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- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Where is the Minister, Deputy Ross?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Where is he?
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: It is not hurling anyhow.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I too am thankful for the Minister's attempt to clarify the position but, as far as I am concerned, he did not provide any real clarification. I support Deputy O'Callaghan's amendment No. 6, which contains a nice mixture in terms of the members. I also want to salute and pay tribute to An Teachta Barrett. We often clashed in the Chamber in the past but he has given me good advice and I...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He will tell them that he wrote about it for 20 years, that he has been in government for two years but that he got two pieces of legislation passed in one week. He will say, "My God, I am some man". Clint Eastwood with his quick draw is only trotting after him. It is an indication of the abrogation of responsibility on the part of politicians that he is coercing the Minister to do all...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: On a point of order.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: He is kind of lost.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: No. The Road Traffic Bill is all he is talking about. The only journey that is taking place is whatever journey he has made with Sinn Féin, having cobbled this deal together. That is the only traffic that I can see. The traffic is all one way.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Deputy Barrett was always fair.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Not quite, I would say.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Not so sweet.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: And two for south Dublin.
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I, too, am glad to be able to contribute to the debate. I apologise that I could not get here last Thursday to speak. I lost the keys of my car. If I got locked out of the building, perhaps the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, would have been pleased. I noted, looking in every now and then, that he was accompanying the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I try to focus on it, but when there are outbursts from different parts of the building, it is important to note the fact on the record. There is no room for that in a parliamentary democracy. I think the Ceann Comhairle would be the first to agree with me. This Bill, as I have said, is the brainchild of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. It was very dear to him before he...
- Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: When it was a council of 11 he was very unhappy with its make-up, and we all were. I was certainly unhappy, and I said as much at the time. I said that we have other people watching us. Only last year, a report from the Group of States against Corruption, GRECO, a Council of Europe body, put further pressure on the Government to pass the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Committee of the Regions: Discussion (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: I apologise for having to leave to attend another meeting. I am delighted to welcome our guests - the president and his team - from the European Committee of the Regions. Cuirim fáilte ar leith roimh an gComhairleoir Ó Murchú; a very special welcome to Councillor Michael Murphy, who I know has been very active and, as leader of the group, very much to the fore in highlighting...
- Order of Business (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: No.
- Order of Business (22 May 2018)
Mattie McGrath: Not true.