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Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: When I met the head of IDA Ireland in New York, he told me that himself. IDA Ireland cannot get them to move down the country; they want everything to be in Dublin. That is what the Government is driving. The motion proposes a living wage of €12.30. Considerable complexity remains in dealing with the issue. It is not simple and the last thing we want to do is to make the...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...words, support, strong statements, leaks and unintended leaks, and whatever else from Ms Merkel and others. The Government should tell the EU to pony up. If the EU wants to show support for Ireland, it should put some money in our bank account and not have us borrowing to deal with the astronomical undermining of our economy and people by the forthcoming and unfolding Brexit, a no-deal...

Financial Resolutions - Budget Statement 2020 (8 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...have a well-run economy for which the Government is delivering responsible management. I do not know what planet he is on or that he thinks the people are on. This highlights the absolute fantasy land that the Minister and his colleagues are living in. Does the Minister think we can simply ignore the catastrophic explosion of costs associated with the diabolical project of the national...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...to speak to the motion. While it may not have my full agreement, we need to reconsider our approach to forestry and how it can be used to maximise a return, both financially and ecologically, for landowners, farmers and the people. I thank Deputies Eamon Ryan and Catherine Martin for the briefing today in Leinster House which was most informative. Forestry production plays a key role...

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...and again the Government was warned. In recent days when my colleagues and others were working very hard to get the gates opened and the cattle going in, there were rumours that Meat Industry Ireland, MII, met the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, to get the Garda to move the rest of the people away. We were negotiating, and while I acknowledge the Minister took a...

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...let down by Commissioner Hogan and the Government. We know that our indigenous beef sector generates approximately €2.8 billion annually. It does not take a genius to figure out that even if Ireland was to receive the entirety of that fund it would be insufficient to match the fiscal damage that will ensue. There will be widespread chaos with the wipeout of farming families...

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...the ordinary people. They will be told to listen very soon with the peann luaidhe at the ballot box. They will be told to be ag éisteacht agus an béal dúnta. They should look after the ordinary people rather than the landed gentry. It is time to see common sense here. We need to look after the ordinary people.

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...or partner, or a husband, did not realise or have any understanding of the extent of his or her partner's gambling addiction. Statistics and information from Spunout.iereveal there is believed to be 40,000 people in Ireland who have a gambling addiction. I would say those figures are modest, not accurate or up to date. In addition to those statistics, more than €5 billion a year...

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ..., the tips are for the worker. I vehemently dislike big business and what has happened. Capitalism was mentioned and I do not disagree with what was said. With all the big takeovers, with all the land being bought up in my own county and with the Goodman empire in beef, now we have the chains. There is one not far out the front gate here, down the street and across the road on the...

Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...to the banks and the vulture funds. There is also a situation regarding the funding of political parties. We know what is going on. The process is supposed to be transparent and totally democratic. It is codswallop. Fine Gael is the party of the landed gentry and big business. There are many cranes in Dublin, but nothing is going on in the rest of the country because AIB and many...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...day. That is the stark finding from a recent report from the European Court of Auditors. I want to raise it today because it brings some additional context to the challenges faced by rural Ireland apart from the farcical roll out of the national broadband plan. I believe we will never see the contract signed. The issue of generational renewal - getting young people to take up farming -...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...family farms out. I thank the Tánaiste for the reply but, ultimately, the issue is the result of political choices on the part of the Tánaiste and his party but it was always the party of the landed gentry, not na daoine beaga or the small farmers. This was made clear by the members of the European Court of Auditors who appeared before the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...of farming in Europe. It states that 1,000 farmers and farm families are leaving farming every week right across the EU. That is leading to the degeneration, neglect and slippage of rural Ireland at a time when we are talking about rolling broadband out to rural areas. If we do not maintain sustainable farm families in rural Ireland, North and South, and across Europe, it will lead to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...of farming in Europe. It states that 1,000 farmers and farm families are leaving farming every week right across the EU. That is leading to the degeneration, neglect and slippage of rural Ireland at a time when we are talking about rolling broadband out to rural areas. If we do not maintain sustainable farm families in rural Ireland, North and South, and across Europe, it will lead to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...of farming in Europe. It states that 1,000 farmers and farm families are leaving farming every week right across the EU. That is leading to the degeneration, neglect and slippage of rural Ireland at a time when we are talking about rolling broadband out to rural areas. If we do not maintain sustainable farm families in rural Ireland, North and South, and across Europe, it will lead to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...of farming in Europe. It states that 1,000 farmers and farm families are leaving farming every week right across the EU. That is leading to the degeneration, neglect and slippage of rural Ireland at a time when we are talking about rolling broadband out to rural areas. If we do not maintain sustainable farm families in rural Ireland, North and South, and across Europe, it will lead to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...of farming in Europe. It states that 1,000 farmers and farm families are leaving farming every week right across the EU. That is leading to the degeneration, neglect and slippage of rural Ireland at a time when we are talking about rolling broadband out to rural areas. If we do not maintain sustainable farm families in rural Ireland, North and South, and across Europe, it will lead to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I wish everybody a very happy, holy and peaceful Easter. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for all his events. Before we leave, and in case we go into cuckoo land altogether, AIB has just sold off a huge proportion of performing loans alongside non-performing loans. A young man in my constituency is out of his mind with worry. He just got a letter in...

Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...used in monitoring the standard of beef. For him, it is all about big business. Nothing changes with Fine Gael. It is the party for the big people. Forget the daoine beaga; they do not matter. The landed gentry is all Fine Gael is interested in and the Minister will not listen in this instance either. It is a shame that the Independents and the Labour Party had to force a debate on...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...they deserve. That said, I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State. The issue of climate change is unavoidable, whether we are discussing agricultural policy, methane emissions or the use of land for forestry. We simply cannot get away from this debate. Climate change is one of those issues that deeply divides opinion, not only in terms of its causes but also in terms of...