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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am sorry I missed some of the session. I had a meeting I could not avoid with a group. I welcome the Minister. I was here for her opening address. I am very circumspect about the whole situation. The public is aghast. I sympathise totally with the very good workers in RTÉ - hundreds of them are doing their best all the time. This is a shocking scandal and we cannot question the...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am not asking the Minister about that. As I said, there has been ongoing and persistent discrimination against female people who work in RTÉ. One took a court case which cost €1.4 million. This did not cost RTÉ but cost the taxpayer, as I pointed out at the time. I would like to speak about the extent of the baked and naked fraud which has gone on with respect of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am not waiting for any report because I want to-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We knew in 2007 about the height of the salaries scandal which was going on there, ever since the time of a Government that included the Minister’s party as a partner. I was on the Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources at the time and we knew, as did the dogs on the street. I am asking now who is keeping account of the financial cost of the two pretty big...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister but I have no faith in these independents. They are not independent because this is too small a place. We needed somebody from outside of Ireland to come in to see what is happening here.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I hope they are in the majority. We need outside personnel who are fully away from anybody in this country because it is too small a place. You scratch my back and I will scratch-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Ceann amháin.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: They may have but I have no faith in it because it should be a total departure from the financial houses we have here. They have done reports for other companies-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I certainly hope not.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know who they are. I wish them well. I mean no disrespect to them but we need people from outside who are not connected with media in this country and have nothing to do with it. One person on this committee is not going to do it. I am opposed to giving a shilling or a euro until such time as we have decency, transparency and answers, and not the dumping which RTÉ did on top...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the position regarding local authority and Croí Cónaithe grant applicants drawdown where the local authority legal fees are in excess of €550; which party has the responsibility to pay the excess cost; if responsibility lies with the local authority, if he will allocate an additional discretionary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 202. To ask the Minister for Health when all remaining agency staff will receive their pandemic payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42968/23]

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too am very concerned about this issue. These providers came up here last week. They were forced to come up here. They did not want to be here either because they wanted to be looking after children and not inconveniencing the parents and families. When I questioned the Taoiseach about this, and the Minister was here himself when I did, he said it was only 5% of providers and dismissed...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Have you no parliamentary party?

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Some might say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing year after year and expecting a better result. This is a shambles. First, the Minister, Deputy Foley is not here. I cannot understand. I used to be in the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party at one time. You would bring these issues up inside in the parliamentary party, you would get respect and would get them changed....

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Incompetence in the extreme is going on in Bus Éireann. In my short time, I will pick one area which is the over-70s, and ageist discrimination. I have been raising it in this House for four years with different taoisigh and tánaistí; Tweedledum and Tweedledee. They told me they were sorting it out. I was sitting here last week and I called up to Deputy Chambers, who was...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Dolly mixture.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (3 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [42249/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Home support services are dire at present. Elderly and vulnerable people who are sick are being told they have been approved for home support hours but it is not possible to get staff to fill these positions. When is the HSE going to wake up, smell the coffee and decide it must have better conditions and supports for these very valuable workers as part of an effort to retain these workers...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too want to raise the issue of workers in section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations. The last thing they want to do is engage in industrial action. They are at the coalface of looking after our most vulnerable, in organisations such as the Irish Wheelchair Association, RehabCare and children's disabilities services, which are being shamefully neglected by the Government. We...