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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Today we are starting a second lockdown and the people out there are restricted in very many ways. I appeal to the Government to implement logical, reasonable and sound restrictions. The coursing people of Ireland come from the countryside and they love coursing. They mind their animals and nurture the hares. They are in the middle of coursing but everything stopped yesterday evening....

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, it is awful. Only a handful of us are here. It is totally disgraceful.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I do not blame the ushers. They do not have it. There were two or three copies. I cannot get a copy and I have been here since the Minister started speaking.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I appreciate that, but it is shocking. Only a handful of us are present. If there were a hundred here, then it might be something.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I appreciate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle allowing me to speak. Deputy McNamara and I have come from a meeting of the Business Committee, which is why we were late getting to the Chamber for the debate on the preceding motion. The Business Committee is redundant now. By the time I got out of the Chamber the other evening, the meeting of the committee was well under way. It concluded with a...

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (22 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for missing some of the debate. I was at a meeting of the Business Committee. I was in favour of a sunset clause and I am glad we had one because it gives us a chance to debate the issue, albeit with severely limited time. At the Business Committee I objected strenuously to this debate being rushed today. Since its introduction in March, the Government has known that 9...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Thomas Pringle - to discuss the criteria for the coach tourism business continuity scheme; (2) Deputy Neale Richmond - to discuss access to pre-birth appointments for birthing partners; (3) Deputy Darren O'Rourke - to discuss...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I appeal to the Minister. I cannot believe what is going on here. The Green Party is in government with the two big parties, which have had a hand in dealing with this matter for a long time now, and it is colluding to keep these records and have them put away out of reach for 30 years. The records we get from the National Archives are the subject of 20- or 30-year limits. These...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: During the previous lockdown people with disabilities, special needs children and adults, were left behind, and now, as we face into another lockdown, they are still left behind. I wish to speak about a mother who contacted me. I raised this here on 21 September, and now it is 21 October and there is still no sign of a place for her adult child. She went to Scoil Chormaic in Cashel, an...

Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Regional Group and Deputy Denis Naughten in particular for moving this very important motion. I have been a Member of this House for 13 years and every year we speak about the plight of post offices. Many reports have been compiled over decades but this report amounts to the last chance saloon. We seem to be able to find money for everything now because of Covid-19. We should...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Sector: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome and thank our guests. I thank the manager of Buswells for always being kind to us. Mr. Connick thanked Fáilte Ireland. In what way has it been helpful? How is that relationship percolating down to the individual projects on the ground? As for banking, microfinance and the loan schemes the Houses have passed, how are they working out? Are the witnesses finding them...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Sector: Discussion (21 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, I think so.

Post-European Council Meeting on 15 and 16 October: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: People in Ireland are in a difficult position. They are weary of Brexit, which we have been dealing with for three or four years, and now we have Covid-19. We have seen the ineptitude of the Government in dealing with Covid-19. We have also seen the ineptitude of the HSE, which has been unable to cope in any winter in recent years despite having €1 billion extra in annual funding...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: In the first lockdown people could go for long walks and walk out in the countryside. The weather was good. The weather is so wet now with long evenings. The issue of people who use gymnasiums and hotel and private gym owners needs to be examined because they are safe places. Contacting tracing is in place, people are booked in and they are highly disinfected. They should be looked at...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: He certainly does not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It is a simple proposal. I agree with the Sinn Féin proposal. It is a pity to waste time voting here. Many Members want to get in.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: There are Questions on Promised Legislation. The Taoiseach does not listen to the Business Committee any week. Every week he does not listen to us.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Did I? No, I never-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: That is an insult to the Ceann Comhairle. He is an excellent chair of that committee at all times.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has too much jest.