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Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I wish the Acting Chairman, Members and an tAire a happy new year.

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I may meet the Minister during his next visit to Tipperary. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Bill which will amend the legislation on tobacco in order that we might comply with the judgment handed down by the European Court of Justice in respect of minimum and maximum pricing. I compliment the Minister on his contribution and stated intention to use our...

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: We must change the culture which obtains, particularly among young people. It is completely distasteful that, as various investigations have indicated, in developing countries children as young as seven and eight years of age are being targeted by tobacco companies. Tobacco is a drug on which people can become hooked. Targeting those aged seven or eight years flies in the face of all...

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I understand from the Tánaiste's answer to Deputy Micheál Martin that the Cabinet had information on the meat scare. Food production is of great importance to the economy and Harvest 2020. What efforts will the Government make to ensure traceability of the most minute ingredients in the food supply chain? We saw what happened some years ago with a previous scare and know the...

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I hope there will be legislation to deal with this issue.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will not scaremonger on the issue.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: Morale is seriously low in An Garda Síochána. Will the Tánaiste speak to the Garda Commissioner about this because the real story is not getting to the top echelons or across to the Minister for Justice and Equality?

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Minister-----

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I will put it to the Tánaiste.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I did not hear what the Deputy said.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I express sympathy to the victims of all these crimes and wonder if these crimes would have occurred if the victims' savings had been safe in the banks or credit unions. People's money, however, is not safe anywhere with the Tánaiste's policies. I ask the Tánaiste and the Government to consider launching a public information and awareness campaign on security and on the matter, as...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I acknowledge the Tánaiste's praise for Muintir Na Tíre. As a former member of its board, I am aware it has 1,300 Community Alert groups throughout the country. I am a member since 1986. I support An Garda Síochána, but it cannot work without the tools of the trade. The Tánaiste referred to Operation Fiacla. The Garda must have gone to the dentist and lost all its...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I wish the Ceann Comhairle a happy new year. I hope we will have good interaction while I am in this position.

Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I want to raise an issue of great importance to the public, both rural and urban. I sympathise with all the victims of crime in recent times. We are dealing with gangland crime in the cities and it featured in my town quite recently. In recent weeks, especially, there have been attacks on elderly people and families in rural and urban areas. I do not blame the Tánaiste for the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Rebate Scheme (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the auto-diesel relief for licensed road hauliers measures introduced in Budget 2013 to all passenger transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1733/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Application Numbers (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students currently waiting for their applications for a higher education grant to be finalised throughout the country; the number of students from County Tipperary currently waiting for their applications for a higher education grant to be finalised; if Student Universal Support Ireland has given his office an explanation as to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Renewals (16 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person who has to renew their driving licence now before the introduction of the new driving licence on 19 January 2013 is being charged the new charge of €55 when they will not receive the new licence; the reason a person who is aged over 60 will be charged the full €55 for a ten year licence despite the fact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the guests and thank them for their offerings and wise words. Some witnesses who appeared before the committee on previous days referred to the C case, which dates from 1996 or 1997 and which involved a young girl who was taken into care by the authorities and was brought to Britain for an abortion, allegedly because she was suicidal. Is Dr. Ó Domhnaill in possession of any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their enlightened contributions. I refer to the document from the Irish Catholic Bishops Conference, which states: The recent decision by Government to introduce legislation, with regulations, in line with the judgment of the Supreme Court in the X case has brought the future of this highly effective two-patient approach in to serious doubt. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (9 Jan 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I also welcome the guests and thank them for their contributions. Is the basic proposition not that there is a separation of powers in the Constitution that does not allow the Supreme Court to direct the Oireachtas to legislate on any topic in a given manner and, thus, the Oireachtas can consider new medical evidence, and current medical thinking and disagree with the X case judgment? Does...