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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: You want to get rid of them.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 5 February 2019, the details of the findings that allow him to assert that the RSE provided in schools coupled with education provided at home by parents is associated with the best outcomes for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8899/19]

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2019: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Was it not?

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2019: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I believe it was all very relevant.

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2019: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I believe it is very relevant.

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2019: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to speak to the motion on the Further Revised Estimates for public services 2019. Quite simply, some of the revised figures are astonishing. I note, in particular, the health Estimates. In 2015 the health budget was €13.2 billion; in 2016 it was €14 billion; in 2017, €14.8 billion; and in 2018, €16,051 billion, while this year it is €16.953...

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2019: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He was goading the Opposition, on which the Government is depending on for the confidence and supply agreement. Does he have any respect for Teachtaí Dála who are duly elected? To be fair to him, he is not normally like that. I knew his predecessor, an Teachta Sheehan, who was a grand old man. Deputy Jim Daly is reasonable and I believe he is making efforts to deal with the...

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2019: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: No, bhí me ann.

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2019: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am not being personal.

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2019: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am just saying that after 25 or 30 days when he came in with a programme for Government, he slapped it down in front of us and said, "Read that. You have three hours to come up with a decision. Back us or else." Unfortunately, some people did back them, but it will prove to be expensive because it is not possible to write a blank cheque for anyone. However, that is what happened. ...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State should keep talking; he might become the Minister.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste says that Deputy Harris has a tough job. I will tell the Minister what I believe is a tough job. A tough job is that of a mother or a father, a parent, waiting a year and a half for a simple operation while their child's spine twists and turns. Another tough job is that of the women and families who have been so desperately affected by the cervical smear scandal. There...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It already went out the window.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: They are being closed down.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He ran away with himself.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I wrote to the Taoiseach on 19 January about a very distressing television advertisement sponsored by the Road Safety Authority. I sympathise with the loved ones of anyone who has died or anyone who has been injured in a road accident, but several families are very annoyed about the advertisement. Thousands have signed petitions to try to have it removed. In fairness, the Taoiseach has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Is that all the Taoiseach can do?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is a quango.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (20 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason an embassy (details supplied) sponsored an event at which persons were not permitted to attend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8546/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Acting Chairman was talking about Question No. 91.