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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: As this is an important issue and the people spoke overwhelmingly the week before last against all parties, I demand that the vote be taken by other than electronic means.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: It is not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I wish the Taoiseach well and good health but I wrote to the Ceann Comhairle last week to seek a debate on the results of the referendum and the fact that the Government recklessly wasted €23 million - it was probably twice that - on a referendum campaign that was supported by all political parties here except for smaller parties. We in the Rural Independent Group opposed the...

Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I too would like to express our sympathies to his wife, his daughters, his family and his journalistic colleagues and that family also. He did the State some service, to quote a former Taoiseach. Indeed, his work as a journalist at the time of the peace process was pivotal. It was important that there was someone like him who could be at the...

Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: No.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13096/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Campaigns (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 295. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost of the referendums held on 8 March 2024; and the breakdown of those costs. [12677/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 327. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason no businesses are operating in the IDA business and Technology Park, Fermoy, County Cork in 2024, 22 years after the official opening of the park; the amount that has been spent on the development and maintenance of Fermoy IDA business and technology park since it has been opened; the number of businesses that have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of first home scheme approvals since it was introduced; and if he can provide a breakdown by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12131/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update from her Department in response to the recent decision of the Supreme Court to rule in favour of a person (details supplied) in relation to their exclusion from the widower's contributory pension scheme; the current position of her Department in relation to this matter; when this ruling will be reflected in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS applicants now residing in a facility (details supplied) by status, that is, male, female or child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11832/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the stages involved in the assessment of properties offered for IPAS accommodation; the timeframe for assessment from time of offer to signing of contracts; the date the offer was received for a property in Tipperary (details supplied); the current stage of assessment; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of his Department’s plans to use the HSE-owned lands on the Heywood Road, Clonmel, County Tipperary for the provision of 62 modular homes; the current status of such considerations; the proposed use of such modular homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11890/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline plans for the use of the HSE-owned lands on the Heywood Road, Clonmel, County Tipperary; if these lands are being considered for the provision of modular homes by the Department of Children, Equality, Disabilities, Integration and youth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11892/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Referendum Campaigns (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1173. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will now immediately publish in full the minutes and documents associated with the interdepartmental group that met to discuss the referendums on family and care; to provide details of the membership of the group; the number of times it met; the attendees at each meeting; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1181. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can stand over a situation in Tipperary south where a child (details supplied) who was referred for an ASD assessment in 2017 has still not received an assessment seven years later; if he will urgently review this case; the steps his Department will take to ensure this child receives an assessment and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1286. To ask the Minister for Health to outline plans for the use of the HSE-owned lands on the Heywood Road, Clonmel, County Tipperary; if these lands are being considered for the provision of modular homes by the Department of Children, Equality, Disabilities, Integration and youth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11891/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 1488. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the primary residence is included in the assessment for the nursing home support scheme; if he plans to amend this to exclude the primary residence from the means assessment; if a person can appeal the decision to include the primary residence in the assessment, in cases in which they worked all their lives to pay for their house, the reason...

Nature Restoration Law: Statements (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: In the heart of Ireland, a storm is brewing. Rural communities, the backbone of this country, feel abandoned and betrayed. The culprit is a green agenda driven by NGOs and the Green Party with the full endorsement of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. This agenda prioritises environmental conservation over the livelihoods of farmers and the viability of rural Ireland. They can work hand in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Mar 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. There are no driving test taking place at Clonmel's driver testing centre this week. Last year, in a blaze of glory, the Government said it was going to appoint 75 new testers across the country. That never happened. The opposite happened at the Clonmel centre, where one excellent tester was let go. The only tester left in Clonmel is...