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Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I intend to introduce an amendment to this section on Report Stage. I propose to delete the word "any" from line 37 on page 19. The adjective "any" is not used to qualify travel costs or medical expenses as provided for in section 17(3)(a) and 17(3)(b), respectively.

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I will be putting forward an amendment on Report Stage to amend this section. It will propose to delete lines 27 to 33 on page 30 and insert a provision making an order to prohibit the DAHR facility from performing DAHR procedures for any period up to 12 months and that an operator of a DAHR facility will commit an offence if he or she fails in their obligations to comply with section 26 to...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Labour Party should abandon the word "Labour" from its title.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It should adopt the name "The Tories".

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I am just saying that the Labour Party should be ashamed of its name.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The party no longer deserves to be called the Labour Party. It has plundered and destroyed the name "Labour Party".

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State cannot find his social conscience.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Another quango.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Are employers and small business owners represented on the body?

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State has stopped listening to the people.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I am waiting.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Small businesses do not have time for all these roadshows.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to have time, for which I thank the Technical Group, to contribute to the debate on this Bill. According to the Government, its main purpose is to provide for the introduction of a new back to work family dividend, as announced in budget 2015, to help jobseekers with families and lone parents to return to work. "Back to work family dividend" are lovely words; I wonder who the...

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Are the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice and Equality aware of the serious human resources and staffing issues at Muintir na Tíre, which runs the community alert programme? This is a very important function given the rise in crime.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I am doing so.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I am asking when the Garda Síochána (policing authority and miscellaneous provisions) Bill will be brought forward. Second, will the Taoiseach and the Minister allow more time for a decent debate on the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015? A Bill with 172 sections cannot be debated, understood and dealt with by Members in the time allocated.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I am not scaremongering. We would need a whole range of extra staff just to help us deal with the amendments.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The legislation is being rushed through the House with indecent haste.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I am asking the Minister to do something about it.

Order of Business (4 Mar 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I will do so.