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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Bus Services: Discussion (30 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I have been involved in rural transport since as far back as 1999. I thank two people in particular, Fr. Gerard O'Connor and Fr. Pat Condon in Waterford and Tipperary who led it nationally and came up to the transport forum. The rural transport system is doing well in the limited areas where it is provided. I must declare I am a board member of Ring a Link, which operates in Tipperary,...

Extreme Weather (Miscellaneous Provisions Bill) 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...those in Tipp FM and Tipperary Mid West Radio in my county who worked tirelessly and risked life and limb in spite of the red alert to be at work and keep the channels of communication going. I salute them 100% - Ms Trudy Waters and Mr. Pat Murphy at Tipp FM and Mr. Joe Pryce in Tipperary Mid West Radio. How they kept the message going out was unbelievable. The Garda Síochána...

European Council Meeting: Statements (28 Mar 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...daring to vote out of kilter with their plan, project and vision. We now have free-flowing dialogue, if it happened, as the Taoiseach says it did, whereby issues are sorted out around the table with a chat and a pat on the back. We saw recently in the Italian elections that people at the heart of Europe are almost completely alienated from the European project. What more evidence do we...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the Taoiseach back from his travels and his little fireside tales about planning permissions and other issues. As reported by Lara Marlowe and Pat Leahy in The Irish Times, the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, was asked what would happen if the proposed referendum on the eighth amendment was lost. She replied: "The people who have...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...we met today and anyone in the business. Hundreds of them came here. They could not all be from the island or they would have three times the population they do. If there were that many, Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher would have a bridge built out to the island to go out canvassing. They have that little ferry and they know the lowest price is not the best. With eTenders we are getting...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: ...all poppycock and a farce. It beggars belief that in 2018 we cannot deliver broadband to almost every house and that rural Ireland must again be left behind on the hind tit, as I said one time to former Deputy Pat Rabbitte. He was speaking about something being as useful as tits on a bull and I told him about Mrs Murphy's cow who had lost her two front tits. She had got caught in wire...

Paradise Papers: Statements (8 Dec 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ... The Revenue Commissioners had to get a court order and the bank refused. What level of contempt, arrogance and blatant disrespect for lawmakers, never mind taxpayers, does that show, but what do we do? We pat them on the back, go play golf with them and invite them in to the Minister's office for talks. It is unbelievable. One would not read it in a crime novel. For most people...

Permanent Structured Cooperation: Motion (7 Dec 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...Second World War. Now, however, we are, apparently, happy to sign up to everything that is put in front of us. When we are told to jump, we ask, "How high?" and sign the papers, for which we receive a pat on the back and perhaps a meal and a celebration. The Irish are the good boys of Europe, but where are our thanks for it? I will not say the word I would like to use to describe the...

Finance Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Mattie McGrath: .... They are inside in these Ponzi schemes and they are doing what they want to whom they like when they like with impunity. We even pass legislation to support them. We say, "Off you go, lads.", and pat them on the back. I have said on many occasions that it is like rubbing butter to a fat sow's you-know-what. I will not say you-know-what but the Minister knows it is a big behind - we...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Employment Schemes Administration (25 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, compliment Deputy Breathnach on being involved in the mid-Louth Leader programme as well as our Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher, who is also involved. Any one of us who is worth our salt in the community have been impressed by the CE schemes. However, it is a poor relation and is considered cheap labour for the Government. These supervisors need to be...

Waste Disposal: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...field here. People want to recycle, to reuse, they want to be prudent about their waste, but we are not allowing them. I am all for private enterprise and I salute it, and would like to mention one person, Pat Maher of Kedrah in Cahir who did a lot of good work in that area. He met an untimely death recently, dying suddenly as many do. Many others are unscrupulous and want to screw...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Marine Casualty Investigation Board (28 Jun 2017)

Mattie McGrath: My constituents, Mr. John O'Brien - Ms Anne Marie O'Brien's brother - and his good friend, Mr. Pat Esmonde, died tragically on 23 May 2010 while on a fishing trip at Helvick Head, County Waterford. The subsequent investigations by the MCIB and Dungarvan gardaí and the coroner's report have not only raised serious issues about the appropriateness of the judgment handed down, they have...

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...with him - he was up and down every day demanding and asking. The Minister of State would not even attend the AV room, nor would any other Minister or Minister of State attend or show any bit of empathy, sympathy or understanding for those families. The Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016 is being introduced as part of a process by which a Government will ratify the UN...

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is an expanding party as my colleague, Deputy Pat Casey knows, and the members of the party need more time.

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (8 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...because we lost so many. I thank the chief superintendent there and all the superintendents in Tipperary for the work they do with their teams with the limited resources they have. I deal with superintendents William Leahy and Pat O'Connor in Tipperary town and our new superintendent in Cahir. Of course, gardaí make mistakes; the man that never made a mistake never made anything....

Establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into the National Asset Management Agency: Statements (1 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...Trump has been elected by the people and he is enacting legislation under his powers. He promised he would do this when he was standing for election. We make promises to get elected but, as former Deputy Pat Rabbitte once said, those promises were only made during election time. People are sick of that and will not put up with it any longer. It is not fair, honest or just. The...

Tillage Farming: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: ...ga, na buachailí óga a bhí amuigh agus na mná freisin. The Minister should know this because he is a farmer, as is the Minister of State, Deputy Andrew Doyle and the man sitting behind them, Deputy Pat Deering. They must be blindfolded if they cannot see what is happening. Thankfully in County Tipperary we had an excellent harvest, good weather and reasonable crops...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am interested in what was said by Deputy Pat Casey about rapid build and modular housing. Mr. McCarthy gave the impression that these units were of high standard. I am sure we have all been approached - I have - by people who provide these modular homes and they look perfectly good to me. I do not know why there has been such a huge delay. This irritates me, given that we are all...

Pre-European Council: Statements (14 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: ...destinations of all the US military planes and what is on board them. I know that Shannon Airport is in the constituency of the Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Pat Breen, and we all want to see the airport doing well, but not at any cost. I look forward to hearing from the Ministers for Children and Youth Affairs and Justice and Equality...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (7 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: It is. We always hear bad new stories. I compliment Garda Superintendent Pat O'Connor, local Garda Eddie Nugent and everybody involved in returning that prized animal to his home.