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- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am sure the Minister is aware that this is national carers week. It is our annual opportunity to express our profound admiration for the work that carers provide day in, day out. I am sure the Minister will join me in that sentiment. In my county of Tipperary, 7,041 people provide regular unpaid personal help to a friend or family member with a long-term illness, health problem or...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: We have had enough consultation. It is obvious - the Minister himself admits it - that carers need support for the valuable work they do. The provision of care by children, however, surely cannot be acceptable, and I am worried about the Minister's comments in this regard. On a related matter, in December of last year, the Minister, Deputy Harris, in response to a prominent "Carers in...
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I did not say that.
- Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He could not get the information.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I would appreciate it if the Minister could address some of the issues being put to him next time he speaks, rather than just blaming us.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I delighted to be able to speak on amendment No. 22, which relates to drivers with an L plate. I am disappointed, however. The Minister had an opportunity last night - he was allowed ten minutes - to respond to some of our questions but he chose not to do so. Deputy Broughan intervened as well. We have asked many questions during the course of the debate, including on Committee Stage,...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle, I want to call for an adjournment as the Minister is out in the corridor and not in the Chamber.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He is out in the corridor.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It is disrespectful, a Cheann Comhairle, when some of us were here for the Parental Leave Bill.
- Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I too am thankful to the Minister of State for his comments. We must be mindful that EU directives do not crisscross, as he said. We will talk about that later. Regarding unpaid leave, I have a staff member who is after having her baby - successfully, thankfully - and who has now gone on to unpaid leave. There is no issue once there is a genuine understanding and a genuinely good...
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Vótáil.
- Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I move amendment No. 17: In page 3, to delete lines 31 and 32, and in page 4, to delete lines 1 to 14.
- Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak briefly on the motion this evening. As the Minister is aware, the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 was enacted following the Omagh bombing in August 1998. It amended earlier offences against the State legislation and contains provisions on the rules of evidence regarding the offence of membership of an unlawful organisation. As the report on the...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: We are all well aware about what has happened with the Sammon Group and Carillion Group in the UK, and the devastation this has caused to schools in places such as Kells, Bray and Wexford. Behind that story, there are families. One such family company is that of Bobby O'Farrell & Sons, established in Thurles in 1989, and dozens of other small companies, often family-owned, which...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Is the Construction Contracts Act effective? Is it enacted? Why are these people being left high and dry?
- Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Will the legislation be revisited?
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Where is the party?
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: That is sad.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: What about the homeless?
- Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It is the Leo show.