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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Low-hanging fruit, the Taoiseach said.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Broadband and rural Ireland.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I mentioned the madness of bringing the pipeline from Shannon to Dublin. There is a 45% leakage in Dublin.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: There is a 45% leakage.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is a bonkers plan.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Cad a tharla don Nollaig?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I ask for a debate on the lack of a roll-out of the national broadband plan, NBP. People are trying to operate from home and are unable to do so. The waiting times are too long and the responses we get are just futile. I ask that we sit on Friday to have a debate on it. I also include the crazy proposal to bring water from the River Shannon up...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach paints a picture of a perfect storm. We saw this coming over the past 12 months and the Government and its advisers must have seen it too, because it is crippling. There is a huge delay with people working from home in getting the tenders out, getting documents back to schools and builders and all of that. Contractors are tendering in good faith and we need them now to engage...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: What is the new fixed-price term?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I thank Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, for whom I am standing in today. He has asked me to raise this issue. Contractors are finding it increasingly difficult to stand over tendered prices for periods of up to two years, which many projects run to, because of the rising cost of materials. In the past year, construction material prices have increased every month, by 26.7% on last year, which is...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: To correct the record, when this pandemic commenced, we were all, as Opposition leaders, summoned to Government Buildings. The record will prove that was there was unanimity on all sides of this House - among independents and everybody else. We in the Rural Independent Group put our shoulders firmly to the wheel and accepted the public health advice. We did everything were asked to do. Of...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am, but I have to reply because the Minister explicitly replied to all the amendments and all of our statements. He accused me, wrongly, of not supporting any of the public health measures. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle knows this. She is on record here countless times saying that we all supported the measures. However, when the runaway train forgot to stop and when the doors of the...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: That is not true.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of order-----

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am on record as saying it. That is not true. It is simply an untruth. The Minister knows that. When he was in opposition with me, we attended meetings in Government Buildings. We supported all the measures from the start, until the genie got out of the bottle and we knew the kind of a fraud the Minister was.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: There is nothing factual. The Minister should stick to the facts.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I listen to the truth.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am. It is the truth I want.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I supported the measures at the outset. We all did.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister continues to mislead the House.