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Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: He should ask the Minister, Deputy Ryan.

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I too am concerned while we all wait with bated breath for action from Government. I am aware of the Minister's bona fides and listened to him on the housing committee. However, I do not know where it all gets lost and choked up when it comes to the drafting of legislation. It is not at all clear to me from this legislation and these amendments that we are going to see the logjams...

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (8 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister of State. I too wish to be associated with the thanks he gave to everybody involved. This legislation is long overdue but it is a good initiative that is badly wanted. We need to have control of tickets. It is obnoxious to see the blackmail that touts carry out, particularly on kids who are very interested in a team, or whatever. Families were put under huge pressure...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I want to thank the Minister in the first instance for his engagement with people from Tipperary County Council, Jobs4Tipp, March4Tipp and Tipperary Town Chamber of Commerce. Will he ensure, as part of the review of the national development plan, that the first priority is a bypass for Tipperary town? I know he is clear on that and he is leaning towards bypasses. If it is part of the N24...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: People must be allowed to trade and the town must be allowed to thrive. We are depending on the Minister.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am unable to support this amendment. I have no ideological hang-ups about developers, builders or whatever. Probably against my better judgment and despite serious concerns, I voted for the Land Development Agency Bill. I am willing to try anything to solve the housing problem. Many years ago, when the vulture funds first arrived, the former Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan, whom I...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I agree that it will be difficult. I had an argument with the Minister on the night that Covid payments were introduced with regard to students and young people who work weekends or on a part-time basis. The Minister gave them €350. That was silly. Anybody who employs people now knows that personal public service number returns are done weekly. I am an employer. It would have...

CervicalCheck Tribunal (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (7 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I too support the comments of Deputy Cullinane. Why is it so finite and why are so many categories of people excluded? Surely we should have a proper no-holds-barred investigation and proper access for all people. The access should not be as wide as a field, but anybody who was misdiagnosed or involved in this should have access, as should their families, no matter whether the woman is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach may have seen Ardfinnan bridge when he was canvassing in the last election. Ardfinnan is a beautiful village in the south east of County Tipperary, located on the R665. The bridge has been closed for nearly six years. We often hear the old adage about a bridge over troubled waters but this is a bockety bridge over the tranquil waters of the River Suir. The Department is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: There are good footballers there.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It happened on the playing pitch last year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: A punch and Judy show.

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I commend the Regional Group on bringing forward this motion. Deputy Naughten did what he could, which was a lot, when he was Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. I have been in the House since 2007 and I am like a bad record talking about post offices. I believe the Minister, if I am not wrong, was a postmaster. I could be wrong, but the Minister should understand...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (7 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that funding will be made available to allow a facility (details supplied) to run a summer camp for children with special needs in Clonmel, County Tipperary in summer 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30610/21]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I thank our guests for their interesting contributions. I am just listening and do not need to contribute. I am double-jobbing here.

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence: Statements (6 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: This debate is hollow and meaningless, as the Government has consistently failed to address key issues concerning domestic and gender-based violence over the last year. The ongoing lack of action by the Government is both worrying and pathetic. For example, there is a disgraceful delay in publishing two reports which aim to highlight the grave nature of the situation and utter lack of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I asked the Taoiseach some months ago about An Taisce appealing decisions of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, An Bord Pleanála and Kilkenny County Council regarding the Glanbia plant in south Kilkenny. The plant is badly needed, as young farmers have big commitments and borrowings. There have been three challenges in the High Court to date. Will the Taoiseach do something to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is out since last Friday.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I asked for a debate at the Business Committee on the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, reform negotiations that are taking place at this vital time for Ireland and the future of agriculture, which we were discussing a minute ago. I also want a full comprehensive debate in this House before we rise for the summer on the whole issue of the vaccine passports and the medical apartheid this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It was three weeks ago.