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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil don Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this sad and desperate situation. An bhfuil aon Aire Stáit anseo?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I refuse to have it taken because this is a joke. No disrespect to the Minister of State but the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, should take this very serious issue for my county and its population given the tragic increase in mental health issues and suicide as a result-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: This just goes to show the interest the Government has in mental health and the people of Tipperary. It is an outrage. There are four Ministers of State and one Minister at the Department of Health and not one of them could be here to take this issue. Topical Issue matters are not selected easily and it is thanks to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle this has been selected. It beggars belief that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is bad enough to have the Minister of State come in and read out a reply but to read out untruths I will not accept. I have a reply to a parliamentary question from the head of procurement, Mr. Jim Curran, who confirmed to me that while the new design for a proposed upgrade is undergoing a review the tender process, the project cannot proceed because funding has yet to be confirmed under...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Acting Chairman and I accept that. I am so enraged with that diatribe.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: There are two minutes left. Will the Minister of State withdraw his statement concerning the tenders for the HSE service plan having gone out? I have a reply from the head of procurement stating that tenders have not gone out. He is waiting on the service plan to be published.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: This is outrageous.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: What did I get? I got mistruths.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Then he waves the white flag and runs away.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I will conduct myself but I will not accept----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: -----mistruths and lies.

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to be able to contribute on this matter. I welcome the support of Deputies Maureen O'Sullivan and Richard Boyd Barrett as we are in a crisis affecting all of Ireland except the groups from Dublin. None of those Members is here. The Government's wonderful leader and other Ministers care nothing about what happens beyond the Red Cow. The late Mr. Seymour Crawford, God rest him,...

Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be able to speak to the Bill and I welcome the Minister's commitments. The Bill seeks to amend the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Act 2015 and the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009. The Magdalen restorative justice ex gratiascheme was established in 2013 to provide women who worked and resided in Magdalen institutions with access to financial and...

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak briefly on the Bill. As the explanatory memorandum makes clear, the Bill provides for a mechanism to take evidence in the State from a member of An Garda Síochána for the purposes of certain inquiries held in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. I resent calling it this, as Northern Ireland is part of Éire as far as I am concerned. ...

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I do not want to delay the legislation. I understand how serious it is. However, I want to support Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan's amendment wholeheartedly. As a young schoolboy, I was in Dublin on the day of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. There was very little communication at that time and my parents, who are now deceased, and the parents of the other children I was with thought we were...

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am nearly finished. I though we agreed to extend the time.

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I thought we had agreed.

Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I spoke to the Whip.

Brexit Contingency Action Plan: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this matter. As the Tánaiste has made clear, the Brexit contingency action plan has been updated following the agreement by the European Council at its meeting on 10 April last to extend the Article 50 process until 31 October next. The Council made it clear in its conclusions that the withdrawal agreement cannot be opened and the extension cannot be used to...

Brexit Contingency Action Plan: Statements (11 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am sticking to the agenda. All Deputies, including the Acting Chairman, were contacted recently by the Freight Transport Association. Its correspondence made it clear that the failure of the UK Government to get its withdrawal Bill through the House of Commons will have significant ramifications across the Irish Sea. The general manager of the association, Mr. Aidan Flynn, has explained...