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Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Mine were related to the Bill.

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak to the Bill. To be fair to the Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, he met a delegation from County Tipperary today to discuss mental health issues. He is doing his best and I acknowledge his bona fides. It is a pity that he is not the senior Minister. The Bill amends the five health professional regulatory Acts, in particular, in the areas of fitness to practise and...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is the same Government. Does the Minister of State not remember he was there before?

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: My God, it is.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The blueshirts are still here.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is the same Government, it might as well be.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He is denying who he is now.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He is not ignoring us.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Keep away from that. It has gone awful for them.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Different authorities.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: We will be waiting.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am sharing time with Deputies Michael Healy-Rae and Michael Collins. In his remarks on this issue in January, the Minister of State said the following: "A Programme for a Partnership Government includes a commitment to consider directly elected mayors in cities as part of a broader range of local government reforms." My colleagues and I in the Rural Independent Group looked for that...

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He fled the country then.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He fled Ireland then.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: That is right.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: A sop.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is a farce, that is why.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Direct Election of Mayor Plebiscite Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He is goading us.

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. Given the seriousness of the issue it is absolutely vital that we support any effort, wherever it comes from, to throw an effective spotlight on this matter. This is such a crisis that the official record shows that 10,000 people are homeless, more than 3,000 of whom are children. I refer to the ongoing scandal of the national children's...