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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Veterans Associations Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I refer to the supports offered towards the provision of services by certain organisations. I salute our serving soldiers, including those on peacekeeping missions, as well as members who have retired. The organisations to which I refer try to represent former members as best they can. The veterans gave gallant service under the Irish flag through the United Nations in the Congo and many...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Veterans Associations Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to acknowledge that the Department has provided €300,000 towards the funding of services offered by ONE and IUNVA to former members of the Defence Forces. I seek clarity and a guarantee that the funding will be ring fenced. I ask the Minister of State to provide further detail on the nature of the services that will be resourced from that allocation. Specifically, I ask him...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad that both the Taoiseach and Minister for Justice and Equality are here. The implementation of the general data protection regulation, GDPR, has gone stark raving mad. There are situations in Tipperary, in Clonmel town, Fethard, and many other towns which have funding approved for, or in some cases have, state-of-the-art for CCTV cameras. It is a very effective tool in protecting...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It was the chief superintendent.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Or Deputy Naughton, the Chair of the committee.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government is strong in its support for agri-industry. The Road Safety Authority, RSA needs be we reined in somewhat. I know of a contractor in west Tipperary who has been pulled in by the RSA and by An Garda Síochána twice and has been asked to have his trailer tested. He went to different test centres but the people there had never heard of such a test. He...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to contribute to the debate on this Bill. I commend Deputy John Curran on his work in advancing it. The Bill seeks to criminalise the purchase of a controlled drug from a child and to criminalise the act of causing a child to be in possession of a controlled drug for sale or supply. It is appalling to think that there are people of such brutality and lack of conscience who would...

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am sorry. I am commending the Bill.

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. We are not giving the gardaí the tools of the trade. Drug use is increasing but the fear of being caught is decreasing. That is my point. Deputy Curran is doing an excellent job. He knows much more about this problem. I served in the Dáil with him in 2007 when he spoke about issues in Dublin city. We did not know what he was talking about at the time....

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (11 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this issue this afternoon. As I understand it, and in line with its June conclusions, the European Council will return to the issue of climate change with the aim of finalising its guidance for the adoption and submission of the EU's long-term strategy and focusing in particular on the target of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. I ask the Minister of State for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: My question is on mental health services. We were delighted recently to hear the announcement from the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, that Jigsaw would be rolled out in Tipperary. Unfortunately, our delight has dissipated because we are now told that the main hub will be in Thurles, which we accept. Outreach centres were to be delivered in Clonmel and other areas but we are told now...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Most of those go to Belfast.

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to apologise on behalf of our colleague and good friend, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, who is absent through no fault of his own. I take this opportunity to declare that I am not a landlord and never have been. Unlike some of the previous speakers, especially the members of Solidarity-People Before Profit, I do not demonise every landlord. Are we going to drive all landlords out of...

OECD Report on SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland: Statements (10 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to share time with Deputy Michael Collins.

OECD Report on SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland: Statements (10 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this matter. SMEs are a critical part of our overall economy, as the Minister said. While corporation taxes and the high visibility of the multinationals get almost all of the attention, it is our SMEs that generate most of the work in this country. SMEs are particularly important for the labour market in Ireland, no more so than in the Minister's county of Monaghan....

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I support Deputy Naughten. I also am concerned that a particular insurance company would sell these policies. People are presenting at a hospital and they are not being covered. We have the same situation in South Tipperary General Hospital as that in Roscommon. It may be unintended but there are all kinds of issues around insurance. Surveys have shown that only 22% of people ever change...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State should check his facts as well.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government is rich in its support for agriculture and agroforestry. There are huge concerns among farm and forestry contractors and, indeed, many farmer-landowners, over the desperate delays in getting tree-felling licences. This is going on for too long and I believe there is a serial objector out there as well holding it all up. We need to change the legislation here. ...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Smoky Joe.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The business this week shall be as set out in the report of the Business Committee dated 5 December 2019. In relation to today's business, it is proposed that No. 14, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Universities Act 1997 (section 54(3)) (University Authorisation) Order 2019, back from committee; No. 15, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of...