Results 21-40 of 308 for cork speaker:Mattie McGrath

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...awareness and funds for valuable resources for schools in Cashel and Ardfinnan, however. When are we going to wake up? The waste in the HSE is exorbitant. Look at the amount paid to consultants at Cork University Hospital, for example. Money was fired around during Covid and can be found for refugees but there is no money to look after children with special needs. Families should...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...things. The patient comes last. and the patient is last. The Government's patient first strategy is a load of bunkum. There are consultant's reports and Mazars is looking into the better management of Cork University Hospital. The money it has got is obscene. It is corruption of the highest order and it is disgusting

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (16 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...and sporting events. Deputy Thomas Pringle -to discuss the implementation of the recommendations of the Brandon report. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss when the new elective hospital in Cork will go to tender and when construction will begin. Deputy Mick Barry - to discuss the situation facing a group of nurses, mainly from India, working as healthcare assistants under a work...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (26 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...entities. Now we have it again, given what is going on with the fertiliser. It is shocking. I want to salute the suppliers of the world, the likes of Pat Myers in south Tipperary and east Cork and many others. Indeed, when farmers struggle with bad springs and shortages of fodder, these small suppliers have the ethos that the co-ops were set up to have. The South Tipperary Farmers'...

Deployment of Naval Service Vessel to Participate in Operation Irini: Motion (25 Apr 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...if we were some kind of superpower. As Deputy Michael Collins and others said, we cannot defend our own huge shoreline and fishermen. It was up to the fishermen to go out to the Russian boats in County Cork approximately one year ago. I, too, wish all the diplomats and their families and friends in Sudan well. Hopefully, they will all get home. We were badly exposed again, however....

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...not have a lot of time. Rather than choosing to attack another party in order to score political points, there is plenty of work to do on this. I also welcome Peter O’Donoghue from Kilworth in Cork, who is in the Visitors Gallery today and who has done huge work. He has actually stood up and been counted in venues which refuse to take cash. I want to correct the Minister of State....

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

Mattie McGrath: .... We have seen what has gone on with "corporate" so I am very dubious and suspicious of the word "corporate". Some years ago in Clonmel we were almost forced to link up with the credit union in Charleville, County Cork, against the wishes of the members in Clonmel. Thankfully, it did not happen. It should be about the local knowledge and people supporting each other and ní neart...

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

Mattie McGrath: ...to discuss the status of plans to develop a 60-bed residential care centre at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel. Deputy Michael Moynihan - to discuss the provision of home support services in north Cork. The matters raised by Deputies Marian Harkin, Robert Troy, Michael Moynihan and Chris Andrews have been selected for discussion.

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

Mattie McGrath: ...a site and planning and design has been done but there is no sign of the airgead. It was lumped in with a bundle of different Garda stations that then fell off the train. This included Bandon and Sligo. It is now bundled with another Garda station in Cork but it is also in a bundle with the children's law court. When getting a builder for a design and build contract, a law court is a...

Human Tissue (Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display) Bill 2022: Second Stage (24 Jan 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...that the wishes of the deceased are fully accepted, incorporated and implemented without fear or favour. That is vital. I, too, totally abhor what went on in various hospitals, including Cork University Hospital, in respect of the incineration of babies' bodies. It was shocking and horrendous. We are all talking about this tonight and want to do so, but nobody looks at the staggering...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...us to visit our constituencies. I have nothing personal against him. He knows Tipperary well; his ancestors came from there. He should see the hills of Hollyford and Killinaule. He should visit west Cork, which Deputy Collins represents, and Kerry, which is represented by Deputies Michael and Danny Healy-Rae. It is just sheer inaccessibility for young people. They have to have a car,...

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...could not fix it though it had the ideal opportunity to do so during Covid, when there was not a vehicle on the road. Getting back to taxpayers, I travelled to Cavan last night from Tipperary. My colleague travelled from west Cork and has been through six tolls. A person was on to my office today who lives in my constituency and works in Cork. Between tolls and fuels, it now costs...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State might answer my question today, although he did not on the previous occasion I asked him in the House, about the number of warships that recently docked in the harbour of Cork. Was that with the imprimaturof the Government? The ships were from Canada and Great Britain, among other places. Why are they there and why are they being minded by a large number of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...out its job. Front-line staff are doing a sterling job but there are not enough of them and we are being told we will have to accept delays of 24 hours in accident and emergency departments. Cork University Hospital, CUH, which the Minister will know, had the highest numbers yesterday after University Hospital Limerick, which serves half of County Tipperary. All of the accident and...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...account has to be monitored as a result of the restrictions. What is the Government doing to people? It has got so involved in this war in Ukraine that it is not funny. People are aghast. Ships coming into Cork Harbour will not answer questions about whatever it is they are doing. The Government has really lost the run of itself. The Taoiseach certainly has lost the run of...

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...here. From what I heard it was an excellent event and I want to compliment Tríona O'Mahony and her team for that. Munster Vales is doing fantastic work promoting the region of Tipperary, north Cork, Limerick and down to the Copper Coast in Waterford. It is great to see these local authorities working together - ní neart go cur le chéile - to promote tourism in the region....

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: In an earlier contribution, I asked about the warships that were at the quay in Cork. As a neutral country, why do we not assert on all occasions the fact we are a neutral country? We should be proud of it. The Taoiseach told me it was not mentioned at the World Economic Forum, good, bad or indifferent. On another point, if there are strict and robust sanctions, how is it that we can...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (13 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...practically ignored me, but then I asked him a second time he said no, neutrality was never mentioned. Our neutrality is being undermined daily and sidelined, with warships coming into the Port of Cork. There were two recently: one British and one Canadian. I am also intrigued and concerned about another issue. Farmers are harvesting now, the weather is great, thankfully, and they...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...the slippery slope the Minister is on and about the stance he is taking without any reasonable modicum of debate in the House. Two warships have recently been to the Minister's own city of Cork. There was a British ship at the quay in Cork ten days ago and there was a Canadian ship there yesterday. At least ten gardaí arrived when one or two people went to question what the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (29 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of birthmothers admitted as residents to the Tusla-funded mother and baby home located in Bessborough, County Cork in each of the years 2014 to 2022. [34690/22]