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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: The farmers will be a rare species.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. There are no driving test taking place at Clonmel's driver testing centre this week. Last year, in a blaze of glory, the Government said it was going to appoint 75 new testers across the country. That never happened. The opposite happened at the Clonmel centre, where one excellent tester was let go. The only tester left in Clonmel is...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We have good testers there and now they are being neglected.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Give the figures.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Were they recruited?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Why are the lists so long then?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Why are the lists so long?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Of course.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: Of course I do.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It is 28 weeks in Clonmel.
- Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: In the heart of Ireland, a storm is brewing. Rural communities, the backbone of this country, feel abandoned and betrayed. The culprit is a green agenda driven by NGOs and the Green Party with the full endorsement of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. This agenda prioritises environmental conservation over the livelihoods of farmers and the viability of rural Ireland. They can work hand in...
- Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I too would like to express our sympathies to his wife, his daughters, his family and his journalistic colleagues and that family also. He did the State some service, to quote a former Taoiseach. Indeed, his work as a journalist at the time of the peace process was pivotal. It was important that there was someone like him who could be at the...
- Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: No.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I wish the Taoiseach well and good health but I wrote to the Ceann Comhairle last week to seek a debate on the results of the referendum and the fact that the Government recklessly wasted €23 million - it was probably twice that - on a referendum campaign that was supported by all political parties here except for smaller parties. We in the Rural Independent Group opposed the...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: It is not agreed.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: As this is an important issue and the people spoke overwhelmingly the week before last against all parties, I demand that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: We have a massive and truly shocking housing crisis. Regarding the IPAS applicants in Mount Street, the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, decided to be out in Japan instead of looking after them. We have a case in Tipperary concerning Mr. Sean Meehan. He is facing imprisonment for housing himself in a perfectly suitable mobile home, which is very aesthetically placed on his own land. He is...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I too am pleased today to be able to contribute as part of these statements before the meetings of the European Council over the next two days. I do not intend to disparage the Taoiseach in any way, and I wish him well on his decision to resign as the leader of Fine Gael. An election will be held in the party to replace him. I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Burke, will be there at...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: If it was in a dancing competition, the Government would be put off the stage because it is not dancing to the tune of the Irish people. It is dancing to tunes from all over the world, except from our own good Irish cultural heritage and indeed-----
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (20 Mar 2024)
Mattie McGrath: I know. Tá a fhios agam. I ask the Government to please listen to the people and then to come back and act and serve the people of Ireland.