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Childcare Support Bill 2017: From the Seanad (20 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I know Pobal is the overall administrator. That is fine. It is like the grant applications at present. Naíonra Chaisleáin Nua and many others were unsuccessful in their grant applications and ended up phoning or contacting their elected representatives. Pobal is fine but it is not on the ground. Pobal is not managing the day-to-day running of the crèches and does not have...

Childcare Support Bill 2017: From the Seanad (20 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Can I get clarification?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Gender Equality (20 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the work of his Department's sub-committee of the management board on gender equality, equality and diversity established in 2016; the details of the events it has organised or participated in to celebrate and support equality and diversity domestically and through his Department's mission network overseas; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Animal Reproduction (20 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been cross-departmental collaboration between his Department and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection with respect to proposed amendments or policy changes to the registration of births and birth certificates and the introduction of surrogacy services; if he will address concerns (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I want to welcome you, Mr. Juncker, and your delegation to our Parliament. We want to work with Mr. Juncker and our European partners to advance the hard-won peace, economic stability and future of our State. We recognise that the challenges are many and diverse, each requiring sustained and complex negotiations. We hope that EU will display a more...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I will be short.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. I have a constituent, Ms Anna Dunne of Churchtown, Carrick-On-Suir, County Waterford, whose son, Nicholas, who is 20 years old, needs a residential place because he is severely autistic. The safety of Ms Dunne and her family is at risk. We have met the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, but got nowhere. While Ms Dunne's son has been assessed by two different institutions and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (21 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the cuts in funding to Irish language and culture organisations which have resulted in the restriction of activities and the promotion of the Irish language and culture. [27285/18]

Seanad: Address by Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission (21 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I want to welcome you, Mr. Juncker, and your delegation to our Parliament. We want to work with Mr. Juncker and our European partners to advance the hard-won peace, economic stability and future of our State. We recognise that the challenges are many and diverse, each requiring sustained and complex negotiations. We hope that EU will display a more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Deputy for his generosity. I also thank the Chairman for the invitation to attend this meeting. I am delighted to address our friends from the Allied Irish Banks, Mr. Kinsella, Mr. Byrne and Mr. O’Keeffe. I have a question for Mr. Kinsella and I want to discuss the noise comment too. In terms of the banking sector, I agree that there is a lot of noise but the bank...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Matters Relating to the Banking Sector: Allied Irish Banks (21 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I appreciate that. I ask Mr. O'Keeffe to shake hands with the couple, greet them and arrange to engage with them because they have been dangled on a string. The situation is not all their fault because the bank has also made errors. I call for sensitivity and engagement. Every time a meeting has taken place they have met someone different, which is hurtful. These people live in their...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: That is what he wants.

Order of Business (26 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: In the programme for Government there is a commitment to increasing accessibility to the courts' legal systems. More than 40 years since the introduction of free legal aid, there is still no such option available for Irish families facing eviction from family homes and farms. I note the Josie Airey case was led by Mary Robinson at the time. The situation has led to persons regularly being...

Order of Business (26 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The woman has written to the Taoiseach.

Commission of Investigation: Motion (26 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the establishment of the commission of investigation into the allegations of collusion between the HSE, formerly the South Eastern Health Board, Basketball Ireland, An Garda Síochána and a senior cleric in the Waterford and Lismore diocese. For the victims of Bill Kenneally, this traumatic saga has been dragging on for almost three decades. I thank the Minister for...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It depends on what type of teeth they have.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I move:“That Dáil Éireann:recognises that: — Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) are recruited specifically to assist in the care of pupils with disabilities in an educational context; — SNAs play a key role in supporting children who have additional care needs to attend school and participate in education; — SNAs do not have job security, they can be let...

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: How dare the Deputy say that.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It is not factual.

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Damn lies.