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Appropriation Bill 2020: Second and Subsequent Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Tá deich nóiméad fós. We have ten minutes within the time allocated.

Appropriation Bill 2020: Second and Subsequent Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I did not see the Deputy up there.

Appropriation Bill 2020: Second and Subsequent Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: A number of Government Deputies missed their slot.

Appropriation Bill 2020: Second and Subsequent Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Since there is no Green Party Member in the Chamber, I invite the Minister to respond. I thank him for his forbearance.

Appropriation Bill 2020: Second and Subsequent Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Bill, which is certified to be a money Bill in accordance with Article 22.2.1° of the Constitution, will be sent to the Seanad.

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Deputies for their co-operation. That was speedy.

Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Bill has now passed and will be reported to Seanad Éireann.

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Amendments Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 2 is a logical alternative to Uimh. 1. Amendment No. 3 is consequent on amendment No. 1 or amendment No. 2. Amendments Nos. 4 and 5 are physical amendments to amendment No. 3.

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I too want to thank Deputy Howlin, one of the longest serving and widely experienced Members, for the effort he has put in to progress this legislation. I also thank the Minister for Justice and the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne. This came to light in a big way. It was under the surface obviously for a long time. This undercurrent has been out there for a long time. That...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I too support this amendment. As Deputy Pringle, it is very disturbing and distressing for people to be beset by or have harmful or menacing messages sent to them, or to be harassed all the time in terms of one-way traffic. Legislation needs to deal with this. As Deputy Pringle said, perhaps we are rushing this Bill. We all wanted it and spoke here a month ago when the crisis hit....

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I support this amendment. We are trying to deal with a serious issue. As Deputy Pringle has alluded to, the relevant images might be years old and, for some reason, they may appear ten years later. One might not know for a number of years that such an image is circulating and one might find out by accident, or whatever way it happens. I am confused as to why we need a sunset clause. The...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I can see where the Minister of State is coming from. What is deemed to be a relatively minor offence cannot be hanging over a person who is innocent until proven guilty forever. However, we are dealing with new technology and the storage of an image. I welcome the Minister of State's clarification that one image can be and should be an issue of criminal proceedings. It could be on the...

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am happy to speak on this issue tonight although I am very critical that we did not have a question and answer session or a debate and had to fight tooth and nail to have this debate, albeit it is just statements with no answers from the Minister. I am glad that the Minister has stayed for this debate. It is the first debate where he and his group have waited to hear our own group....

Covid-19 Task Force: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Many media reports have carried this and the HSE has not come back with a comprehensive answer as to where the 600-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, would like to wish everyone a happy new year. I am in the same vein. The great proportion of problems is with the leaving certificate and in the area of special needs education. We should set aside more time for the debate on education issues with the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, tomorrow.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to return to the issue of St. Brigid's District Hospital in Carrick-on-Suir, which the Taoiseach and his Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and Minister of State, Deputy Butler, unceremoniously decided to close. The Taoiseach gave a point blank refusal to meet Mr. Kieran Bourke, a councillor on Tipperary County Council, and activists like Ms Catherine Foley, who was to push a bed to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The HSE does.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Window dressing.

Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am sharing time with Deputies Michael Collins and Michael Healy-Rae. This report proves that history is a living thing, and unless we face it honestly, peace and the beginning of reconciliation will continue to evade us. I also welcome the apologies made by the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister. I listened to their speeches. I also acknowledge today's apologies by the...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Minister why he refused to seal the airports and ports. He knows from his previous meetings with our group that I, as leader, have been asking why the ports were not sealed. It is now being done from 16 January. The Minister is closing the stable door when the horse has bolted. I believe that 54,000 or 56,000 people arrived here from England over the Christmas period and none of...