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Building Standards, Regulations and Homeowner Protection: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I cannot hear myself with these Deputies talking. They complain that they do not have enough time but then they waste it heckling. I compliment the motion and the Green Party, particularly Deputy Catherine Martin, on tabling it. One of the main features of the problem is the terms of the existing regulatory framework. I refer to the dangerous imbalance that may exist between the right...

Building Standards, Regulations and Homeowner Protection: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: He is the biggest bully who was ever in this House. We all know that.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Like you and Gerry.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It was 1 April.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to be able to speak on this matter. I invoked the lyrics of a certain song the day of the appointment of An Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, by a band called The Who, "Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss". The song is called "Won't Get Fooled Again". I am sure the old boss is looking in on tonight's proceedings, rubbing his hands, probably having a relaxing drink or cup of...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Of course I was. That is why I am delighted I am not now.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The best part of my-----

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: May I have extra time now?

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I will not invite any interruption. I am just stating facts. As I said here yesterday about the appointment of judges, I have nothing against the appointment or Ms Justice Whelan's credentials. I actually like her. She has done a lot of good work and I wish her well. Thankfully, I opposed the Court of Appeal referendum, which very few in this House did, that set up this new Court of...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: That is fine. We had agreed the way it was at the Business Committee meeting; I supported whatever was going to happen. This reform is needed. I brought it up with the Tánaiste and I got an angry response and rebuttal. It was not going to happen. The Independent Alliance has achieved this much in government, if not much else, and I salute them for that because it was badly...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle did and I did not mention any names. If the caps fits, wear it. All the judges are appointed by certain parties and it is time we cleaned it up to get justice for the ordinary people. We do not want any more of this up the hill and down the hill and "We will" and "We will not". The public is sick and tired of threats by Fianna Fáil to pull down the...

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am just pointing out facts. Fianna Fáil Members are complaining about the procedure. The only problem with the procedure this time is they did not have the appointment in their hands. The procedures have to be changed - new politics my foot. We need new politics and we need a clear out of what is going on.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: That is irrelevant.

Appointment to the Judiciary Nomination Procedure: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I do not wish to detain the House. It is the longest day of the year and I do not wish it to be the longest night of the year for the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality but could the Tánaiste or the Minister enlighten us? So many questions have been asked about Stepaside Garda station. I know it was debated around the time of the programme for Government. When was...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: South Tipperary General Hospital is about to enter its 19th month of being forced to operate under the HSE's full capacity protocol. According to Paud O'Regan, a consultant who has been working at the hospital for a long time, the 79-bed medical department has been working at 150% capacity for a dangerously long period. Given that the new Taoiseach was Minister for Health, visited the...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is almost certain that the so-called modular patient unit designed and created by my colleague, which was supposed to be delivered last October at the latest, will not be in place this year, not to mind next year. How can any hospital be expected to cope under such conditions? We have years of acknowledgement of the capacity issues in the hospital but there has been almost zero impact in...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: That protocol is for an emergency, not a 19-month period. This is not acceptable. Cashel hospital is lying idle up the road and we have brought the Minister to see it. Yesterday, the Taoiseach quoted John F. Kennedy but I have another quote from him from 1962: "The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive...

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: There are no staff.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The myth has been peddled by the Government and the previous Government that the trolley crisis is getting better but we all know it is not. Deputy Barry mentioned The Who. I quoted lyrics from the band last week: "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss". Now meet the new Tánaiste and the new Minister for Health; they are the same as the old Tánaiste and the old Minister for...