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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: She is responsible.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: You cannot see the wood for the trees.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: They are not coming out.

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is very wrong of media outlets to put that into the story to try to damage my credibility. Above all-----

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I appreciate that but the record should be corrected by the Taoiseach in this House as well, when he used that awful term.

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is not in my body to speak that word and I would not and did not. I will be writing to you, a Cheann Comhairle, to ask the Taoiseach to withdraw that also.

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I thank everybody who contributed. Thank you for your time, a Cheann Comhairle.

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I thank everybody who was involved in dealing with the front-line services and the volunteers, the GAA clubs, the businesses, the Garda Síochána and everybody else who worked very hard and put their shoulder to the wheel. I also thank the tens of thousands of people who signed up to Be on Call for Ireland, but they were not respected. Only a handful of them were called up. Those...

Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: She is spreading the blame.

Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: This was meant to be a debate of one hour and 45 minutes. It is now down to 45 minutes. As usual, everything is rushed, fumbled and illogical. There is confusion. It is unreal. The Government should be named "the Government of Utter and Total Confusion". On mandatory hotel quarantine, I am not going to be a hypocrite. I called for it at the very start when we were locking down our...

Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I support the amendments. The situation is very unfair. I cannot understand how it costs €6,000 for the assessment. Families are being devastated and must try to house themselves when their homes are destroyed. It is obvious to anyone involved with a degree of knowledge of building that there are serious defects. The Government should set up a scheme whereby a group of assessors...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the engagements that he has had with a person (details supplied) and the families of the Omagh bomb victims; the steps he has taken to commence a full cross-Border public enquiry into the Omagh bombing; and if he will engage with the victims’ families as the 23rd anniversary of the tragedy approaches in August. [38227/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 433. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the approval of the drug zolgensma; when the drug will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31567/21]

Long-Term Residential Care: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The coronavirus-related deaths of more than 2,000 people in Irish nursing homes reflects an abject failure of policy and oversight by successive health Ministers and the agencies they oversee. Prior to the pandemic and illuminated again at the very beginning of the pandemic, fatal flaws were exposed in our health and social care services. Many nursing homes were unprepared for any...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I commend and thank the front-line staff, the nursing staff and their attendants. The independent investigation I seek should include a cost-benefit analysis of the Government-imposed lockdowns to date. For instance, the overall costs of the lockdowns must include delayed diagnoses and missed diagnoses, the effects on mental health and other health-related services, together with the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I put it to the Minister that of the approximately 5,000 Covid deaths in Ireland, 40% of them occurred in nursing homes. Internationally, the Republic of Ireland has the second worst rate of nursing home deaths in the world after Canada. As society returns to normal, this issue must be addressed to bring release for the many families who have lost loved ones in the most tragic and traumatic...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Who will do it?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 36. To ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate an immediate public enquiry into the handling of Covid-19 by the Government and NPHET, including an immediate investigation into the nursing home deaths; if there will be an independent external audit of the advice from NPHET and its modelling by an external team of auditors who are not otherwise engaged by the State; the rationale for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Minister for Health if he will initiate an immediate public inquiry into the handling by the Government and NPHET of Covid-19, including an immediate investigation into nursing home deaths. Will he commit to an independent external audit of NPHET's advice and modelling by auditors not otherwise engaged with the State? Will he explain and justify Ireland's position as an outlier in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I would like to express my sympathy and that of the people of Tipperary and west Waterford to the McCarthy family on the sad passing of Dr. Seán McCarthy, iar-Theachta Dála agus iar-Aire Stáit and a noble doctor who served the public of Tipperary and west Waterford well and beyond. I have to return to a medical issue concerning St. Brigid's hospital, Carrick-on-Suir. The...