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Seanad: 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 people...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Briefly.

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I support amendment No. 27 in the name of Deputy Tóibín and the other amendments. As my colleague, Deputy Funchion, said, how long is a piece of string? There is a lack of clarity. We have had sad experiences with most elements of our public system now. That extends even to getting a passport or a driving licence, which are totally mundane issues compared with the seriousness of...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (1 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I have the same reservations as Deputy Funchion. The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expect a different result. Do we ever learn from our mistakes? The Caranua experience was an unmitigated disaster. I do not think the Minister was involved in setting that up - he was not even here at the time - but it was a disaster. Surely we should learn but we are going...

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Bogaimid ar aghaidh le Páirtí Shinn Féin. Glaoim ar an Teachta Kenny atá ag roinnt a chuid ama leis na Teachtaí Daly agus Ó Laoghaire.

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

Mattie McGrath: We have debates going on about what went on in Cabinet, who knew what and what was in who's brief. These are historic debates but I am asking about a current issue, the sale by Coillte to Gresham House. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, says it is not the Government's preferred option. Will the Taoiseach take the opportunity on Thursday to talk to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Support Services (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for his positive reply. I hope he will engage with the administrative district members. I mentioned Kieran Bourke and the current chair, David Dunne. There is a wonderful plant upstream, the Merck, Sharp & Dohme, MSD, facility. It is often said that foreign direct investment companies come and then go away but that company is there nearly 60 years...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Support Services (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, is here to discuss this issue. In recent days, the announcement that the dairy company Corman Miloko, which employed 31 people at its manufacturing plant facility, is to close at the end of June came as devastating news for the families of those impacted, and the town of Carrick-on-Suir and surrounding areas. A statement by the company said...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am sorry; I did not see Deputy Ó Murchú indicating earlier. I thought he was joking with me. For Question No. 70 tá an Teachta as láthair so we will move on to Question No. 71.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste should not mention people in their absence. I have given him some latitude but even though they are MEPs-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ukraine War (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: You have mentioned them twice.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Brostaigh ort.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste was Minister for Health once.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Ukraine War (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Please, Deputy. Féach ar an gclog.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: There are no free passes here.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: This is an introduction.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too welcome the people in the Gallery, family members and others, who are in this cruel system. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. It is so savage. My late brother was a paediatrician of some renown. I want to also mention tonight, Professor Michael O'Keeffe, who succumbed to illness and was laid to rest at the weekend, who did so much for patients. There are many good...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. I asked the Minister of State - I wish him well in his new role - if the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste or he himself had raised the issue of the huge pressure and the weight on our country from our obligations to take in, I think it is now 70,000, and the huge pressure it is putting on our systems. We are not really able to cope, quite clearly. People here have been...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too congratulate the Minister of State and wish him well in his role. He was always good in his last role. Ireland must be a voice for peace, justice and freedom. As a neutral country we should be doing everything possible to bring this horrible war to an end. It is amazing, as Deputy Connolly said earlier, how we can talk about no place else only Ukraine. As horrific as it is, there...