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- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I wish them well but I will hold them to account.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I too am glad to speak this evening on the Cabinet posts. I want to sa chéad dul síos mo chomhghairdeas a ghabháil le gach éinne. I congratulate the new Cabinet and the new appointees from the Independent ranks and wish them and their families well. It is a big honour and an enjoyable day for them. It will also be a very difficult and challenging role. As regards...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I thought the Ceann Comhairle was going to stop me.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I hope that engagement will be there. The Taoiseach also promised us that there would be a sea change in the public and civil servants backing up the Government. That is vital because we have to change and adapt. I look forward to the new committee structures and the new debates. I look forward to the Government's losing votes. As a Member who introduced five Private Members' Bills in...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: The Bible indeed. 10 o’clock I will bring it home and frame it.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: We can have car-pooling.
- Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: The Deputy did not come to Clonmel to celebrate Labour's centenary.
- Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: You attacked the vulnerable.
- Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: You protected savings.
- Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: It kept them opposed for long enough.
- Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: Labour's way or Frankfurt's way.
- Business of Dáil (5 May 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I am hoarse, and I was not whispering either.
- Business of Dáil (27 Apr 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I am of the same opinion. I did not get it in my pigeonhole last night. Up to 9.30 p.m. I had not got it. I make the same point as others. This is such an important document and the issues are so important, but we have not had enough time to deal with it now. It is incumbent on us to have read it in order to be able to come into the House and make statements on it. As Independent...
- Business of Dáil (27 Apr 2016)
Mattie McGrath: They have to send it to Brussels.
- Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)
Mattie McGrath: Like others, I am devastated that €12 million could be taken away from a so-called ring-fenced budget that the House was told about many times. Like other Independents, I was involved in the talks with the Minister's good self. I thank him for that and for his engagement, but it beggars belief that he would allow this to happen. Are his eyes so much off the ball and is he so intent...
- EU-UK Relations: Statements (21 Apr 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I, too, am pleased to be able to speak on this important topic today although I do not intend to speak for too long. I listened to the Taoiseach's speech this morning as well as that of the Minister of State, Deputy Murphy. I am well aware, as are many of us, that this is a hugely important issue which could have huge implications for our trade. It is ultimately up to the electorate of...
- Insurance Costs: Statements (20 Apr 2016)
Mattie McGrath: It is important that we have this debate today while we have a strange vacuum in our Parliament and parliamentary business. Many people outside the House, especially businesspeople and those working trying to make a living, are dumbfounded at the delay in the formation of a Government. They are very disappointed that, after going out to vote, so many weeks on we still do not have a...
- Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)
Mattie McGrath: It is not my maiden speech-----
- Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)
Mattie McGrath: -----but I congratulate all those who made their maiden speeches tonight. We have to be serious here but the Minister's behaviour tonight, as per usual, was bullish and dogmatic. He promises everything and delivers nothing. The modular homes are proving that. Local authorities and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government have failed to build houses for the people....
- Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)
Mattie McGrath: Where is he gone?