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Impact of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion [Private Members] (16 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: He did.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Sittings (16 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the written and audio DAR record of court proceedings is given free of charge and without undue delay or a written legal reason for refusal be provided in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/680 in cases in which a litigant applies to the court office. [43728/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (16 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 358. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location in the EU Court of Auditors report of 22 December 2006 in which it states that the consolidation process of 150,000 ha as implemented by his Department was entirely in accordance with EU regulations and has been endorsed as such. [43729/20]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Challenges facing Public Broadcasting and the broader Media Sector as a result of Covid-19: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to welcome the witnesses. I am interested in there being a level playing field, and there is anything but that now. The bias towards RTÉ should have been gone years ago, but it has not and it is still hanging on. I thank the witnesses from both channels. In respect to TG4, cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad? Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam. The station...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Challenges facing Public Broadcasting and the broader Media Sector as a result of Covid-19: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe. I sing the praises of the local and regional papers. They have been part and parcel of life for a century in some cases. We have the Clonmel Nationalistand Tipperary Star. I have issues with Iconic Newspapers, which I will not go into today. It is owned by Malcolm Denmark, who took over many things, and the way he treated the staff was...

Homeless Prevention Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I want to compliment Deputy Ó Broin for introducing legislation on this very complex issue. I worked with the Deputy on the Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, as it was then called, and I know how dedicated he is to this area. Deputy O'Donoghue is a member of the current version of that committee. We have talked and talked about this issue and published report...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: A company in Tipperary called KB Sports is owned by Mr. Kieran Bergin and it has become involved with online trading and parcel delivery. It has 16 workers and is to employ 17 more. The company has a large number of deliveries to make as it is one of the top 50 online shippers in Ireland. It has hundreds or thousands of deliveries to make. The company was informed by An Post out of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It can do as it likes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has done so.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach should tell the truth.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Then why can we not have a debate on it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach would want to get real.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It is Christmas.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am very concerned about this lack of debate and lack of discussion of the vaccine programme. I asked the Taoiseach about this some time ago and he dismissed me, as Deputy Connolly said, with a "get real". I am asking him to get real. The Rural Independent Group has 6.5 minutes to contribute to the debate on Thursday. Is that all we can get? Is that the meagre amount of time the...

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment Deputies Eoghan Murphy and Duncan Smith for facilitating this important date. It is 75 years since the United States committed the unspeakable crime of using nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1945 and a historic milestone has finally been achieved, with nuclear weapons declared illegal under a new United Nations treaty. I regularly use the adage, "tosach...

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Pass the buck to another Department. Around the kitchen and mind the dresser. What was the name of the famous man from "Céilí House"? The Acting Chairman, Deputy Durkan, is here longer than I am and he will remember him. It was Kieran Hanrahan. Around the house and mind the dresser. Around the country and mind the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Garda...

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I thank all the Deputies who contributed to the debate. Tradition cannot act as a veto on legal responsibilities. The Minister, Deputy McConalogue, did not even stay for the full debate. He probably would not have been here at all only he had to correct the record about something else. The Minister of State referred to the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 and the Roads Act 1993. As...

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Title of this Bill, the Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018, might be a bit misleading. As the Minister will know, I introduced similar legislation in 2018 in an effort to bring together different communities. The horse is a wonderful animal. I am glad to see Deputy Gino Kenny is here because I know he has an interest in these...

Central Mental Hospital (Relocation) Bill 2020: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for missing my slot earlier. I have not yet mastered the skill of bilocation. The traffic is very heavy so I ran the last part of the journey. I will be as fit as Ronnie Delany for the Olympics. I wish the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, well in her portfolio. I know she will make genuine efforts to help with mental health in a caring way and will budget...

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for listening. I raised this issue on Questions on Promised Legislation, and so have other colleagues throughout the House, to try to deal with credit unions. While this is a miscellaneous provisions Bill, it is important that we deal with the credit union aspect of it. Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh le gach credit...