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Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I did.

Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The medical evidence is there.

Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Good man.

Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I too welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I issue a fáilte Uí Cheallaigh to the Spanish ambassador and his colleagues. Irish ambassadors all over the world expect and get respect in the vast majority of countries. We must keep diplomatic channels open at all times and engage with that process. Catalonia, of which Barcelona is the capital city, has more than...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment Deputy Healy on bringing forward this motion. As with many other Private Member's motions and Bills, the Government is not listening.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It does not want to hear. It is a case of speak no evil, hear no evil and see no evil. The housing policies are a disaster and were so long before the recession kicked in because the Government gave in to the private sector. The councils had stopped building. There is an argument there. The councils do not get the money but the Government says it gave it to them. Deputy Fitzmaurice said...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: He is one of thousands.

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: In the programme for Government specific reference is made to the agricultural sector and horticulture. We were all talking about the storm last week and I thank everyone involved in the cleanup and the advice given. In south Tipperary several nurseries were completely wiped out. We have been in touch with the Minister of State, Deputy Andrew Doyle, begging him to come down to visit south...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. The programme for Government commits to support the agriculture and horticulture industry. Will the Taoiseach instruct the Minister of State with responsibility for agriculture and horticulture to visit south Tipperary now and see for himself the devastation at first hand? It is eight or nine days on now, the cleanup is under way and the Minister of State must see the devastation. We...

Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government.

European Council: Statements (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to speak about this interesting meeting. I note from the report by President Donald Tusk to the European Parliament following the meeting that he is “obsessed by unity". This is interesting. He must be having a very anxious time of it when we recall the recent outcome of the Austrian election. Austria now has a very young president who swept to power on a mandate of...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is pass the Paschal.

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Administration (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving us the opportunity to discuss this matter and I thank Deputy Calleary for organising the debate. I have been involved with a CE scheme since 1988. I recall meeting Mr. Ruairí Quinn, the then Minister for Labour in 1990. There are huge issues with these schemes and I have called for decades for an audit to be done as to their value. As Deputies...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Administration (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, compliment Deputy Breathnach on being involved in the mid-Louth Leader programme as well as our Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher, who is also involved. Any one of us who is worth our salt in the community have been impressed by the CE schemes. However, it is a poor relation and is considered cheap labour for the Government. These supervisors need to be...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Administration (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is cheap labour.

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Unfortunately, we have all listened to such stories, as have the Ministers. If they had any heart, they would have dealt with this long ago. The Minister announced today what he is going to do and not do. I hope he had a nice time with the bankers and with all the sweet cake he had in the last couple of days. I said yesterday that bank robbers at one time used to come in with guns to rob...

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Meanwhile, they are not giving a bob to anyone.

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am almost finished. Shame on them. The Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, has known this since 2008 and 2009. He was told it by Jerry Beades, but no, he is a pariah, do not talk to him-----

Tracker Mortgages: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: They did not want to be seen walking around with him. I want to praise Deputy McGuinness for the work he is doing in the finance committee. Somebody has to expose them and bring this out. This trickery and robbery should have been gone with the Black and Tans.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Professor O'Keane made an extraordinary statement in her opening remarks, to my mind in any event, when she said, "I would go further and say that the mental health of everybody in Ireland is being damaged by the eighth amendment". Is this a medical opinion or has the professor carried out research, backing up this conjecture, that has assessed the mental health of every person in Ireland?...