• Independent TD for Tipperary South
• Changed party from Fianna Fail on 29 Jun 2010
• Entered the Dáil on 24 May 2007 — General election
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Asks most questions about

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

(based on written questions asked by Mattie McGrath and answered by departments)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Government Reform (15 May 2025)

“111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has costed the re-establishment of borough councils; if he will lead a reform programme to ensure the return of town and borough councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15142/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (15 May 2025)

“95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will carry out an urgent review of policies to move to allow new builds to install stoves and chimneys for solid fuel in all homes to ensure that all homes have an alternative heating source at times of electricity outages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16673/25]”

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 May 2025)

“124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that exceptional needs payments could be used towards the purchase of a new disability friendly vehicle since the abolition of the motorised transport grant; the supports available for disabled citizens who require a new vehicle;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24693/25]”

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• Has spoken in 178 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 287 written questions in the last year — above 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.
• 55 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Mattie McGrath speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 2695 times in debates — well above average among TDs.
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