue fairly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: It is all relevant, as far as I am concerned.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)
Mattie McGrath: I have questions for Dr. Peter Boylan and Dr. Mahony. I understand they are related through marriage-----