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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: What about the missing money?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is €530 million according to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to raise the issue of the Government's carbon tax mismanagement. Billions of euro have been collected and millions of euro wasted. The C and AG report, which the Tánaiste drew on just minutes ago, reveals that 39% of carbon tax funds are misallocated. I am very concerned about the Government's handling of carbon tax funds and the allocation of the €2.872 billion...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Tánaiste answer the question?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am asking where is the money that is missing.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: My God, you are a professional spinner and spoofer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: You are a professional spinner and spoofer.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I asked a question about the €530 million that is missing. That is according to C and AG report, not my report. The Tánaiste quotes the C and AG when he wants to. Deputy Farrell asked questions that had not been answered. I asked a question about the €530 million in carbon tax that has been robbed from the people and that was supposed to go back into retrofitting and...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: When does the Minister of State intend to enact the Bill? I am concerned that every authority we set up has to have the brass plate on the wall, plush offices, staff, a CEO, perhaps a deputy CEO, and board members that cost a lot of money. None of the members of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board had seagoing experience. The mushrooming of these quangos is out of control. The rain...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Weeks.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We are at the risk here of becoming a nanny state, if we are going to be making applications for lifeblood issues that keep clubs running. National lottery sports grants were announced recently and I salute every club. They put in impeccable and professional applications. Some may have got professional advice and that costs a lot of money too but many did them on their own. They have...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It was not personal but the fact is that he is doing a solo run and is rushing this legislation. There was a refusal to engage with major stakeholders - simple as.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is bad legislation and it is being rushed.

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: From the Seanad (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We all know that problem gambling can lead to a total breakdown of social cohesion. It is a problem. I understand where the Minister of State is coming from with that. I was one of those who lobbied on behalf of the Jack and Jill Children's Foundation, GAA clubs and all kinds of fundraising. Indeed, we have a fundraiser in my own parish at the moment, called "Do it for Declan". He is a...

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the improvements in the budget as regards PRSI for self-employed persons, although we are starting from a low base. When the crash came, employees were rightly able to get supports. They had paid in, as had their employers. However, a self-employed person with a van – a plasterer, welder, fitter, block layer or whatever – got nothing. While I accept that a lower...

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I see that the Minister for Finance, tá sé imithe. With his first budget he had plenty of money and heaps of opportunities but he failed. He kow-towed to the big people again, the big business. Let us take the situation where a kite was flown about the 20% stamp duty on the conglomerate buying up houses. The Government puts it up 5%. I and the Rural Independent Group wrote in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am sure the Minister has heard the song, "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". Tipperary town has been forgotten by successive Governments. We were promised and had great hopes for an outer relief road or bypass. The N24, which is to be the M24, is trudging along ever so slowly, and God knows when we will see the funding for it or see it developed. Tipperary town is choked with trucks,...

VAT Rate for Hospitality Sector: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas and I compliment the Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. I was delighted to meet Richard Gleeson, the vintners' representative, and Michael Foley, of Foley's Bar in Cashel. They run two fabulous establishments, one in Clonmel and one in Cashel as do the other publicans and the other people who were there yesterday. Some 600 such establishments have...

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (15 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Bhí mé anseo nuair a bhí an tAire ag labhairt and she said - with a pinch of salt - that she wanted to have the Bill passed for Hallowe'en. I asked was she going trick-or-treating and she said she was getting too old for it but she is going off like the tooth fairy with all of her grants. I know she is giving many of them to Monaghan and they will appreciate them but there...

Social Welfare Bill 2024: Second Stage (15 Oct 2024)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of clarification, is there something happening other than Hallowe'en at Hallowe'en? We want the Bill finished by Hallowe'en.