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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group I want to thank gach éinne a raibh ag obair go crua inné agus a rinne sárobair san ospidéal i Loch Garman. We support the ongoing efforts there, which included Irish Red Cross units and the likes of Kenneth O'Connell and others from as far away as Tipperary town. That is the spirit of the meitheal that we like to see and hopefully...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I agree that the grants have been good and widely availed of but times have surpassed them. Due to increased energy, material and labour costs, people cannot get the work done within the schemes. The eligibility is also too low in the first instance - it has not moved on in 13 years, as I said. Ireland is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le gach éinne ar na boird ar fud na tíre agus ar fud Thiobraid Árann. I would like to pay my richest and fullest compliments to the volunteers, the board members, the staff, and the management teams at every credit union in County Tipperary, from Carrick-on -Suir, to Clonmel, to Cahir and Tipperary town and the suboffices in Bansha,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Does the Taoiseach accept that Ireland's energy security policies are failing Ireland and they are more in tune with the green agenda of the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, and others? Does he acknowledge that the policies are driving up the costs of food, electricity, petrol and diesel and gach rud mar sin for Irish citizens? While governments...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [9797/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: County Tipperary, despite its size, has only one vacant homes officer to cover the county in identifying vacant houses and assessing applications under Croí Cónaithe and the repair and leasing scheme. As the Taoiseach knows, there is significant interest, thankfully, in these grants from the public. For a county the size of Tipperary, I ask that the Department of Housing, Local...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has so much money he cannot handle it.

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the Regional Group on bringing forward this motion on pre-emergency care, which is a critical component of the healthcare system in Ireland. It plays a vital role in the management of emergencies and saving lives, which is the most important thing for any of us in this House or anywhere else. The motion refers to emergency medical services provided to patients outside of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. I think the committee could do with appointing Senator Horkan as permanent Chair, although I have no role in that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome Mr. McCarthy and Mr. Kingston. I am late to this process and there has already been a lot of pre-legislative scrutiny. As far as I can see, it is like a sieve. It is like rounding up the sheep and I am a sheep farmer. It is like mountain sheep and you need dogs to round them all up. This new body will be inside the Department of Transport. Our guests will refer to it but they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We cannot go forward in any context if we do not sort out the past.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: There is a human factor-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: -----in respect of loved ones and their families. Mr. Kingston, more than anyone else, knows about Whiddy Island. Perhaps he would answer some of those issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: You can be too careful. You will never make an omelette if you do not break an egg. That is what is wrong. We have been too careful. We have a fox in charge of the henhouse and that is what is going on. We have a couple of foxes minding the henhouse now in case any of them escape. It is not satisfactory.

National Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am in favour of this motion. This situation has gone from bad to worse. A paramedic told me at a retirement do one night a number of years ago that he left the service because of the disgraceful call-outs and the utter confusion and ridiculousness involved. He was called out one day to leave Clonmel and head for Carrick-on-Suir. When he reached Carrick-on-Suir, he was told to head...

European Union Directive: Motion (28 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The implementation of the new restrictive measures has shown the complexity of identifying assets owned by those subject to sanctions who hide their assets across different jurisdictions through complex means and financial structures. Those who wish to conceal assets are helped by existing legal loopholes as the criminal law provisions relating to the breach of EU sanctions vary between...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I raise the issue of MotorCycling Ireland’s insurance cover. I believe it wrote to the Taoiseach. I have seen copies of letters it wrote. A number of cycling clubs in Ireland lost the ability to obtain insurance for this season. The governing body, Offroad Motorsport UK, informed staff in 2022 that no insurance company would cover any of the Twenty-six Counties. The Taoiseach and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: There was a strong delegation from the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association, ICSA, outside the Dáil today. Many of the Taoiseach's backbenchers came to meet them. They are being crucified by increased input costs, and the price of lamb paid to them has never been lower. It has dropped consistently over the last four months, despite what the housewife or houseperson pays for a...