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Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am trying to. I would like to refer to what Dr. Maria Cahill of the faculty of law at UCC said before the recent Oireachtas hearings.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I sat through those hearings.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: What the Bill asks us to do, as legislators, is to set aside entirely the medical knowledge we have and to legislate instead in defiance of science, and explicitly to contradict the best medical practice in the absence of legal justification for legislation. I hope the Taoiseach read the transcripts. I know he had not time to attend the hearings as he has been all over Europe and elsewhere,...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I put it to the Taoiseach that, for all his warm assurances, we can have absolutely no confidence that the State will act in the best interests of the unborn child-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: -----especially when the State has a litany of historical failures already existing regarding the lives of unborn children.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: From start to finish, this so-called debate has been a sham and a charade. Finally, we saw the Minister for Health last night on "Prime Time"-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am finished. We saw him last night. My question is this. Will the Taoiseach listen to the people? Will he give a free vote? Will he not go to the country, ask the people for their opinion and allow the ultimate democracy?

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It is a form of words.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Guidelines.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Why not give them the chance again? Third time lucky.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, could not answer as to what happens then.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: What about his campaign promise?

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Technical Group and Independent Deputies, I offer a fior fáilte den clann Morley. I express our sympathy on the passing last October of former Deputy P. J. Morley. I welcome his wife, Mary; daughter, Cathy; sons, Patrick, Enda and Brian; grandchildren and friends. I also welcome two former colleagues, Mr. John Carty and Mr. Seán Calleary. I also see one of his...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: We had a discussion earlier on Leaders' Questions on the protection of life during pregnancy Bill. What is the timescale for its passage, which the Taoiseach said would involve the Bill going back to the committee, through the House? With regard to the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, the Minister made an announcement last week that had a devastating effect in...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will ask them as well but this is a pressing issue. The Minister had a presentation while we were here but hopefully the anomalies will be straightened out.

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: When will it be published?

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: It will be guillotined again. That is the normal way.

Order of Business (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I am not being flippant.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary was not approved and or considered for a major funding grant in the latest round of funding investing in infrastructure and jobs; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this school has been in temporary accommodation for almost 20 years and has now been granted planning...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rental Accommodation Scheme Payments (12 Jun 2013)

Mattie McGrath: 129. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her decision to cut rent allowance rates throughout the country will directly result in homelessness especially for single persons and couples with one child; the basis on which her decision was made to cut the rate in South Tipperary where a very strong private rental market exists and where it is...