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Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I watched as a few minutes elapsed. I also want to speak about the Alpha One Foundation and how concerned and worried it is. It is a travesty that the Government would not continue negotiations. I compliment Senator Marc MacSharry who brought in some unfortunate families, family members and mothers of children suffering from cystic fibrosis. One powerful young woman testified that she...

Minerals Development Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I agree.

Minerals Development Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. I was watching the debate on the screen when the Acting Chairman was speaking and thought I had better brostaigh isteach.

Minerals Development Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Ná habair é. I welcome this Bill. It is a very long time since we had such legislation before the House. It is important legislation but, like everything, we should make haste slowly and not rush it. The background to this Bill is that the previous Acts date from 1940 to 1999 and include the provisions for regulating mineral prospecting and development and a statutory vesting...

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I have no truck or issue with the Deputy on Tesco and big companies of that sort. I have no time for them and what they do. I am talking about small employers and the fledgling employers Enterprise Ireland supports to help the economy recover. Unions have a vital role to play but membership should not be compulsory. I would want very clear guarantees that the rights of non-union members...

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Bill is entitled "an Act [...] to allow Trade Unions access to their members in the workplace for purposes related to the employment of its members or for purposes related to the Union’s business or both". The Bill provides for a representative of a union to obtain consent to enter a workplace, places conditions on access to workplaces and provides for members to have time off...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I want to raise an important issue. The programme for Government contains a commitment to using the credit unions and allowing them to help in the housing crisis and other areas. At the moment, the Central Bank seems to be bullying credit unions. Our one in Clonmel, of which I am a member, is being forced to merge with Charleville. There is a song about Charleville but the people in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if the contract for the construction of the proposed national children's hospital at St James's Hospital, Dublin has been awarded; the name of the company that the contract has been awarded to; the estimated cost of the contract; if that contract has been officially signed off on by the Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8876/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Location (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide all peer-reviewed evidence to support locating the national children's hospital at the St James’s Hospital site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8877/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the HSE universal newborn hearing screening programme; if the programme is available for newborn children in every county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8881/17]

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: As is mise.

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is an expanding party.

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of order-----

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is an expanding party as my colleague, Deputy Pat Casey knows, and the members of the party need more time.

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: What about Deputy Stephen Donnelly?

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I commend and compliment Fianna Fáil for bringing forward the Bill. It is very important. Every day of the week, we see ordinary businesses that help in the local communities. They want to assist and might have family members going to a particular school or have long been associated with a school. It is very important when the tendering process is going on that we give them a chance...

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: He has said I am alright for one minute. I am just making the point. We need to re-evaluate this year. We have big contracts here. The French are very creative. They divide them up into small segments and they get under these EU rules. We need to take off the blinkers. It is not all wonderful in Europe. We should show them we care about our local businesses. They pay their rates and...

National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I salute the work of an Teachta Brophy in introducing this Bill. As he said on First Stage, this "small, compact Bill [proposes that we] should have a national day marked in the calendar to commemorate the greatest tragedy that has ever befallen the country". The Deputy is proposing to designate the second Sunday in May gach bliain as the annual Famine commemoration day. The Great Hunger...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: My colleague, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, and many other Deputies raised the delays in GLAS payments in the House a few weeks ago. Huge fines, penalties and levies are imposed on people who cannot pay their taxes. It was not good enough for the Minister, Deputy Creed, to say in this week's Irish Farmers Journalthat these delays have been caused by technical hitches. He told Deputy Healy-Rae a...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: We cannot find them.