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Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...or wrong - there is good and bad in every situation. In early June, the Government approved the drafting of the Bill, which is aimed at addressing the impact of recent judgments from the Court of Justice of the European Union, CJEU, which I have often commended and complimented. I said people had to go to Europe to get justice on many issues when they could not get justice in this...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: One of the core elements of supporting Ireland's policy of neutrality should be the wish for Ireland to be a peacemaker, a neutral mediator seeking international justice and a fair contributor to the humanitarian cause, as we always have been. This should always underpin Ireland's consistent and active participation in UN peacekeeping measures. If it does not, we run the risk of our sons,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...HIQA has the power to monitor Tusla but has no power of sanction. This is farcical. It can close down nursing homes overnight and everything else. The Alliance of Birth Mothers Campaigning for Justice is advocating for these children. The group has written to the Taoiseach. A letter was handed to him by a Fianna Fáil Deputy. The group has asked to meet the Taoiseach. He was...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...to speak broadly in support of this Bill. At the Business Committee and in subsequent communications, we agreed to progress this legislation as a matter of urgency. There is an old saying that justice delayed is justice denied. The Minister of State, as a practitioner of the law, understands the problems that arise from delays. There are many reasons for those delays. The backlogs in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (14 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the grants or supports that are available to clubs that engage with the probation service but require equipment for works being carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28918/22]

Defamation Act 2009 Review: Statements (11 May 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...untruths were published on a Sunday edition I did not want anything only the truth to be rectified and a donation for a local hospital by way of, when they accepted they were wrong, restorative justice. When I got the bill, the costs were paid for my lawyers. My barrister told me that defamation litigation is frightfully expensive. There was only a number of emails and a couple of...

Europe Day: Statements (10 May 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...did not even open the toolbox and look for money. What is going on with it at all? I appreciate many EU directives and people's recourse to the European courts when ours will not give any sense of justice. I am very sad, however. I am not celebrating Europe Day either. We are now ignoring conflicts all over the world. Christians are being slaughtered in different parts of the...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...salute him - made to tidy up the issue and to bring some sense of normality and fairness to the process. I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy James Browne, and the Minister for Justice may have attended an earlier session of the debate. I understand the Minister of State has some skin in the game, given he is a qualified barrister. I say "fair dues" to him in that...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...poorly named "golfgate", when there was a lot of media and it was a circus really, but that was a superficial war dance. There are a lot of serious issues and many families are very hurt by the justice system in this country, which has not served us well. The joint committee’s report set out ten recommendations in regard to the Bill. A number of changes have been made to the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (27 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...and emotive issue. There are 2,784 wards of court, with 18,504 minors involved in the wards of court system. There is a fund of €2.2 billion. We need urgent clarification from the Minister for Justice. There are families outside the gate today. One woman's husband is in his 80s, her adult son is paraplegic and they are down to €7 of the award they got a long time ago,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline all of the secondment arrangements within her Department; the conditions relating to such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19873/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (26 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sudden and unexplained deaths being referred to the coroners to date in 2022; if there has been a rise in the number of deaths being referred to the coroner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19498/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (5 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will provide an outline of the role of each. [18892/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I raise the issue of a Tipperary farmer with the Taoiseach. Mr. Thomas Kennedy has written to the Taoiseach, the Minister of Justice, An Garda Síochána, the land services regulatory authority and the Property Services Regulatory Authority to try to obtain justice. Mr. Kennedy bought and paid for land but believes a wrong has been committed and he has been wrongly imprisoned and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: How do we raise it? I have written to all the agencies and got no or little response. It has been very vague. This man needs justice.

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...so much of it. There was an excellent documentary on the Whiddy Island disaster on RTÉ. I criticise that body often. Those two young men lost their lives off Helvick Head and there was no justice or proper Garda investigation. It was a cover-up and a smokescreen. It is an appalling vista. We should all hang our heads in shame, especially the Department which continues the...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister has his work cut out for him. As he knows, this amending Bill is long overdue and there are huge issues. I will stick to the Department of Justice and the protected disclosures procedure within the Irish Prison Service. The Minister responded to a parliamentary question last week and I am aware that there are huge concerns regarding procedures within the Irish Prison Service....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 12 October 2021, the reason conflicting information was provided (details supplied) in the response; the steps she will take to ensure that the correct number of successful applicants is supplied to this Deputy; and if written confirmation will be provided detailing the successful...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an inquiry into alleged instances of bullying and intimidation across the Irish Prison Service; the supports she will put in place to support those who make protected disclosures and continue to feel intimidated and threatened as a result of making a protected disclosure; if she will meet with a number...