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- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I heard mention earlier of the €1.7 billion in funding for the Garda. Clonmel, County Tipperary, has one of the smallest contingents of gardaí in the country. The contingent is less than half the size of that in Kilkenny. Clonmel is a big town under the guidance of Superintendent Willie Leahy. Extra officers are needed. There is also a severe shortage of cars. I do not know...
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I hope so.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I am.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: As far back as May 2017, this House voted to accept the motion that I and my colleagues in the Rural Independent Group brought forward, outlining the reforms needed to happen as regards the nursing home support scheme called fair deal. I thank Maura Canning from the IFA for all the support she gave us at that time and since then. Since then we have had numerous commitments from the Minister...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: It is not a fair deal.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Fair deal is a lovely name but it should be called unfair deal. It is daylight robbery of families and it is totally and inherently unfair. The Taoiseach said the heads of the Bill will be brought to Cabinet in June. How long more will it take after that? Will we be out knocking on doors and will the Taoiseach's Government be gone, with the unfairness and the discrimination against rural,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: We will not delay it.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: It is a supply chain here.
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, the Minister attacked us in his opening speech.
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I am not into that either.
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I can handle the Minister no problem.
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: The people will handle the Government.
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: It is slavery.
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: Deputy D'Arcy knows it all. The salmon of knowledge.
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: What about the national children’s hospital, the national broadband plan and the legacy of corruption?
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: My goodness. I never saw the like of this in my life. The failure and inaction of the Ministers present is appalling. We write our own speeches. We are not reading scripts churned out by the Government's spin machine, which we have every day of the week.
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I do not accept any of the ridiculous and personal criticism they have levelled at us. We represent the people and we are here to do so without interruption if I can.
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: I acknowledge all those who spoke this evening in support of the motion. Where are all the Minister and Minister of State's backbenchers? Where are the Labour Party Members and the Sinn Féin Members? There are only a few of us in the Chamber and people are suffering distress and trauma. That is the way the Government has it. The Ministers' colleagues are all licking their wounds...
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: No one was prosecuted.
- Vulture Funds: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2019)
Mattie McGrath: That is because he is giving the lecture. If he says he is right and knows it all, he is complicit in it.