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Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister may give a brief response and then we will move on to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae.

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Tá an t-am críochnaithe. I call Deputy Pringle, and Deputy Barry will be after him.

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister can just give a brief reply, as the time has lapsed.

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. Is é an chéad ghrúpa eile ná Solidarity-People Before Profit. An bhfuil an Teachta Barry nó an Teachta Paul Murphy anseo? I move to the Regional Group. Are Deputies Fitzpatrick and Berry sharing?

Opening of Schools and Calculated Grades: Statements (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Okay. I thank the Deputy.

Adjournment of Dáil: Motion (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The self-employed musicians and people at home will not like the cheerleaders tonight. If they had guitars, they could play them. They should be ashamed of themselves. They are like "The Lonesome Boatman" on the fiddle. That is what they are. I too believe that after what happened here tonight, when we gave the vultures more powers, abandoned the self-employed, the pensioners, people...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I remind the Tánaiste that he is depending on a small party who were in opposition recently to stay in government. He has 11 of that party now - one gone and more to go. That is the way it is now, sadly. We take no lecturing from the Tánaiste about that. There was a convention that worked well in the previous Dáil. We have had 32...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: This proposal is beneath the Tánaiste.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It is shocking.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It is.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I believe this is a very reasonable proposal. It does not deny anyone speaking rights, but it is just about the sequence and where it comes in and where it goes out. Deputy Griffin accused some people here of spreading lies. I ask you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, to make him withdraw the word "lie". We have the heavy boot boys back again in Fine Gael. We had them between 1973 and 1977. Are...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: We are not being respected by Government.

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister ran out of time earlier, whether deliberately or not, before addressing the most important parts of the Bill. She admitted that she was not going to listen to anyone here and was going to force through all sections of the Bill. I support this amendment because the insertion of a sunset clause is vital especially when it is dubious how the sections that deal with hearsay...

Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I wish the Minister well in her new post. I believe this is the first time I have addressed her in this role. I know she has a hard job to sort out. I have previously raised many issues about what is going on in the Prison Officers Association, which is totally unsavoury and needs to be sorted out. There is the issue of justice for the families of victims of the Omagh bomb. They were...

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I will be brief. I am supporting this amendment. The Minister knows my views on this issue as I made them clear on an earlier Stage. There are good landlords and good tenants, and that is the majority of people. Then there are some rogue landlords and some tenants with whom people have major issues. They have used the Covid-19 situation to help themselves as well. I believe, however,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus leis an Teachta O'Connor. Before we finish, I would like to thank the Minister and all the Ministers. I thank Mr. Peter Finnegan and his diligent staff. I thank all the Deputies and their staff as well. Moving down here to the new surroundings of the Convention Centre has been a trying time. Having said that, I thank our ushers, our gardaí and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Traffic Management (30 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: And so say all of us.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply (29 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am disappointed that the Minister of State has not given a cast-iron guarantee that all avenues will be explored, given that he is a member of the Green Party. I will repeat that we are not anti-Dublin or anti-development but almost every town and village in my county is at capacity with regard to waste water treatment, although some of the major towns are okay. Many have water shortages...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply (29 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle agus na daoine atá ag obair ina oifig for facilitating the selection of this Topical Issue matter. We do not want to see another children's hospital saga. We in Tipperary are proud people and we are not anti-Dublin, but we think this project is daft. I thank Liam Minihan of Fight the Pipe campaign and I...

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, support this very important legislation and I compliment the Regional Group on bringing it forward. The Minister has left and I cannot see which Minister of State is here, but it is important that we deal with this issue for many reasons. Many other countries have legislation in this area and have brought successful prosecutions. However, it seems to be a free-for-all here. I...