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Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: That is disgraceful.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (27 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (27 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to support and safeguard the agri-industry from the huge risks and fallout associated with Brexit; the efforts being taken to support the beef industry which has experienced a massive drop in prices due to the fall in sterling; the steps his Department is taking to seek out alternative markets for exports of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (27 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to ask the Minister what steps have been taken to support and safeguard the our vital agricultural industry from the significant and unknown risks and fallout associated with Brexit. What efforts are being made to support the various sectors of the industry, such as beef, tillage, sheep, cattle, mushroom and manufacturing sectors? What steps is the Department taking to seek...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (27 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am extremely concerned, as are all rural Deputies. Every day we meet farmers and those with small businesses who are involved in the agricultural sector. They are bewildered as to what is happening. On top of the poor harvest and the price of milk for over the past two years, there are issues with beef and there is devastation in the mushroom industry. The Minister used phrases like...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Agriculture Industry (27 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister has but I am not the one who is shouting the loudest for a Minister for Brexit. I am looking for a full Government response and a full acceptance and understanding of how serious the situation is. In the limited amount of time I have to speak, I will ask specifically about Tipperary where the mushroom industry is the largest, outside of Monaghan. The producers there are being...

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Today’s business shall be No. 8, motion re Standing Orders 39 and 95; No. 13, Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 (Seanad), Second Stage, resumed; No. 3, Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016, Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 14, statements on Calais. Tomorrow's Government business shall be No. 13, Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015 (Seanad), Second Stage,...

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Or County Tipperary.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: And six other counties.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: There are nine counties missing.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome this Bill which seeks to give effect to European Parliament and European Council directives aimed at combating the sexual abuse and exploitation of children and child pornography. Its wide-ranging provisions include new criminal offences to protect children against grooming. I believe that is important given online use and the use of smart phones as well as the total change in...

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to share time with Deputies Aindrias Moynihan and Eugene Murphy. It is easy for us all to be critical and say we must have compassion and see what is going on worldwide but it is more complex when we see all the people we have taken in over the years and they are all still incarcerated in homes because the system was unable to deal with them. I signed the motion and believe we...

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I did not interrupt the experts-----

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: It is not hypocrisy. I did not interrupt the experts who know everything about everything.

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. They are being manipulated and being indoctrinated as well by ISIS and we have to consider that as well.

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Are we going to rub our hands here in ten years' time and find that we have our own problems in this country? Some people like to bury their heads in the sand, say everything is rosy, and we have heaps of money for everything and we can do everything in their ideology.

Calais Migrant Camp: Statements (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. We have to be careful that we do not sleepwalk into something. They are indoctrinated from as young as five or six. I am all for taking children younger than that certainly and after that we have to be very prudent and careful as to who we take. Let us not open the gates to all kinds of issues. I have considered this carefully. I have visited Rome for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the national policy in relation to allowing children who avail of school transport to a rural school remain in the school until 3 p.m. when they finish at 2 p.m. and where the school bus only travels once at 3 p.m.; the action families can take if a school does not permit the children to remain on the premises until 3 p.m. and where they hold...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process RIA (2 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 343. To ask the Minister for Health if any regulatory impact analysis has been conducted with respect to the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015, particularly with respect to small and medium sized commercial retail enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32837/16]