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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Support Services (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for his positive reply. I hope he will engage with the administrative district members. I mentioned Kieran Bourke and the current chair, David Dunne. There is a wonderful plant upstream, the Merck, Sharp & Dohme, MSD, facility. It is often said that foreign direct investment companies come and then go away but that company is there nearly 60 years...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current turnaround for exceptional needs payments to be processed by area; the reason exceptional needs payment applications are taking ten weeks to process; the urgent efforts that are being taken to reduce this waiting list, particularly as the very purpose of the exceptional needs payment is to meet a short-term...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 678. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that transport is not provided to young adults with a disability attending day services (details supplied); the facilities that are in place to provide supports where the lack of transport will lead to a person with disabilities being excluded from attending any services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4235/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 682. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the plans to provide replacement GPs in a practice in County Tipperary when two GPs retire; the efforts being made to arrange new GPs for the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4267/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We have debates going on about what went on in Cabinet, who knew what and what was in who's brief. These are historic debates but I am asking about a current issue, the sale by Coillte to Gresham House. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, says it is not the Government's preferred option. Will the Taoiseach take the opportunity on Thursday to talk to...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Bogaimid ar aghaidh le Páirtí Shinn Féin. Glaoim ar an Teachta Kenny atá ag roinnt a chuid ama leis na Teachtaí Daly agus Ó Laoghaire.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I have the same reservations as Deputy Funchion. The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. Do we ever learn from our mistakes? The Caranua experience was an unmitigated disaster. I do not think the Minister was involved in setting that up - he was not even here at the time - but it was a disaster. Surely we should learn but we are going...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Briefly.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I support amendment No. 27 in the name of Deputy Tóibín and the other amendments. As my colleague, Deputy Funchion, said, how long is a piece of string? There is a lack of clarity. We have had sad experiences with most elements of our public system now. That extends even to getting a passport or a driving licence, which are totally mundane issues compared with the seriousness of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I raise the very serious backlogs for testing of routine samples at University Hospital Waterford, UHW. The current waiting time is approximately 20 weeks for non-urgent histology cases. When I raised this matter with the Minister for Health and the HSE, the response stated that the demand on histology services at UHW far exceeds the capacity. UHW also claims it has an ever-increasing...

Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Uachtarán Metsola go dtí an Teach. I also say to her that we have had benefits from the EU. We have also inherited many problems. Mention has been made of housing and the troika and the damage they left behind. A trail of terror has been blazed by vulture funds and the banks in this country on ordinary householders and small businesses. We also have...

Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Everybody was afforded the chance to speak. Will this ignorance carry on again in front of our guest today?

Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is the usual. This Parliament is becoming very regressive. People with an alternative view have no place here. Deputy Murphy and his colleagues then lecture other people on what they should do. I am entitled to represent my group and my views here, a Cheann Comhairle-----.

Seanad: Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: -----if that is possible. We have sniggers and insults across the floor. It is disgusting behaviour that has crept in from those who will not tolerate anything. A situation is also being forced on us in respect of the refugee crisis. We are "Ireland of the thousand welcomes", of course, but the problem is the management of that welcome and of inward migration, and the undocumented people...

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Uachtarán Metsola go dtí an Teach. I also say to her that we have had benefits from the EU. We have also inherited many problems. Mention has been made of housing and the troika and the damage they left behind. A trail of terror has been blazed by vulture funds and the banks in this country on ordinary householders and small businesses. We also...

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Everybody was afforded the chance to speak. Will this ignorance carry on again in front of our guest today?

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is the usual. This Parliament is becoming very regressive. People with an alternative view have no place here. Deputy Murphy and his colleagues then lecture other people on what they should do. I am entitled to represent my group and my views here, a Cheann Comhairle-----.

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: -----if that is possible. We have sniggers and insults across the floor. It is disgusting behaviour that has crept in from those who will not tolerate anything. A situation is also being forced on us in respect of the refugee crisis. We are "Ireland of the thousand welcomes", of course, but the problem is the management of that welcome and of inward migration, and the undocumented...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: People are not let into the bogs anymore.