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Defence Forces: Motions (3 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: One speaker please, Tánaiste.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Today, there is a group up from the Clonmel and District Wheelchair Society, led by volunteer driver Philip Meaney, some of whom are wheelchair users. I thank the staff of Leinster House, including the ushers, for being so helpful, as they always are but especially to these wheelchair users. The mobility allowance was cut ten or 11 years ago and has nearly gone off the agenda, and it was...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for her forbearance. I was at a committee meeting with representatives of RTÉ. Curim buíochas agus comhghairdeas leis an Sinn Féin Party for bringing forward this important Bill. It is time sensitive because students have just finished the college year and are looking forward to their summer break before returning in the autumn. The...

Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Mr. Bakhurst spoke about the orchestra. I like the orchestra as well. Mr. Bakhurst says the mood music is nice but the mood music from the emails I have received is that a lot of it is very out-of-step and out-of-tune. I welcome the witnesses. There are some old faces and some new faces. Anything I say here is not directed at anyone personally but I have lost all faith in RTÉ. Mr....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Is there? I thank the Senator and I know his role here is to court RTÉ and get on every second programme that is on it but that is his own business.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Senator Dooley is not bad at it either, but look-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: If I could please continue.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I have asked the question.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: That is why this committee and this whole process has such a low basis and the public looking in can see what is going on. They see the charade of the political parties coming in here, asking phoney questions and receiving soft answers and then they will be looked after.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: No, no.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Of course there was, I was here for some of it and I did not interrupt anyone or comment on it.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: There has been by some but I am just saying-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: -----we have got nowhere since we started this at the exit of Ms Dee Forbes and the whole implosion and what happened at RTÉ. The workers who I meet the many times I am out there, and Ms McCarthy who I met over the years and she was very good to me when I arrived here first, and the workers I still meet in make-up are ordinary people who are doing their best and an honest day's work for...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I do, yes please, but I am trying to emphasise that I have absolutely no faith in what we are at here, what we have been at and the big hullabaloo tomorrow launching the report and we will all go off for our summer holidays and RTÉ will go on their merry way because they are untouchable. They have proved to be untouchable. Nobody can have that much money owed in tax and still operate...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I thank Mr. Fives for that curt answer which may be true but no one else has that luxury that DSP would allow it. Nobody else does and the social welfare payments would be stopped for an ordinary person who is on unemployment benefit. This is the problem and they do not get it. As Mr. Bakhurst mentioned public accounts, I think it was in 2019 all this evidence was presented to the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I identified the people where the buck stops. Secretaries General of Departments were made aware of this in 2019. It might have been a different at the time, but their role is to run the organisations that are under them. They come down on people and cut off their social welfare if they are defrauding, and rightly so. We all deal with cases every day of the week where there are social...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am not sure how much time I have, but I have a final question. What would be the problem with having a lovely big auction of the sacred cow, Montrose, and relocating and using the money to restructure RTÉ instead of putting the begging bowl out to the unfortunate taxpayers?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It sounds very simplistic to me anyway.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know how factual it is with the property values in that part of Dublin.