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Other Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 102. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns that South Tipperary General Hospital has been operating on the full capacity protocol for over 17 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27647/17]

Other Questions: Hospital Accommodation Provision (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: When will we see relief in terms of the provision of patient facilities? We were promised a mini-hotel by one of my colleagues. We were promised additional bed accommodation to try to alleviate the savage crisis that pertains in South Tipperary General Hospital, formerly and affectionately known as St. Joseph's in Clonmel. Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I too wish the Minister of State very well in her new position. I am disappointed to lose her from the position she was in because we had been working very hard on the fair deal scheme. Hopefully, the good work there will continue and the Minister of State will ask the new incumbent to do what she herself intended to do. I also wish the Minister, Deputy Coveney, well. I hope he makes a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: New Taoiseach, new times, new boss.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Different boss.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Surely you mean the red book.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 5. To ask the Taoiseach the engagements that he has had with the British Prime Minister following the recent Manchester Arena and London bridge terrorist incidents. [27549/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Official Engagements (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am delighted to meet the Taoiseach on his first questions here today. The Taoiseach told us about the ambience, furniture and he waxed lyrically about poetry and history. On the serious issue regarding the Manchester Arena attack and the London Bridge attack, did the Taoiseach raise any issues with the British Prime Minister regarding post-Brexit, the borders here and our control of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad the Taoiseach retained the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, in his post. The mobility allowance issue has been dragging along for three or four years. We were promised a review and the Minister of State has met the members of the Rural Independent Group and others on this. Families are suffering hugely as a result of this lousy cut. The Department of Public Expenditure...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: That is not good enough.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: They are not voting for the left.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to share time with Deputy Danny Healy-Rae.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Never mind Deputy Brassil. I am confused, a Cheann Comhairle. There was ruaile buaile here this morning to debate certain matters. Then the Business Committee was summoned and I missed other meetings because I gave an hour to the Business Committee. We agreed a motion for debate about appointments to the Court of Appeal. I then come in here to find it is a different motion altogether. I...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I was at it. We left it, agreed that Fianna Fáil would be given time to debate a motion about the-----

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, but I am confused. It is like a spinning top. They do not know whether they are on it or when to get off it. This is crazy. I do not know what it is up with them. I know they are sulking because they cannot get to appoint judges but this beats all. It is a pure mystery. What is the point in wasting Dáil time, wasting 30 minutes on the Order of Business, wasting an hour at the...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know what it is, uphill or downhill. They are running up the hill every week on the radio, saying, "We are going to call an election", and they go back down the same side again. If they keep running up all the time, they will fall down on everything.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is not a filibuster. They are the laughing matter, not me.

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is not the wrong speech. I never have speeches. The speech I wanted to make tonight is on an issue that they fought to make time for today, and on which we had a Business Committee meeting-----

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is making a farce of the Dáil and the Business Committee, nothing short of that. They complained they did not have enough time. They have too much time because they have become time wasters in the extreme. I will address the motion. Seán Lemass was mentioned and rightly so. We have benefited from the EU and from foreign direct investment. I am very proud Clonmel has...

Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 was enacted in the wake of the murder of 29 people by the real IRA in Omagh on 15 August that year. As the former Minister for Justice and Equality said, it was a necessary response to the atrocity and the loss of 29 innocent lives, including a pregnant woman. I have spoken in the past about this with the Minister in his previous role in...