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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I note the Ceann Comhairle's concerns but 99% of the Garda members do not have confidence in the Commissioner. Its members are contacting every Member, including, I am sure, those on the Government side. It is a crazy situation where the Government is going to give a blank cheque to this Commissioner. As I said, intense efforts were made by the GRA and senior people in the Department of...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Motion (27 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, support the motion today, and not because I am fan of the hard left or People Before Profit-Solidarity. The Government has led itself into a disastrous situation. It has gone down a cul-de-sac and will not build public houses. It will not allow people to build houses on their own land in the country. It was not this Government but a previous Fine Gael Government that closed down...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Care Services (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: There is nothing wrong with the Déise either.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Useless.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: In ten years' time.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle, leis an Rialtas agus le gach éinne eile as an gcabhair a thug siad do dhaoine Chluain Meala cúpla seachtain ó shin when we had a very tragic time in Clonmel. I thank the whole community, the Clonmel school community, An Garda Síochána, all the agencies and all the people in the community...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I should have thanked the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue tonight. Uisce Éireann is not hands-on. It does not understand the pipe network or the reservoirs. It has a plan to stop taking water from the water treatment plant in Poulavanogue. It has laid a pipe 3 km up the road to pump water back up there. What it is doing is bizarre. It does not want to know and it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Offshore Islands (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Will it be smokeless coal in the fire?

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: A Cheann Comhairle-----

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: May I make a point of clarification?

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I came in here 22 minutes before I was to speak and two groups before us had not spoken. That is what happened.

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Deputy cannot have it both ways. He cannot have his cake and eat it.

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Can I make brief point of clarification please, a Cheann Comhairle, le do thoil?

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Briefly, that was a state of the nation address but I will be brief. The Minister, Deputy McGrath, referred to us in the Rural Independent Group when calling a stand-up vote. There was an amendment to these increases back in early July. We pushed it to a vote and we did stand and there was nobody inside of the House to stand with us. There were five of us. Perhaps an Teachta Doherty will...

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I told the Ceann Comhairle that I would only be a minute and I appreciate that, but the Deputy's party did not stand up to vote to stop this increase where it should have been stopped, and not now where they are trying to close the door when it is gone.

Reversal of Planned Fuel Price Increases: Motion [Private Members] (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I have spoken out about decarbonisation. Why did you not vote with us then and now you want to get our backing for it? The public can see what is going on.

Children's Health Ireland - Patient safety concerns and reviews in paediatric orthopaedic surgical services: Statements, Questions and Answers (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I would like to thank everybody who works in the HSE. Great work is done in many hospitals, including by front-line nurses, doctors, surgeons, secretaries and everybody else. However, there are huge issues around the whole running of the HSE and the Department of Health. I also want to sympathise with the Carter family and the other 17 families involved here. It is truly horrific by any...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: There are delays across the public service and indeed the private service, including in the National Driver Licence Service, NDLS. If a young or other person in Clonmel applies today for a driving test, it will be nearly the end of February before he or she will be allowed to go on the portal to apply again. There is a waiting list of up to nine months for people to do a driving test in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Sep 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I refer to the people outside the gate today, a lovely peaceful protest by workers in small childcare facilities, mainly from rural areas, along with parents and some páistí as well. Earlier the Taoiseach gave a very glib answer, saying that there was only a small crowd of them there. They are very passionate about what they do and they are being treated terribly. The core model...