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- Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State is well able to. Forget the mobile.
- Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I thank everybody who has contributed to the debate, as well as the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and other Acting Chairmen. I also thank Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, my other colleagues in the Rural Independent Alliance and the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, for the discussions last weekend to try to reach an agreed solution, and I thank the Chief Whip, Deputy Regina Doherty, for accepting the...
- Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: The Minister also mentioned customer focus and the Kerr group.
- Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I have only two questions. Will the Government give a commitment that its contracts for procurement will include a social as well an economic element in the future? That is vital. We saw what happened with the driving licence system. It was farmed out and made so prohibitive that the post offices could not tender for it. John Daly, director of retail operations in An Post, told an...
- Post Office Network: Motion [Private Members] (16 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I move:“That Dáil Éireann: recognises that:— post offices serve a vital social and economic role in their communities; — there is a very specific commitment in the Programme for a Partnership Government to protect the postal network; — rural and small urban post offices, which are mostly run by independent postmasters, have had their income and footfall...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (16 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: What about Tipperary? Where Tipperary leads, Ireland follows - Semple Stadium.
- Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I compliment Deputy Browne on putting forward this motion in spite of criticism from some people who have the answers to everything. It is good that we have debated this issue three times since this Government was formed because it is a huge one. I invite the Minister of State to attend Mount Sion in Tipperary. Like the place Deputy Healy-Rae mentioned in Killarney, it is a lovely home,...
- European Defence Agency: Motion (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this motion regarding Ireland’s participation in European Defence Agency projects. There is no doubt that Europe and, indeed, this country are under increased threats from the rise of militant Islamic organisations and groups organising cyber-crime attacks. To that extent, we need to consider practical ways to increase co-operation among member states without...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: It is a pity the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, is imithe. Paragraph 7 on page 47 of the programme for Government contains a commitment to improving the lives of people with disabilities. It is very sad that the previous Government cut the mobility allowance for people with disabilities to convert their cars and that it still has not been reinstated. It is vital for all people...
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: He is not here.
- Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I would say they are all in Mayo.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: Sadly.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: Will it be possible to land a helicopter there?
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: In what decade?
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: We will deal with that another day.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: They do not run any more. They are stopped in the station.
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: The Ceann Comhairle stopped my train. However, I also welcome our visitors. We all realise the importance of this project but there is another serious issue developing in the decision to relocate the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital to the new maternity hospital to be co-located at St. James's Hospital. The Minister confirmed to the Dáil only last week that the new...
- Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: It is a very strange situation. If the new national children's hospital were located at the Connolly site, as has been sought by the vast majority of parents of sick children, there would be access to the Rotunda for maternity services. It is crazy. There cannot be a hospital for sick children without having access to or co-location with a maternity hospital. Many of us know that and I...
- Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I wish to raise several important matters related to the construction of, and the ongoing construction costs associated with, the national children's hospital. As the Taoiseach knows, the construction of the hospital is a key part of the programme for Government, which we all support, and is something we all recognise as vitally important. What we fundamentally disagree with is the...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Nov 2016)
Mattie McGrath: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) is now paying almost double the amount of tax that they were paying before their spouse's death; his views on whether the living alone allowance does not adequately compensate for the loss of a second income; if the tax credits for widows and widowers will be reviewed to ensure that they are not charged more tax on...