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Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It was good enough for Covid.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I know that. It was good enough for a Covid step-down facility. After Covid, it suddenly was not good enough. Someone has to-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We give our opinions all day long. That is my opinion.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Ar aghaidh libh. I am not withdrawing it. Thank you.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I have to leave anyway because I am going into the Chamber. I appreciate the Chair letting me contribute, but I will not withdraw it. My firm belief-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I will leave the meeting.

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir (Resumed): Health Service Executive (9 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Who was the genius who decided to build it there and denied there was space, which I do not believe? There is ample space both at the back of and at the front of the building. According to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, we will not be driving cars, so we will not need the car parking space. It is a huge area. There is balderdash that old buildings and new buildings cannot be tied...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment Sinn Féin on bringing forward this motion. This motion should not be necessary and the Ministers should have the heart and the empathy with the people to support them. These are hard-working people who are carrying the weight of the bank bailout. I called it the bank cleanout at the time. What happened at the time was daylight robbery. All those bankers and bondholders...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Can it be extended?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of my Rural Independent colleagues I too want to express our sympathy and thank all the groups supporting the earthquake victims. The deer overpopulation situation is alarming throughout rural Ireland and parts of urban Ireland. There is actually a deer consultation open at the moment which closes this Friday. The lack of awareness, getting the message out about this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The cost-of-living crisis is spiralling. Independent surveys have put the rate at 16% over the past three months. We are only 20 days from the end of February, as the Taoiseach knows, and many of the supports are to run out. Therefore, we need a debate in this House. The members of the Cabinet seem to be all over the place and there are mixed messages, with the Green Party not wanting to...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We must adjourn the debate. Before that happens, I wish to inform the House that I have agreed that Deputies Lawless and Kelleher can contribute during the first slot when the debate recommences.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Gary Gannon - to discuss anti-social behaviour and policing in Cabra, Dublin 7. Deputy Brian Stanley - to discuss the ongoing issues with MIDOC GP out-of-hours services in the midlands. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - to discuss...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Okay, but it is happening under our eyes. It is happening in the Chair's county too, and mine. It was gardaí in the Chair's county who tried to get me locked up. Anyway, I know some Members here might like to see me locked up. Thanks be to God, everybody here has a good name. This legislation is worrying as well as everything else. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL,...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Tá siad imithe. Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall. I congratulate the Minister on his appointment. It is a temporary appointment, for good reason. I wish the Minister, Deputy McEntee, all the best in her future. It is a wonderful and joyous occasion for her and I hope it all goes well. The general scheme of the Bill contained the objective of providing a legal basis for...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: People are not let into the bogs anymore.

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Uachtarán Metsola go dtí an Teach. I also say to her that we have had benefits from the EU. We have also inherited many problems. Mention has been made of housing and the troika and the damage they left behind. A trail of terror has been blazed by vulture funds and the banks in this country on ordinary householders and small businesses. We also...

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Everybody was afforded the chance to speak. Will this ignorance carry on again in front of our guest today?

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is the usual. This Parliament is becoming very regressive. People with an alternative view have no place here. Deputy Murphy and his colleagues then lecture other people on what they should do. I am entitled to represent my group and my views here, a Cheann Comhairle-----.

Address by H.E. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: -----if that is possible. We have sniggers and insults across the floor. It is disgusting behaviour that has crept in from those who will not tolerate anything. A situation is also being forced on us in respect of the refugee crisis. We are "Ireland of the thousand welcomes", of course, but the problem is the management of that welcome and of inward migration, and the undocumented...