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Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (18 Oct 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...because people want oversight. We have been talking about this windfall tax for long enough. I am reminded of what a windfall meant at this time of year when I was young. I would always pick apples after the storms had brought them down. I am sure many of them came down today. The Government does not seem to know, or want to know, what a windfall tax is.

Central Statistics Office Sexual Violence Survey 2022: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...abuse. She was subjected to all kinds of threats and abuse and coercive control by a member of An Garda Síochána and got no support. I support gardaí in what they do around the country but there are bad apples. I met another woman recently from Rathfarnham in Dublin. There is an appalling list-----

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: ...must be very careful about how videos from body cams are stored and ensure they will not be released. Some videos taken on phones, not body cams, have been released. We have seen that. They can do awful damage. I am a big supporter of An Garda Síochána but there are bad apples in every organisation. We have seen this. I myself was a victim of false allegations and was...

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...landlords. Some landlords are accidental landlords and never wanted to be. We cannot keep demonising the developers, builders and others as bad people. There were some rogues but there are bad apples in every area. All day today and yesterday people were demonising the sisters who provided the maternity care in this country for generations. Now we want to demonise them. We are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...Waterford. The building is three quarters finished. The Taoiseach was quoted in the media as saying he could not understand why this has not been done and that it is the low-hanging fruit. Whether apples, pears or oranges - I hope not bananas - we want this fruit. It has to be delivered for the management there, the very hard-working and dedicated staff and the patients. They have the...

Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...and the voluntary boards. I mentioned the nuns earlier. The parish priests, lets us be fair to them, are also stretched as are their boards of management. I would defend them anywhere. People in this House have attacked the parish priests and the nuns. It is fashionable now to attack them. There were a few bad apples, as there are in every society, but I want to defend the sisters....

Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: ...Covid strategy will kill off the entire domestic economy. Interestingly, it will not impact on the largest companies in the world today, some of which operate out of Ireland, including Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Google and the large multinationals. Ireland's small and medium enterprises account for approximately 45% of GDP and they employ 70% of the workforce. The lockdowns are having a...

Decision of the General Court of the European Union in the Apple Case: Statements (24 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...& Dohme came to Clonmel in 1974 or 1975. It is a fabulous employer. It probably employs 600 or 700 people in its factory, never mind all the spin-off service industries. The situation is similar with regard to Apple. I heard Deputy Barry speaking on the matter last week. He related how he could see the factory up the hill from where he lives in Cork and in various other parts...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...in the greater Clonmel area. Merck Sharp & Dohme is there more than 50 years. These are long-stay enterprises, not fly-by-night entities that run away after they get their special deals. Chasing the Apple money is like a chasing a rainbow. When the sun comes out, one sees plenty of rainbows, but there is no crock of gold from Apple at the end of that particular rainbow. Now...

Blasphemy (Abolition of Offences and Related Matters) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...and many others here demonise the Catholic Church day in, day out. Without it, however, many of us would not be educated. The matrons and the nuns ran the hospitals as well and did so much work. We should respect that. There are bad apples and that happens in every barrel. There is a rush now to destroy our ethos that has stood us in good stead in times past. There is now a rush to...

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...of this week’s developments in Brexit will bear fruit and if a deal will emerge. We have all supported the Government in its efforts on this. The middle of October used to be harvest time for apple farmers in Tipperary. Hopefully, the harvest will be rich and we will get a deal. The kind of deal is the question, however. Cén sórt? We are waiting with bated breath. ...

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...so peaceful and respectful of what was going on. Many of them brought food to feed the farmers and their families. I thank the many companies that brought food and the many women who baked scones and apple tarts and cream. There was a joyous atmosphere there. The weather was great. It went on longer than it should have. We should not have had to have been there because this crisis...

Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care)(Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Apr 2019)

Mattie McGrath: ...a horrendous level of care. We cannot lose sight of this, although the vast majority are well served by health professionals, nurses and front-line staff. For whatever reason, the few bad apples in a barrel can cause rot which can have bad consequences, including, for example, the eagerness of the legal eagles to become involved in many cases in an over-zealous fashion. In some cases...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am saying it was wonderful. Many of us at that time did not have a lot. The young fellows would pick the apples. Hundreds of groves had contracts to supply the apples from as far away as Dungarvan. There are still a few. It is a whole part of our heritage in Tiobraid Árann Theas, in Cluain Meala. I hope that all the Members will come on tours just as Deputy Danny Healy-Rae said...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...to be Bulmers - the drink is still called "Bulmers" - is now owned by C&C and the latter has a huge vacant property in Dowd's Lane. I remember, as a buachaill óg, going to Dowd's Lane with the apples my brothers and sisters and I had been involved in picking. The apples were transported there by a tractor and trailer. Then, in weather such as today's, although a bit later,...

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...political groupings ebbed and flowed, changing their minds before the heavy hands of the health spokespersons, the more I wondered about the democracy of it all. This is certainly ridiculous. The apple festival was launched to celebrate the proud history of Bulmers cider in Clonmel, County Tipperary, last Saturday evening. That event will have to be labelled in the future if we dare...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Nov 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Of course, it is. Apples are exported all over the world. The nurseries affected have contracts to fill. The Minister of State, Deputy Andrew Doyle, indicated that he would visit the ones affected but then refused to do so. I have also raised the matter with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Michael Creed, but nothing has been done for the nurseries affected

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...treated like that. There are many other rural stations and there is investment needed in police cars and equipment. They are still using ink in some stations to do fingerprints. It is just a disgrace. I know we have huge problems at the top in the Garda Síochána and there are some bad apples at the bottom too and we never hide them. I have been a victim of one myself. I...

Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...Deputy Barry's figures which suggest companies pay no tax. I support the 12.5% rate but I want it applied rigorously so they will not get away with undermining or evading that. There is this myth about the Apple tax, namely, that the Apple harvest is coming and anyone would think we are going to shake every tree. According to those on the hard left, Ireland will be a rich country after...

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...and retired senior civil servants. It was the cosy club. They protect everything. She was going around whispering in people's ears, "This fellow should not be here at all. He is upsetting the apple cart. He will not take the names I gave him." When I looked at the names they were all retired chief superintendents, retired chief fire officers and retired senior officials in the county...