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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: -----mistruths and lies.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil don Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this sad and desperate situation. An bhfuil aon Aire Stáit anseo?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I refuse to have it taken because this is a joke. No disrespect to the Minister of State but the Minister of State, Deputy Daly, should take this very serious issue for my county and its population given the tragic increase in mental health issues and suicide as a result-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: This just goes to show the interest the Government has in mental health and the people of Tipperary. It is an outrage. There are four Ministers of State and one Minister at the Department of Health and not one of them could be here to take this issue. Topical Issue matters are not selected easily and it is thanks to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle this has been selected. It beggars belief that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is bad enough to have the Minister of State come in and read out a reply but to read out untruths I will not accept. I have a reply to a parliamentary question from the head of procurement, Mr. Jim Curran, who confirmed to me that while the new design for a proposed upgrade is undergoing a review the tender process, the project cannot proceed because funding has yet to be confirmed under...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Déanfaidh mé mo dhícheall. The Government's 2040 plan for huge investment in Thurles town has been hailed. I am glad the Minister, Deputy Bruton, is here. I refer to a letter from Mr. Hugh Ryan that was sent to the Chairman and members of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government this morning about an illegal development being carried out on behalf of An...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: They are invisible. They are carrying on while the little people have to respect-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Tipperary is the wild west of planning. It is shameful that An Post is being allowed to move out to this location.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is continuing to renovate the new premises even though it has not secured planning. I have received a separate warning letter.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I have it here. I am handing it to the Taoiseach.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Does it not?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is paying for it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He who pays the piper calls the tune.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is a joke.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Of course.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It could be 100 times.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It could be 60 or 100 times.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The issue of rural crime and the devastating harm it does to the fabric of rural communities is still a matter of significant and ongoing concern. The anger was palpable at a packed meeting held recently in Toomevara, County Tipperary. People attending that meeting expressed their view that effectively nothing has changed in recent years. They still feel as vulnerable as ever and that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am nearly finished. Nóiméad amháin, más é do thoil é. Will the Taoiseach, therefore, prioritise a full and immediate reform of the system in order that the costs can be contained? More importantly, will he do that so the criminals who repeatedly terrorise rural communities do not feel as if they have a never-ending pot of legal resources to attack rural...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach's reply is quite frivolous. I never suggested there was not crime in Dublin. If we turn on the news any day of the week we can see how horrific the situation is in the city. Ordinary members of An Garda Síochána, however, will confirm that in Dublin they can get backup within minutes from another station or benefit from other resources. In Carrick-on-Suir, however,...