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Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for the misunderstanding as I thought I was the third speaker when I was actually the first. Tá mé anseo anois. I thank my colleagues for standing in. I notice Deputy Mathews is smiling at me so we might share some time again.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Acting Chairman to allow me to continue. I know Deputy Buttimer is in a competition for the best heckler in this term of the Dáil and he is well on the way. He should allow me my opportunity and we will not interrupt him. I am pleased the Minister, Deputy Hogan, is here. I am also pleased that he has shown such an interest in many of these important issues. Deputy Tom Hayes, my...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: No, this is not a dormant account. It is anything but dormant. Beidh lá eile ag an bpaorach. The Minister's county team came back last year and celebrated in 2010, snatching the trophy from our hands. I commend it for doing so because we were not mentally focused on the field that day.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. I was having a bit of jocose banter with the Minister. I reiterate we must have political separation at all times. The dormant accounts fund was distributed without fear or favour to many projects and that is mentioned in the Bill. There must be a clear distinction. Like everything else in the country, there is political lobbying for it. It would not be the nature of the work...

Mental Health Services: Motion (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Order of Business. (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I am.

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Mattie McGrath: I cannot hear.

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Mattie McGrath: I cannot hear you.

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Mattie McGrath: You can hear me.

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Mattie McGrath: I want to ask the Government what legislation it is using to close down the whole country.

Order of Business. (15 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: It is shutting two hospitals in Portlaoise.

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Mattie McGrath: It is closing a barracks and a hospital in Clonmel.

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Mattie McGrath: We have had our barracks for 400 years.

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Mattie McGrath: We got rid of the British 100 years ago.

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Mattie McGrath: Cromwell is back.

Tributes to President Mary McAleese (10 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Tá mé an-bhuíoch as an seans seo chun cúpla focal a rá mar gheall ar shár-obair an Úachtaráin, Mháire Mhic Giolla Íosa. I am privileged to speak about the outgoing President, Mary McAleese. Article 15.1 of the Constitution deals with the Oireachtas and the Office of the Presidency. Even though 14 years is a long time, every minute of the President's tenure has been spent...

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome this Bill and compliment the Minister and all concerned for introducing it. I look forward to its passage and enactment; it is long overdue. I cannot understand why it took the troika to add haste to the situation. No matter the reason, I am glad it happened. There is a great deal of anti-competitive practices. I compliment the vast majority of GPs and their staff, who work...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: Is legislation promised or required in respect of a matter about which Deputy Tom Hayes and I, as well as others, yesterday met the Minister for Defence, namely, the closure of the Army barracks in Clonmel? The decision to close the barracks, if it is made, will be made as a cost saving measure and I note we handed over 7,000 signatures. I have a document in my possession stating it would...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: If legislation is needed, how can-----

Order of Business (10 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I have done so but these facts now have come to light.