• Independent TD for Tipperary
• Changed party from Fianna Fail on 29 Jun 2010
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
• Email me whenever Mattie McGrath speaks (no more than once per day)

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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Covid-19 Pandemic, Departmental Expenditure, Medical Cards, Departmental Staff Data, Departmental Funding

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Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

“The interim report on child and adolescent mental health services published earlier this week, while deeply alarming, was unfortunately not in any way surprising. Families up and down the country with children and young adults experiencing mental health difficulties are all aware of the huge failings within CAMHS. The CAMHS report shows that a radical overhaul of mental health services...”

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

“Deputies McNamara and Joan Collins are sharing time.”

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

“Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad? Tá deireadh na gcoillte ar lár. My goodness, we are back again. Mention was made today of our visionaries and leaders who fought to free this country. We will commemorate one of them, Liam Lynch, on 10 April of this year. He lost his life, unfortunately, in the Civil War. He was leader of the IRA forces at the time. What ideals they...”

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• Has spoken in 293 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 310 written questions in the last year — average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — well above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 13–14 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 53 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Mattie McGrath speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2288 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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