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Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: You quoted me high enough last year but we did not buy it.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am being taunted. I know where I stand, unlike the Members opposite. They do not have the courage to stand up in their party and tell the Taoiseach to either pee or get off the pot because they want someone new, some leadership and direction and to know what is happening.

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: While I do not wish the Taoiseach any ill will, I wish he would make a decision and take a definite position. If he wants to stay, I have no problem with that. If the sheep are back in the pen and will not take him on because the sheepdogs are minding him, he would be right to do so. As I stated, we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of the visions of Fatima. It is nearly easier to...

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am glad to be able to speak on this very important topic, which has many conundrums. I am also delighted that Mr. Michel Barnier will be in this Chamber tomorrow and I thank Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, as Chairman of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, for meeting him in February and inviting him here. It is very important that he comes here because he is a very important...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Of course I will. I understand that. I am meeting Donie Cassidy in the bar while I have my supper. I must get this man back on track because he is getting a bit out of hand going off after Dublin and abandoning rural Ireland. We need jobs in rural Ireland. We need development in rural Ireland. We need infrastructure in rural Ireland. We are not begging for anything. We are entitled to...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: You will not be able to find it if you keep going the way you are.

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am happy to speak on this motion tonight. I note that the motion recognises that transport and travel needs within the greater Dublin area are unsustainable - we heard that a long time ago - and that "congestion is increasing, transport emissions are growing, economic competitiveness is suffering and quality of life for commuters and inhabitants is declining". I had to look at...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: He did. He came to Kerry as well. It was very important that a lot of the officials were down with the Minister and understand. We need a spur road now to come from the N24 at Cahir, off the M8 motorway, right up to Limerick and we cannot have it all on the western corridor. We need investment. We have a proud population that can work. We have people with all kinds of skill sets who...

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is all about Dublin.

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: All about Dublin, every way we turn, not only in here but in the system. It has gobbled it up now. It has cannibalised itself. It is Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, Dublin, and who are we from outside in the country to complain? We hit the Naas junction for the-----

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Was not Deputy Troy's party in government?

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I did not interrupt Deputy Troy. The Deputy is entitled to put down his motion. I have no problem with that. That is his right. I am not supporting it. I am surprised at a man from the back end of Mullingar to be giving everything to Dublin.

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Why are they not tagged?

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: My colleague, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, raised the issue of the savage attack on that wonderful family in Tipperary. I wish to ask about the bail legislation and the proposals on tagging. These criminals - roving rogues and scurrilous scumbags - have to be tagged. I have seen an experiment done in England where there was tagging of badgers. It is amazing what can be done when there is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (10 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 197. To ask the Minister for Health the healthcare facilities that are providing access to diagnostic services for GMS patients in Munster; the reason some facilities have been approved to provide diagnostic services while other general practices that have the facilities to do so have not been approved to offer such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22254/17]

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, welcome the motion tonight from a Labour Party that has made a Damascene-like turnaround. It must be the first anniversary of being out of Government - it was just 12 months last week - that has caused this Damascene-like turnaround. We could not talk to the former Minister, Deputy Howlin, who was like the high priest, when he was the Minister for fiscal responsibility. However, I...

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Then the Labour Party got into bed with Fine Gael. What did it do? Persecute the ordinary people and put them into penury and here we are now thinking of selling off the bank. If this bank is sold, the money must go into infrastructure for rural and urban areas of Ireland and the ordinary people. What about the people in the courts in Clonmel, Nenagh and all over the country today who...

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: They were at the Business Committee last week.

Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is first.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (9 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: We will have to go to visit because it was said that it was daylight when they left the house after parties. I heard the programme too. Good Irish cultural music and heritage is important. I asked how many times the Cabinet committee on regional and rural affairs has met since the formation of the Government. I am disappointed to hear the Taoiseach say that it has met four times last...