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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Animal Reproduction (20 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: 161. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been cross-departmental collaboration between his Department and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection with respect to proposed amendments or policy changes to the registration of births and birth certificates and the introduction of surrogacy services; if he will address concerns (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on the motion this evening which I support. I compliment my Fianna Fáil colleagues on tabling the motion. I got very worried when I read in the motion that there are concerns that the Health Service Executive is seeking to remove the delivery of Dublin's ambulance service from Dublin Fire Brigade and instead to merge the service with the National Ambulance Service....
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be back here this evening. I thank the officials and the Chair for allowing me to come back in. We have come to the Minister, Deputy Ross, numerous times on this Bill. Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom a rá, the reason we are back here is that the Bill was recommitted and the reason for that is the approach of the Minister. The Attorney General...
- Apology for Persons Convicted of Consensual Same-Sex Sexual Acts: Motion (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am happy to make a few brief remarks on this motion. I support the idea of a State apology for past wrongs committed in its name. The State has many things to apologise for. Perhaps the Taoiseach is trying to emulate the late Pope, St. John Paul the Great, who in 2000 made an international plea for forgiveness for the wrongs committed in the name of the church. It seems the State is...
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government contains a commitment to improving the provision of mental health services. Tipperary, the county I represent, does not have one mental health bed. When will the Taoiseach cry "halt"? What does it mean when Dr. John Hillery, a consultant psychiatrist and president of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, says that he has been forced to resign his role within...
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: That is a nakedly political comment.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Everything about the Taoiseach is spin.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Will the Taoiseach answer the question?
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He is only talking balderdash. All he sees in front of him are votes.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He will not speak.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I agree that we should have a debate on this appalling issue. We believe the House should have a wider debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the ongoing persecution of Christians and Muslim minorities. We seem to give-----
- Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: We should have a debate on that before the summer recess.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Assisted Suicide (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has reviewed or plans to review the prohibition of euthanasia, assisted dying and physician assisted suicide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26849/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Advanced Healthcare Directives (19 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the findings of the working group established to assist in the development of the code of practice on advanced healthcare directives; the membership of the working group; the number of times it has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26603/18]
- Incorrect Birth Registrations: Statements (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I thank Deputies Boyd Barrett and Barry for allowing me to speak before them as I have an appointment. I appreciate it. I am happy to make a few brief remarks on the issue of adoption. What has emerged in light of the illegalities and forced adoptions in this State is a scandal that cries to heaven for justice. The idea that young babies and children were forcibly removed from their...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government gives a commitment to increase accountability of State agencies. Quality and Qualifications Ireland, QQI, a State educational agency which deals with quality and qualifications issues, has consistently refused to engage with a company in my town of Clonmel. The Institute of Professional Training in Clonmel, which achieved provider status in 2013, having passed...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Who are they accountable to?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I have done so.