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Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We are pressing it.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Vótáil.

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: No.

Department Underspend and Reduced Delivery of Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (18 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too am interested in this motion. You could not make it up. You could not dream it up. We have an underspend in housing while so many - 10,0000, 11,000 or 12,000 - people are homeless. Mention has been made of bedsits. We had them in Dublin but many parties on the left were clamouring for them to be closed down stating they were scandalous, abusive and everything else. They were...

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I believe the motion would give the State even more planning powers over people's private property rights. It is as simple as that. We could look at many other areas. I appreciate the right of the Social Democrats to bring forward this motion. Why do we not look, however, at the more than 4,000, which is a conservative figure, empty local authority houses that have been there for decades?...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad that Deputy Coveney is here today standing in for the Taoiseach because he has long experience in foreign affairs. A citizen from Clonmel, Mr. John White, has been incarcerated in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates for a number of years. He was imprisoned for debt - company debt rather than personal debt. He has had two strokes and has just been released from hospital. His sister...

European Union Directive: Motion (19 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Every year, more than 7,000 people become victims of human trafficking in the EU and this figure can be expected to be much higher as many victims remain undetected. This is sad. The yearly cost of trafficking in human beings in the EU reaches, and I hate to put a monetary figure on this, a figure of €2.7 billion. We should, I suppose, not be mentioning the cost in money but the...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on this legislation. We are facing a crucial moment in our nation's history. Our country is being fundamentally transformed by powerful and nefarious interests who seek to change our way of life and the very fabric of our society, sovereignty and safety. The Government has participated in creating one crisis after another in order to push through unacceptable,...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am talking about the appointment of judges. I am talking about the charade that goes on here with the Bills we pass, about the other power struggle that is going on and about this House being diminished. That is what I am talking about, with the indulgence of the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I will talk about the Courts Bill. I have a lot to say about the courts. As I said, when deals are...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: An Teachta Pringle is sharing time with an Teachta Connolly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: A shamrock. A three-leaved shamrock.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach's latest announcement today was on the effort to do something about the housing crisis, which we have now had for ten, 12 or more years. I ask the Taoiseach to clarify whether the development charges are being wiped out. I think the Taoiseach said to Deputy Healy-Rae that they were to be for people who are building one-off houses. Where will the county councils get the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: They are making no impression. Every move they make is like chess and bad games of draughts.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: They do not know which way to move next. They are like rabbits in the headlights.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Taoiseach to clarify that and to give time for a proper debate in this House.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to ask about St. Patrick's Hospital in Cashel, a wonderful institution that has been there for hundreds of years. The community, public representatives and everybody else were promised that a 60-bed community hospital would be built on the site. It is a listed building. There were 350 patients and staff at the hospital, and there was plenty of room to park. Now, the HSE has come up...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We will have plenty of space where we are.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Then build it where it should be.

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too want to contribute to this debate. I am very dubious about it. I want to salute ar an gcéad dul síos the men and women of our navy. I wish them well and safe passage. The fact is that we are down to almost 700 people, and we are supposed to have 1,000 as a minimum. We have neglected the men and women of the Naval Service and, indeed, our Army. We have paid them badly and...

Re-introduction of Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am delighted to be supporting the motion. It is a good motion and an opportune time for the Government to introduce mortgage relief for homeowners. Doing so would help to provide support for struggling homeowners who are facing significant increases in their mortgage costs. The ECB has increased its main lending rate six times since July 2022, with the latest increase being to...