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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I will give the Taoiseach the roster I was given. It has the facts and is from a member of the Garda Síochána who is afraid for his community and the people he wants to police. I am astonished with the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, because he has not engaged with the GRA or anybody else. The GRA stated the Government’s policing reform plan looks like it has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address concerns that Dublin City Council was involved in the payment of moneys relating to criminal activities at a social housing development in Dublin city; when his or a Minister of State's attention was drawn to this issue; the measures taken in response to ensure that such practices are not being carried out...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak to the motion and compliment its authors. I had better declare that I am an employer and can speak from that perspective also. As I said, I am happy to speak to the motion and salute Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. Some of the statistics mentioned in the motion are truly disturbing. There is no other way to describe them and I compliment Sinn Féin on...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: When I met the head of IDA Ireland in New York, he told me that himself. IDA Ireland cannot get them to move down the country; they want everything to be in Dublin. That is what the Government is driving. The motion proposes a living wage of €12.30. Considerable complexity remains in dealing with the issue. It is not simple and the last thing we want to do is to make the...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to be able to speak on the Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. I acknowledge the excellent briefing prepared by Ms Emily Heery and the Oireachtas Library and Research Service. The Bill seeks to maintain the provision of certain health benefits, including the European health insurance card, EHIC, to eligible residents of Northern Ireland and to make...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: No, never. Once bitten, twice shy. I was in the party all of my life since 2011.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: As I understand it, reimbursement of the necessary medical expenses to eligible residents of Northern Ireland is an exceptional provision which is being proposed by the Government in the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement. I welcome that. I never mention the agreement without mentioning a former Deputy, Minister of State and Senator, Professor Martin Mansergh, as well as Father Alec Reid,...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I will not send the Minister to The Hague.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am just saying that if it were wartime, they would be charged with war crimes. There is no war, thank God.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: What?

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am not charging him. I do not have the power to charge him, but if I had the power, I would.

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am making the point that in a war situation the Government or the Administration would be charged, because sleep deprivation is part and parcel of every struggle and war that ever went on. All kinds of things are done to keep people awake. People are lying beside vending machines in hospitals and traffic is passing by. People are all over the place and there is no room to pass by. The...

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Where will the Minister put them?

Health and Childcare Support (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The queues in hospitals are out the doors.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: People in rural Ireland, particularly the farming community, are very concerned about the date for the end of slurry spreading by farmers and contractors. It is impossible to do it within the time allowed. We have had a reasonably good summer in my part of the country, but in the west and in other areas, it has not been good. There has been an enormous amount of rainfall in recent weeks....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Attack the religious again.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: They are still doing it.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (15 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 660. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there has been a change in the funding arrangements or funding application process for Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42146/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Surveys (10 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 3 October 2019, the consultation process; and the location of the open town hall stakeholder event; the membership of the two expert working groups and liaison group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41465/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to have this opportunity to contribute again on budget 2020. I wish to quote from the opening remarks of the Taoiseach earlier because I thought we had gone to a parallel universe:One of the earliest recorded examples of economic strategising appears in the very first book of the Bible. Joseph, son of Jacob and Rachel, was able to predict the trajectory of Egypt's economy - a...