The Rural Independent Group in the Dáil have slammed what they described as the Government’s “complete ineptitude at addressing the grotesque interest rates being charged by banks on Irish homeowners with mortgages”. They point to Central Bank figures which show Irish mortgage holders were charged interest over the past twelve months at 2.83%, compared to […]
Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath has slammed NPEHT for the irresponsible manner in which they have leaked their recommendations that the entire country should be moved to level 5 to the media. The Independent TD has said that such news is detrimental to the business community and wider society and has called on NPHET to be […]
“AN ATTACK ON RURAL IRELAND”: Independent rural TDs Mattie McGrath and Michael Collins blast government
Mattie McGrath says lift lockdown on rural pubs and let people get back to living alongside Covid-19
‘Are they really serious, or do they think there’s no pandemic’ asks Mattie McGrath re #GolfGate but says that Phil Hogan, the EU Trade Commissioner who also attended should resign. #gript
A TD has claimed that he is personally aware of eleven pubs that will close permanently as a result of the Government’s decision not to allow the phase four national re-opening, which included the re-opening of all pubs, to proceed. Richard O’Donoghue TD, from Limerick, is part of the rural independent group, along with the […]
Tipperary TD, Mattie McGrath, has strongly criticised the government for what he described as its failure to fight for Ireland when negotiating the European Covid-19 recovery deal “We’re the good boys in Europe. We’re the lackeys. We accept everything and nod” Deputy McGrath told the Dáil. He said that other countries had demanded write downs […]
The Minister for Education, Norma Foley, and the Minister for Children, Roderic O’Gorman, have been asked by an Independent TD to clarify if controversial activist Peter Tatchell has had any role in influencing sex-education programmes or other policis involving children in Ireland. “Given the extremely disturbing nature of the writings and commentary of the activist Peter Tatchell presenting […]
Tatchell influence on sex-ed?: Ind TD Mattie McGrath today asked the Minister for Children and the Minister for Education to clarify whether Tatchell or his foundation or organisations had any input or influence into sex education programmes or other policies in Ireland.
Tipperary TD Mattie McGrath has sharply criticised the government’s move to restrict attendances at masses to 50 people, asking “Do we have to return to our mass rocks to be able to celebrate the Eucharist?” Ireland has been slower than many other countries to allow centres of faith to reopen. “The restriction of 50 people […]
Tipperary TD, Mattie Mc Grath has slammed the government’s Covid-19 actions in a hard-hitting Dáil speech addressing concerns regarding testing and other issues. “The gloss and the sheen has gone off the spin, and people are asking serious questions,” the Independent TD said, pointing to deficiencies in how the government dealt with nursing homes and […]
The Minister for Health, Simon Harris, has refused to amend HSE guidelines on ethical decision-making in the Coronavirus pandemic to explicitly include people with disabilities. The guidelines, an Ethical Framework for Decision Making During a Pandemic, say that sometimes critical care may need to be ‘prioritised’, and that “rationing decisions” should “consider which patients are […]