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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I asked at the start for the fraud squad to be brought in to investigate this and nothing less will get the answers. This is all a waste of time here.

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Tá ceist agam don Aire agus don Aire Stáit. I have a question for the Minister and Minister of State: who are you loyal to?

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I hope you do, but you do not understand the people and the anger out there about this mess, which affects 13,000 people who were brought to court to be prosecuted for not paying the licence fee. The content on RTÉ has deteriorated rapidly in the last ten years. I have been saying this at committees and to the Ministers who were in this position before. I support all of the staff,...

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is a Fianna Fáil Bill so.

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is Fianna Fáil.

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the debate on the Bill but I do not welcome the reactionary nature of what the Government is doing. It is the hallmark of the Government now that it reacts to everything. Ar an gcéad dul síos, I sympathise with each and every family affected by road fatalities, none more so than those that occurred last summer in Clonmel, Tiobraid Árann, when four young people...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We are currently seeing a significant decline in rural health services across Ireland. A recent survey by the Irish Independentshowed that more than 50% of GPs nationwide cannot accept new patients. The situation is worse in rural areas where two thirds of GPs are not taking on any new patients. Some patients have to wait up to three weeks for an appointment. In spite of our increased...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: There is something seriously wrong here. I am not blaming the doctors, but we need extra.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: On the same issue, this Bill is 700 pages long. The number of amendments is enormous and we are to push it through with so little time. It affects every man, woman and child, urban and rural, in the country. People are taobh amuigh and talking inniu from the Gaeltacht area protesting at the way they are being mistreated by the planning regulations. A lot of people had hope for this new...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: No.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The figures are there. They came from the Taoiseach's Minister and he should ask her about them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: What about the other years?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am talking about the overall numbers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It breaks the law.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Is it a crime or does it break the law to come in with no documentation?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Ask the Minister.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I would be delighted if the Taoiseach answered my question but he answered a totally different question. The figures I quoted were by the person sitting two seats away from him - the Minister for Justice - only last week, yet the Taoiseach said the figures are dropping. In 2021, despite ongoing restrictions, 2,082 individuals arrived without travel ID in Dublin Airport. In 2022, 4,968...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to highlight again the fact that the Government is not properly controlling immigration at Dublin Airport, and at all other entry points, which has grave negative consequences. Arriving at an Irish entry point without documentation breaks the law, and no one is being prosecuted. The Government is misleading the public by praising the benefits of immigration while allowing people...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if grant funding is available to support an organisation (details supplied) in Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6335/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (13 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grant funding is available to support an organisation (details supplied) in Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6337/24]