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Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Report Stage (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Can I move it?

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Report Stage (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I move amendment No. 1: In page 7, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(3) Part 3 comes into operation on such day as the Minister may appoint by order, but not prior to reciprocal arrangements being in place to facilitate the operation of such a register on an all-island basis.”.

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Report Stage (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Could we adjourn the debate?

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Report Stage (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I know that, but they are not here.

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: This is a difficult area. Many suppliers and providers are concerned about their futures. Above all, we need proper, safe medicines and prescriptions to be available for farmers and all people who own or work with animals. The Ceann Comhairle and I know that chemists gave us good cures, not only for ourselves but also for many farm animals. There should be some involvement and pharmacists...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is a dolly mixture.

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is liquorice allsorts.

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the guests to the Gallery, who are the custodians of the land. I will take no lecture from our Green Party colleague from Limerick, Deputy Leddin. Farmers do not want incentives. They want to be left alone to look after the land they have nurtured and cared for for decades and generations. They do not need whizz kids from the Green Party with mad ideas telling them what to do....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Minister to support the relief road or bypass for Tipperary town. Jobs4Tipp, March4Tipp, Chambers Ireland, Councillor Annemarie Ryan and everybody wants this bypass because it is not possible to live in the town with the congestion. The N24 project is being planned, but why will the Government not do what it did in Cashel some 25 years ago when there was the vision to construct a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Government closed it.

Home Ownership: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I also opposed the removal of the eviction ban. We could see the devastation. Fianna Fáil used to have a proud record regarding home ownership but it has clearly abandoned that. There is dysfunction in the Department and county councils along with blackguarding. I will focus on people trying to build a house who are fortunate enough to have a site on family land or can get the site....

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too would appreciate it if you would allow me to express my sympathies and those of my family to Vera Twomey on the death of Ava. They both fought such a battle for life. It just tells us how fickle life is and how some people get the short straw. It has been a constant battle. She had some battle to navigate the political system. It should not have to be like that for the sickest of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (30 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport where a category has been removed from a person’s licence, how they can have the category reinstated; the reason the NDLS only holds records back to 1990; where the records are held for licences issued pre-1990; if a person held a licence category in 1972, where a record of this licence is held; the way they can access same; the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for the National Transport Authority proceeding to make an application to An Bord Pleanála for the proposed Templeogue and Rathfarnham to city bus corridor, despite the dramatic impact this proposal would have on the local area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26267/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority would proceed with a 'bus gate' as part of the proposed Templeogue/Rathfarnham to city bus corridor without considering the operational requirements of a church (details supplied), especially as the proposal poses a serious threat to the church's ability to operate effectively over time; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (30 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 593. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding spent on providing training for clinicians in private clinics providing outsourced assessments and therapies for the HSE over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 652. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an 83-year-old with haemochromatosis cannot have their blood taken as they are over 80 years of age; the reason for this decision by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25603/23]

Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (24 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, give this motion a cautious welcome. I welcome the introduction of outdoor seating areas. It is one of the very few benefits that came from Covid. It was a contentious issue for many years and in many towns, with considerations around licence fees, the charges and the costs involved. I welcome that the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, is going to waive those charges. We need to put this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Two reports published this month support disclosures Deputy Durkan has been making in this House since last September. A report prepared for the National Women’s Council of Ireland, NWCI, and the Department of Justice by Nuala Egan SC and Professor Ellen O'Malley Dunlop of the University of Limerick, UL, was launched on 3 May by the Minister for Justice, Deputy Harris. This report...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, I welcome Cara Darmody, who is such an advocate for her brothers and all children with autism and other disabilities. I also welcome her dad, Mark, as well as Catherine Cox of Family Carers Ireland. I welcome the motion and thank the Labour Party for tabling it. The figures referenced in the motion are stark. I do not want to repeat figures that have...