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Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am tempted to reply to that.

Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I have known Deputy Broughan for a long time and I would never try to stifle him in a debate on serious issues. We did not set out to upset anyone but only to represent our constituents. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I do not see many here to speak on it and do not know what difference it would have made if we had debated it last night. This Bill is complex, like so...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I refer to the Rebuilding Ireland programme. I am glad that the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government is in the House. The Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is not working. My colleagues in the Rural Independents group and many other Deputies know of cases of people who had no problem in receiving refusals from the banks, either by telephone or email, but when they apply to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am referring to people on modest incomes who have some savings and want to house themselves. They are not expecting the Government to provide them with housing. They are honest, hard working and on modest incomes, but there is utter confusion between the county councils and the Department. Someone needs to provide clarity and the county councils need to be on the same page as the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It is popular, but it is not working.

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: They are not getting access to it.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I was prompted to think he may have been asleep. I did not believe he was sleeping. Can the Minister say why we did that? There was a scandal with toll bridges-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: We should be.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The NDLS is under the Minister's Department and I ask that he look at those appalling vistas, if the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will let me continue. That is the relevance of it. He could deal with that instead of this Bill.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Repeated complaints about the appalling level of customer service being delivered to the motorists were commonplace. We eventually got signs put up on the road, not on the main road but on the by-road heading into the state. I saw one yesterday morning thrown in a ditch with a stone keeping it standing. That is the way the signs are being operated. I am sorry I did not take a picture of...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I will not have these comments. I am entitled to the protection of the Chair.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am entitled to the protection of the Chair. All I want is silence. I am being distracted.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It is very funny. Laugh at the people of rural Ireland.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy O'Brien is always distracted.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: They are always distracted. I do not know how the then Minister kept a straight face-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know how the-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: They have a choice to save the people of rural Ireland or to destroy them. It is up to themselves.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I will not tell anyone how to vote.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Getting back to the cost-effective service, the reality has been the complete opposite with regard to the NDLS and driving licences. The reality has been the complete opposite. We have the ridiculous scenario where SGS Ireland has the contract for the front office interface, Abtram for the back office processing and another company, Credit Card Systems, CCS, for the plastic card licence. I...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Good man. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is good on the Passport Office. I know that and fair dues to him.