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Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...legislation must come through here. We have the right to speak to the Bill and oppose it. We will oppose it 100%. I have said that extensions to four pieces of legislation constitute the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) Bill 2021 that we are now debating. Why was it necessary to introduce a new Bill as each Bill could have been dealt with individually? Does the Minister consider...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...allsorts. There is no pre-legislative scrutiny, which is outrageous for such serious legislation. It is shocking that this could not be brought through a normal process involving the health or justice committees. It is a three-card trick to cod us as well as codding the people. I have seen enough of this and am opposed to this process. It is shocking that the Bill will be taken with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: In circumstances in which all four legislative measures that make up the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 could have been extended individually, why has the Government lumped all these legislative measures into the issue to be debated in a new Bill commencing in the Dáil tomorrow? The Bill was passed by the Seanad yesterday. The Government is trying to...

Ballymurphy Inquest: Statements (18 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...him - did his best to stop the bomb going up. People knew that bomb was going to Omagh and it was not stopped. Michael Gallagher and the families of the Omagh bomb victims are striving hard for justice. They got many promises from Enda Kenny when he was leader of Fine Gael before he got into government about what he would do for them. When he got into government, the system just...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...is a better way. There must be a fairer way, a path that must be socially just and grounded in economic equality which also achieves the required reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions. Social justice must be the central belief of this Bill. We cannot have a situation of legally binding emissions passed into law for a four-decade time window without consideration of some key...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ..., inclusive, amend provisions relating to mandatory sentences for second and subsequent firearms and misuse of drugs offences. Sections 8 and 9 provide for consequential amendments to the Criminal Justice Act 2007 and the Parole Act 2019 arising from the deletion of provisions set out in the Bill. Some parts of the legislation relate to provisions that go back to the foundation of the...

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...and everything else. It is wonderful to see some of them who are athletes and everything. However, it just takes too long, is too cumbersome and too slow. What is wrong with our Department of Justice and now the Department of Children, Disability, Equality and Integration that they cannot operate this? How can we have 440-odd children go missing and no talk about them? They just...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mental Health Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 1451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for the selection of the chairperson of the new mental health task force; the names of the other members; the breakdown in costs for the running of the task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19774/21]

Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...this project before the High Court for a judicial review. The Taoiseach replied and said that there were too many judicial reviews but we have to look at the system of An Taisce bringing these cases. We are then told that it intends to go to the European Court of Justice. Farmers are now facing the prospect next year, in high season when most of their animals are in calf - it is...

Children (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...see that Senator McDowell and Deputy O’Callaghan have had a very significant input into this legislation and have put forward some amendments. The Cabinet initially approved the proposal by the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, to support the Children’s (Amendment) Bill after the Independent Senator McDowell brought it forward. However, the Minister has proceeded by...

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...who end up as a baby-sitting service on weekends when Tusla is not available. Cases reported at 3 p.m. or 3.30 p.m. on a Friday evening necessitate members of the Garda getting involved and that is rough justice. It is not proper. Therefore, there are areas in Tusla which need to be examined. The Family Leave Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 follows on from the general scheme of...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...must be accessible and must deal with what it was intended to deal with. Any unintended consequences should be erased and amended, without waiting 20 years to do it. I reiterate that that is justice delayed and justice denied. There are other Deputies with much more expertise in legal matters than I have because of their legal backgrounds. Some legislation that is passed is...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...a year, a case might never be heard. My case took 17 and a half days, so it would never have been heard. One would be in and out of court and then there is the cost involved and the delay in getting justice. The cost to me of that case, and to anyone who does not receive free legal aid, was enormous. It is a costly justice system. It has been suggested that we have the avenue of...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...able to proceed without occasionally being sent home for two days or sent home on a Thursday and told to come back on the following Tuesday. People have lives to live, so it is very important that justice is done and seen to be done. I support the amendment. In most cases a person is considered innocent until proven guilty. That is the most important part of a prima faciecase, but...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...;ibín raised an issue today but the Leas-Cheann Comhairle stopped him from pursuing it. She was correct in that regard because we must protect people. However, all is not well in the Department of Justice. I have been writing to the Minister of State, the senior Minister and the Secretary General about issues in the Prison Service but my letters have not even been an acknowledged....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (10 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the new Clonmel Garda station at Kickham Barracks; when the contract will be awarded; and the commencement date for same. [13038/21]

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (25 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...dealing with it? I was told that he answered on "Claire Byrne Live" that he has it because he was given it. He is one of the good boys in the class. He will take his punishment and do his lessons. He was given it. Why is the Minister for Justice not dealing with these issues? The Minister for Justice could be asked about the Garda and whether gardaí had been briefed, schooled,...

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...former Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, promised to meet Mr. Gallagher, and said what he would do for him, but when he got into power he abandoned him like a hot potato. He promised he would get truth and justice with Fine Gael in government but it did not happen. The former Garda John White died during the year. His mother was laid to rest only last week. She was broken-hearted after the way...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...about that but now we seem to have a typical split decision as the Government is not opposing the motion but is not extending the time for the commission either. I was interested to hear Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness, a retired judge, explain yesterday on the radio how members of the commission should have no issue coming before an Oireachtas committee. We need to get to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (24 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of legislation to deal with harmful and grossly offensive communications with intent to cause harm perpetrated online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9538/21]