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- Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: Yes.
- Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: Was he elected on the 15th or 16th count or was he not? What is wrong with saying that?
- Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: During last week’s debate the exclusion zone Bill did not receive any of the scrutiny it deserves although it will have a dramatic impact on civil liberties. Most speakers went on long tangents. One even went off talking about something that happened 30 years ago. Supporters of the Bill have claimed it strikes a balance and is proportional but is it? By whose yardstick? The...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: I have asked the Taoiseach a few times about the situation regarding motorcycles and motorcycle events. The Faugheen 50 has been running for decades in my county of Tipperary and it cannot get insurance. There are different clubs and organisations across the country involved in carting, quad racing or motorcycling events, all carried on safely with health and safety officers and everybody...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: The Rural Independents want to be associated with the vote of sympathy on the late Deputy Ben Briscoe. At the Business Committee, I have asked dozens of times for a debate in the House on the excess mortality of humans, not to mention the animals that have been talked about by Deputies. Human life is the most sacred thing of all, in my opinion anyway. I want a debate here on the sharp...
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: I was delighted to meet Mr. Tubridy upstairs having a cuppa. He asked me about the badge I am wearing. His late granddad was with Liam Lynch on that-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: Can I not exchange pleasantries and welcome our guests?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: I welcome our guests and thank them for coming in. Regarding the invoices made out to Astus, is it really legitimate to expect us to have an understanding of the reasons Mr. Kelly was advised to make false invoices out to Astus? Did he find being asked to submit an invoice to Astus unusual?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: Has Mr. Kelly ever had dealings with Astus in the past? Has Mr. Tubridy been paid through Astus accounts in the past?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: How many companies does Mr. Kelly use to invoice RTÉ for Mr. Tubridy's salary?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: Do Mr. Kelly now accept that he created false invoices, even if RTÉ asked him to do so, and that this amounts to complicity in a potential financial fraud crime, and aiding and abetting?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: We now know they were not legitimate. They were-----
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: Why were the invoices being made out by a sister company, CMS, instead of NK Management, and addressed to a UK company, Astus? In which company's accounts are these payments reflected?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: So Mr. Kelly just took his instructions loyally. Who exactly in RTÉ requested the false invoices be switched to another Noel Kelly company?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: Why was another Noel Kelly company so willing to create false invoices? Has Mr. Tubridy ever been paid by CMS in the past?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: He could have been.
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: Why was it necessary for false invoices to be switched to a newly-created company of Mr. Kelly's?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: Is Mr. Kelly fully tax-compliant now?
- Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)
Mattie McGrath: Has he ever had arrangements through offshore companies to deal with his tax?