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- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Tuigeann an Leas-Cheann Comhairle an fáth go bhfuil mé ag rá é sin. She chose it. I did not mention her the last time I spoke so this is not repetition. This is the first time, an chéad uair. The following comments were apparently made by the Minister today. I have seen them in the print media and other media as well: "A number of rural TDs have opposed the...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The Deputy is probably travelling another journey and she is coming back off it now again.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I will not take any lecture from the Deputy.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I will not take any lecture from the Deputy.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I was interrupted. I did not interrupt anyone. I sat here-----
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am not inviting them. I did not interrupt anyone tonight. I have sat here all night. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle was in the Chair and other Members chaired this debate. I hope the Minister will reflect on the terrorist remark, and that other people will do so as well, otherwise we will have to be forced to take another route to make him to apologise. That route would be a costly one....
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am sure they are on the record and attributed to him. I asked the Minister previously to look at many issues in the context of road safety. He could have considered a plethora of issues. One of these relates to the statistics for driving test. I want him to comment on the statistic confirming the number of people waiting to be scheduled for driving tests, which is deeply alarming and a...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: They have been killed. They died because of neglect on the part of the HSE.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am continuing. I am just putting in context what the Minister is trying to do.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am thinking about that but I have not heard any response from him at the committee or anywhere else. I have tried to discuss this with him privately and at different fora but he has not been prepared to do so. He is hell bent on passing this legislation. It is his swan song, especially coming up to the two-year anniversary of his appointment to ministerial office, which is very important...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I do my best.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am not repeating, I am asking questions. I am making points about young people being criminalised.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Young people are being criminalised by not being in a position to get their test. Their parents put their hands in their pocket. For 12 lessons, they pay up to €50 a lesson. There are excellent driving schools. We did not have that at all when we were young and we passed our tests and got our licences. They cannot get the test after all the cost involved. Then they can fail for...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: What is wrong with tomorrow or next week, with all due respect? I respect the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's plea.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I hope it will.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Including my good self.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: No problem, and I respect that.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I thought under the Constitution we were entitled, once we obeyed the rules, to speak here with freedom or are we to be treated like terrorists?
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Yes, but the Leas-Cheann Comhairle is trying to curtail me.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: And rightly so because it is a scurrilous allegation.