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- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: I do not. I never looked for it either. That is the fact of it. Doing my duty yesterday evening as a Whip, I checked with the Government Chief Whip's office who was on the list of speakers and I was told to forget about it because there was-----
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: I am not blaming the Ceann Comhairle. The office told me-----
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: It has the list of names.
- Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: The list of names was available and we were not going to get an ear in. I came up yesterday evening. I did not protest when I came up and the opportunity was gone. I did run up and I did not say a word.
- Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, gabhaim buíochas le cúpla duine, Brian Ó Domhnaill, our research and policy advisor, Mariead and Councillor Máirín McGrath in my office, for putting together the motion. I thank the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, for staying as long as he could. He had another engagement and apologised before he...
- Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: We are taking this motion much earlier than we thought we would be and I understand that I am over time but this motion is sincere, as are we, and we are very definite. I pity the councils trying to put together these plans with the planning regulator dictating with a 58 page letter to the Ceann Comhairle’s own county council, together with the one he wrote to Wexford County Council,...
- Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: We need to get back to reality here and we are pressing this motion and are not accepting the Government amendment. Gabhaim buíochas.
- Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: It is not agreed to. Vótáil.
- Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: I thank the beirt Airí for coming in and giving us their time today. Like the Minister of State, I will be leaving early to attend the Business Committee meeting. I want to ask about GAA clubs, especially rural clubs, which have suffered, as have soccer and many other clubs. They were trying to put on activities and found themselves with 5 km runs, including virtual runs. My GAA...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: I was contacted by a very good, decent and honest publican in Tipperary this morning who has business interruption insurance. His insurance broker told him that because his premises was not closed due to an outbreak in it that the insurance company would not cover it. This is outrageous. There is a pandemic. The Government gave an order to close all businesses and it closed. Insurance...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Order for Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: It is not agreed. Through the Chair, I honestly believe that we need to have a major rethink of this legislation because it will have profound impacts on all aspects of our lives, especially in rural Ireland, and on jobs all over our country. The very fabric of the essence of the survival of the farming sector and many rural economies is going to be an undermined with this legislation. It...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: We will have to import more of everything.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: There are hundreds of advisers.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: Can I make a point of order?
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: We do not have any copies of the Minister's speech. I have asked and none are available. We are 20 minutes-----
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: Of course it is.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: I accept that the Acting Chairman is in a difficult position.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: I do not accept the advice. How are we going to-----
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: I have seen this before, where Ministers were asked for speeches, instructions were given and they arrived. Are we going to get a copy of the speech?
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Apr 2021)
Mattie McGrath: Any idea when?