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Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I would also like to know what the estimated cost of the tax credit will be once it is possible to avail of it in 2020. As Deputy Michael McGrath and others did, I salute the personnel of the Naval Service and what they do. We have had great difficulties in retaining them. They have excellent training and I acknowledge the work they carried out in the Middle East and in the Mediterranean....

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I appreciate that we have foreign direct investment and that we need it. My county has been privileged to have Merck Sharp & Dohme, MSD, for 40 years, Boston Scientific and many more. We hear about the cost of job creation and the costs for small businesses trying to get incentives. They cannot get any of them, but there are huge incentives for these companies to come here. Let me...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his officials met senior prison officers of Limerick prison on 7 October 2019; the reason for the meeting; the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47372/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (19 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status and work of the deer management forum; the measures being taken to contain the wild deer population in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47557/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He might call to the Vatican.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I want to raise an issue the Minister of State at the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy D'Arcy, will know all about in his portfolio, namely, the cost of and unavailability of insurance to businesses, farmers and community and voluntary organisations. It is having a massive impact on our society. There are social farms as Deputy Michael Healy-Rae spoke about,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I did.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Government has good advocates for that itself.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: If one lives in a glass house one should not throw stones.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I do. We are waiting for ten years for it.

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Like the previous speaker, I compliment Fianna Fáil on tabling the motion. I thank the Minister for visiting places in Clonmel, such as the hospital and the doctor's surgery at Mary Street Medical Centre, which has fabulous diagnostic equipment. He worked hard to secure a contract to allow the medical centre to provide diagnoses privately. It was the shortest contract in the history...

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Could I carry on without the Lord's name being take in vain from some inadequate people behind me? There is cursing and swearing.

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: If they have to resort to taking the Lord's name in vain, what else is there?

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is unbelievable. I am trying to concentrate. I have a script.

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Apologise for-----

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I would like to continue without being interrupted.

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Deputy was using the Lord's name in vain within earshot of me. To date this year, 100,000 patients have gone without hospital beds and have had to wait on trolleys in emergency departments. To the end of October last year, the numbers were the worst in the world. They have increased this year. I am out of time, but I appeal to the Minister, Cabinet and Taoiseach to do something...

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I and my colleagues have been out to see it.

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: We know what is happening. I ask the Minister to check his conscience. A 102 year old recently spent three days on a trolley in University Hospital Waterford. Does the Minister have any moral compass or fibre? Does he think about the people who are waiting and being neglected and abused? I ask him to think of the staff.

Finance Bill 2019: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I do not support the amendment. I have to be honest and fair in this matter. I was arguing with the Minister last night about a land tax, which could have brought in a lot of money, and the situation where executives earning huge money get certain preferable tax allowances. The Minister tried to make the case that he had reduced such allowances greatly, which may be true. There are nearly...