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An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...to implement, given the scale of opposition to it by GPs. I am sure they do not do this lightly. They do so with the best of consciences. They have a Hippocratic oath to look after people and mind them, so this is a considered opinion. This is a big blow and very startling. It is a crippling blow and an embarrassment for the Minister, Deputy Harris, and all those whose only intent is...

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak briefly about this issue. When the Minister, Deputy Katherine Zappone, published the third interim report of the commission of investigation into the mother and baby homes in December last year, she made it quite clear that the Government had agreed to a request from the commission for an extension of one year to allow it to complete its fact-finding and information...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, back from committee, to be taken without debate; No. 7a, motion re parliamentary questions rota change for the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection; No. 27, statements on the third interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; and...

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle. I was only acting on the request of one of the members of my Rural Independent Group who wanted to speak. He had to go to a funeral this evening in County Meath and said he would come back. I am happy to speak on this most important topic. We have certainly seen some interesting developments in the past week, particularly with reference to the leader of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements by Committee Members on Recommendations oif Citizens' Assembly (6 Dec 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...that assessments on impairment conditions are often false. Even if it is not false, the assessment perpetuates notions of stereotyping disability as incompatible with a good life. Although Ireland has not yet ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, while I know it was discussed in Cabinet on Tuesday, the recognition of the UN committee on abortion for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health: Dr. Anthony McCarthy, National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street (8 Nov 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Professor, I know that the situation can arise during pregnancy where women suffer depression or mental health disorder and that we need to ensure that women are cared for in the best way possible. Would the witness agree that the optimal outcome would be that a woman, a mother, gets the support and treatment that she needs and that both she and her baby are safely delivered of the pregnancy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am sticking to the point of equal rights for all people, which applies to both mother and baby. If somebody is elected by the people, whether it is to fix potholes in roads or not, they are entitled to be here. Just because somebody dispenses tablets, or something else, to people it does not mean they have a better right to be here. The people decide and they will decide in a...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank everyone who has contributed tonight. I thank all Members for giving their honest and frank assessment. I am disappointed with the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne. She came to the Chamber tonight but did not answer the questions we had asked about the helicopter and parking that is worse than the parking at the hospital in Crumlin. People have asked why stand-alone...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I too am pleased Deputy Jim O’Callaghan has presented the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016 this evening. Tosach maith, leath na hoibre. It is a tiny baby step, however. Under the Constitution, judges are appointed by the President, acting on the advice of the Government. The existing system of appointment involves the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board submitting to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (15 Jul 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 174. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the names of the barristers appointed to assist the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, together with details of the scale of fees to be applied in respect of work conducted by barristers to assist this commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29435/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (Resumed) (20 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I too welcome our guests and thank them for their attendance. Part one of the test for abortion on suicide grounds, as per the X case, is that as a matter of probability there must be a real threat posed to the life of the mother by way of self-destruction. Can psychiatrists judge, as a matter of probability, whether someone will commit suicide? Can they point to any published research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: ...of the committee in January Dr. Mahony dismissed the notion of performing late-term abortions in Irish hospitals. However, this Bill contains no term limits. While she told The Irish Times that babies who were viable would be kept alive, there seems to be a legal question about a potential liability which arises for doctors who deliberately induce a physically healthy child who was being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome our guests. If two consultant psychiatrists agree a patient is suicidal and this constitutes a real and substantial threat to her life which can be averted only by the termination of her pregnancy, do the witnesses envisage any situation in which they would disagree with them? The heads of the Bill provide for a situation in which a physically healthy woman carrying a perfectly...

Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in the A, B and C v. Ireland Case: Statements (Resumed) (6 Dec 2012)

Mattie McGrath: I too am pleased to be able to speak on this very difficult and challenging issue for our society. When the expert group was set up I commented that expert groups are usually made up of civil servants and the professions concerned, and rightly so. I do not question the inclusion of any of the eminent professors or members of the group. However, I asked at the time if any lay people had...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (18 Jul 2012)

Mattie McGrath: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle was not here when my erstwhile colleagues were condemning all of this and seeking the banning of all and sundry. Thankfully, we did not, cannot and will not succumb to those demands. Outstanding work is carried out in rural areas by local gun clubs and fishing clubs, the IFA and other farming organisations, and by farming families themselves. It is a joint effort....

Health (Provision of General Practitioner Services) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2011)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome this Bill and compliment the Minister and all concerned for introducing it. I look forward to its passage and enactment; it is long overdue. I cannot understand why it took the troika to add haste to the situation. No matter the reason, I am glad it happened. There is a great deal of anti-competitive practices. I compliment the vast majority of GPs and their staff, who work...

Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Apr 2010)

Mattie McGrath: During her years in politics, she has been enthusiastic about many issues in her constituency and region. We have worked together on some community projects, including Ring a Link, and I have always found her to be hard working, energetic, enthusiastic and co-operative. I look forward to co-operating today in spite of the myths driven by the media or whoever concerning Fianna Fáil and the...