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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: That is not an excuse.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Through the Chair, it had not done its job.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It did?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: A minute ago I was trying to tell Ms O’Leary what Deloitte reported in March 2022. It was not doing its job. Nobody was doing their job at senior executive level and nor were the audit people, nobody. They were asleep at the wheel. It was like a ship at sea that-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: That is not acceptable. With most voluntary boards that I have served on, the auditors would run a mile from it - they would put their hands up and say they are not co-operating, they have a reputation to keep and they will not have a situation where they are not told the full facts. It is a cosy cartel in there, with the auditors and with the senior officials. They probably can lie down...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Then what is it?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I could call it a lot worse now but I do not want to in the present company.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: An awful lot worse.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is, you know. I will go back to my previous question.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Who are you loyal to?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Codswallop.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Codswallop.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I asked at the start for the fraud squad to be brought in to investigate this and nothing less will get the answers. This is all a waste of time here.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I speak on behalf of my colleagues in the Rural Independent Group on the lack of gardaí in our country. Since the trouble in Dublin, gardaí are coming up from Tipperary and every other county to man the situation here in Dublin. Places like Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Tipperary Town, Cahir and Roscrea are very short of guards. They have pathetic numbers if people knew the real...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Last year, the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, announced a postponement of development fees and water connection charges in an effort to encourage people to build amid spiralling construction costs. Huge delays are being experienced by individual self-builders and, indeed, bigger builder waiting for connection from Uisce Éireann. There is a fear now among these people that the delays will...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, support this motion. It is a terribly sad situation. I issue a fíorfháilte do na daoine óga is aosta sa Ghailearaí freisin. I welcome the people to the Gallery. They should not have to come here but, unfortunately, in this country, especially with health, while so many good things happen, which we acknowledge, in this area of scoliosis and, indeed, urology, it...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Deputies of all parties who have supported this motion. I wish to express my sympathies to Deputy Michael Collins on his tragic loss and to his brother Danny and the mother of the young man. I thank Tríona and Brian Ó Domhnaill in our office for putting this motion together. I am disappointed because, as usual, the Government has put forward a countermotion....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We have a route option selection process going on for the new N24. I am talking specifically about the Cahir to Waterford stretch, or Cahir to Carrick-on-Suir in our case in Tipperary. Clonmel has a bypass for 20-odd years and it is like a car park morning and evening. It is proposed now to use that same bypass to link up with the new road. This is totally impractical. Clonmel town needs...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I bring to the attention of the Tánaiste a potential Government cover-up regarding the upcoming referendums. On Monday, 12 February, the former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Senator Michael McDowell, accused the Minister, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, of hiding vital information regarding the upcoming referendums in March. Senator McDowell's allegations suggest a significant...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is afraid to answer my question. If they are trying to rename Páirc Uí Chaoimh, they should call it Páirc Micheál Martin because he is so good at kicking the ball around and off the pitch, but will not play the ball on the pitch and deal with the questions he is asked. The Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, made an assessment that the Irish...