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Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (4 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: There was no notice.

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Two sets of families, one in Littleton, County Tipperary, and one in Offaly, are waiting today for a high official of Bord na Móna to tell them about their futures. The Minister was down last week in a blaze of glory to announce the feasibility study on solar panels, which we welcome. Surely, however, the workers in the Bord na Móna plants have given dedicated service and are...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Possibly, but this is happening as we speak. They are waiting for 2 p.m. and surely the Minister can make some comment on it.

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is linked to carbon tax policy.

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: On that point, I do not think the relevant Deputies expected that we would be dealing with this Bill at this point in time.

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Well done.

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on the Bill. Its purpose is to confer an explicit power on Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, to bring and prosecute summary proceedings for inland fishery offences. IFI is the State agency responsible for the protection, conservation, development and promotion of Ireland's inland fisheries and sea angling resources. It was established on 1 July 2010 - I was a member of...

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government commits to holding plebiscites in the former town and borough district council areas and if the people vote to have them reinstated at no cost they will be reinstated. They should never have been removed. The former Minister, Deputy Howlin, has admitted that it was one of the biggest mistakes the Government ever made. I do not hear him say much about it now....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 101. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the cost benefit analysis that has been performed by his Department for the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of accidents which took place on the M8 motorway south of Cahir town, County Tipperary caused by aquaplaning; and the extent of the works that were carried out to alleviate the issue. [20922/17]

Standing Order 27: Motion (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on this motion. The Committee on Procedure, chaired by the Ceann Comhairle and reflecting the membership of the Houses of the Oireachtas, of which I am a member, discussed this matter at its meeting in March. The committee recommended amending Standing Order 27 to provide for a prayer and a 30 second period of silent reflection at the start of business each day....

Standing Order 27: Motion (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It was agreed. Excuse me, it was agreed. How else did it come to the floor of the House if it was not agreed to? Of course it was agreed.

Standing Order 27: Motion (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am not inviting comments. It was agreed to by the committee. There was an abstention and a recording made of one group that was not happy with it. That is natural and fine. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and officials for facilitating the debate.

European Council Meeting: Statements (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach is leaving the Chamber as I speak but I want to compliment him for once. He is doing such a good job that he might not stand down at all. I note that on 29 April the European Council issued its guidelines following the United Kingdom's notification under Article 50 to withdraw from the Union. The guidelines rightly note that European integration has brought peace to Europe...

European Council Meeting: Statements (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: In this case we will have nothing to eat. We will be choked with food because we cannot export our agricultural produce. I do not like this language. The statement also says, "Brexit may cause disruption to a lesser extent in other member states". The arrogance of that. Are they sleepwalking? What planet are these geniuses on? The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy...

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Ask the Minister why. He saw it.

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: For managers only.

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: In the programme for Government, fitting mention was given, and has been given again today, to the improvement of health facilities. In South Tipperary General Hospital in Clonmel, the situation is chronic. We now find that two operations, St. Patrick's in Cashel, a step-down facility, and the Sacred Heart unit in Dungarvan Community Hospital, which takes patients for step-down care, are...

Order of Business (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Too many managers.