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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am getting there.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: No. I welcome the current trade of approximately €8 billion between Ireland and China.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: That is great, but milk is not a big part of it. I think the milk could be gone sour by the time it gets out there.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Who said one time that we would choke England with butter and drown it with milk? I think it was a Fine Gael Minister for Agriculture years ago. He was one of the Blueshirts. I think it was Risteárd from Tipperary, but I cannot think of his full name now. The Ceann Comhairle might be able to give his second name. It was before my time, but it will come back to me. Everyone knows...

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Did I?

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Do you know what I mean?

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Good man.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Just as well.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: He is tweeting there as part of the leadership election campaign. He is seeing how many votes have changed or switched for his master. I can see him on the phone. He is not listening to me anyway. They do not listen. That is the problem. They paid the price for not listening to the people during their five-year term before the formation of this Government. I have referred to the...

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: If the Ceann Comhairle is referring to Fianna Fáil as home, I often fleetingly go in and out of it but I always maintain that it was a case of them leaving me rather than me leaving them. When they are ready to come back to my standards for the Fianna Fáil Party, of which my father was a founding member, I will be ready, willing and able to take up the cudgels. Having said that, I...

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I know the Ceann Comhairle is independent now but in his previous incarnation, we were good friends. I hope that we will stay friends and, in that vein, I will not keep the Ceann Comhairle here too long tonight. We are discussing the Asian Investment Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017. One could nearly make a mistake, given what Fine Gael did yesterday, through the Minister for...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I support this Bill, as I do with anything that tries to facilitate or help accommodate companies. That is welcome and needed. I do not buy into the mantra that we saw with the previous debate with the attack on investments in nursing homes and the tax breaks in that area. We must have incentives to attract these companies. The Minister knows how hard it is to attract companies,...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I did not interrupt the Deputy.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: That is fine. I know Deputy Bríd Smith has had a fit of laughter tonight but I do not know at what she is laughing. I said in the previous debate that we can hire a minibus for the Deputies to show them rural Ireland and what it is about.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am doing so. We will show them what rural Ireland is about and the difference made to a town and its society by a small factory brought there by foreign direct investment. It makes a difference to job creation and work experience for young students. There is also investment in the community, along with rates and tax paid by workers. It is not always about the "double Irish" or us being...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: -----and who I wish well-----

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: -----to continue this work. I ask the Minister of State to implement what she said she would do this evening. Words are cheap. I am not dismissing her genuine words but we need provision for this in the Estimates and in the budget, and we need action on this. She mentioned that such legislation would be difficult and complex. We need provision for this in legislation. I know it takes a...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Acting Chairman for his forbearance in changing time slots, etc. I am delighted to be able to bring this evening's important debate to a conclusion. I acknowledge the presence of our guests from the various farming organisations. We have received support from members of Nursing Homes Ireland, who are keenly aware of the vital importance of reforming the nursing home support...

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: We should have a rotating Leas-Ceann Comhairle.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: No interest in rural people.