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Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: -----and report me to the Committee on Procedure.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I might be a Teachta Dála from what used to be Thiobraid Árann and is now Tipperary, but people from my community use Dublin Airport sometimes. We sometimes use Shannon and Cork airports to fly in and out of the country. I must say I have always been treated very fairly by all the staff, including those at the boarding gates. However, there are serious issues. Dublin Airport is...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Of course it is, we cannot access it.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: There is no helipad.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Dr. Jimmy Sheehan, Dr. Finn Breathnach and Dr. Róisín Healy came in here in 2017 and they told the Government about the pitfalls of this disastrous site. They have requested again, through us, to appear before the Joint Committee on Health. I received a letter today refusing that request. There are none so blind as those who cannot see. The Government will not listen to people...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Government will be building it forever.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Government has not.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister is misleading the House.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, a new recruit. With the permission of the House, Deputy Cowen will ask a question at the end.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. I visited the site today with my colleagues and, as I said last week, there is a black hole in the ground. Nothing of any height is coming out of the 15 m depth yet, so spending €80 million on it so far is a lot of money. In December 2018, the Minister welcomed the announcement by the European Investment Bank, EIB, of its decision to provide a loan of €490 million to...

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: We do not.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Contract-----

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I want the truth.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I want the truth.

National Children's Hospital: Statements (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister did not listen to parents.

Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am speaking in support of this motion. While there has been some movement, it was pitiful to see the nurses, or angels of mercy, as I called them here last week, out on the picket line where they did not want to be. This matter is not all about pay. It is also about dignity, respect and safe conditions in the workplace. It is about having a reasonable modicum of support staff...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: With all the scandals concerning money for the children's hospital and all the waste on projects and the responses that have been given, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, have made a major attack on health shops with the imposition of the 23% VAT rate on health supplements, including vitamins, which many people need to keep them alive while they wait years and years...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach is in charge, not the Revenue.

Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group I express our sympathies on the deaths of former Teachtaí Dála, Brendan McGahon agus Seymour Crawford. I knew Seymour Crawford well. I knew of him before I came into this House because my late father-in-law, Nicholas, was a colleague of his in the IFA and the NFA and I had heard many stories regaling his exploits regarding farming...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It might.