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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is misleading the House.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: They are not agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that a school (details supplied) should take to apply for additional accommodation following its designation of DEIS status; if a previously approved additional accommodation application can be combined with a new application for additional accommodation in order to progress a complete project in one application rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of the domiciliary care allowance applications and refusals by age over the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14022/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if extra consideration is being given to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children with additional needs who are applying for the domiciliary care allowance; if children will be given extra consideration during assessment for domiciliary care allowance in circumstances in which they may previously have managed and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (22 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the refusal of a domiciliary care allowance application by a child (details supplied); if she will review the application considering the impact of Covid-19 on the child and the need for additional care to help limit the impact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14024/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (22 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 833. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the ongoing engagement between his Department and the HSE on telemedicine abortion is progressing; and the way the continuation of telemedicine home abortions is being considered given that the HSE has acknowledged that it has conducted no analysis into the operation or potential risks of the practice in Ireland and is reliant upon secondary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (22 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 834. To ask the Minister for Health if the chair of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 has consulted with any stakeholders since the date of their appointment; and if so, the name of the stakeholders with whom they have consulted. [14032/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is considering an increase in the capacity of the Defence Forces given the impact of the Russian invasion of a sovereign state Ukraine which is also a neutral State; and the expected financial costs of an increase in capacity. [13738/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation (10 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount received by the Exchequer from the public service obligation levy on electricity consumers on an annual basis for the past ten years; the total amount received since the levy was initiated;the way this money been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13748/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 241. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the current situation regarding the pay and conditions for Defence Forces personnel. [13739/22]

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I move amendment No. 1: To delete paragraphs (1) and (2) and substitute the following:“(1) THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 95 of the Finance Act 1999 (No. 2 of 1999), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 10 March 2022, by substituting the following for Schedule 2 to that Act (as amended by section 42 of the Finance Act 2021 (No. 45 of 2021)):...

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, the EU Commission has been encouraging member states since last October to take all measures necessary to reduce food prices. This is utterly untrue.

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It is a point of order; it is utterly untrue. The Commissioner was before the agriculture committee and he told the Government to get its own toolbox to do what it likes, so this is totally false.

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It is a fact.

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an chéad dul síos I wish to give notice that I intend to move amendment No. 1 at a later stage. This is utter folly. The last speaker and several other Government speakers turned up. Some of them ran to the hills to hide and did not even take their slots. Here we are again betraying the Irish people. Since last October, the EU Commission has been telling member states...

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I support this and I thank the staff. I have not seen sight of the books. I do not blame the staff. This has been so rushed and there is so little time. I support the call for a recess. I know it means we will sit later but it is necessary in fairness to everybody.

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad the Minister is here because I have some questions. I was in the Chair earlier and listened attentively to his opening speech. What is happening is unbelievable and bizarre. It is grotesque, unprecedented, bizarre and unbelievable, GUBU. We are back in the days of the 1980s. The people cannot survive. I cannot understand the disconnect and why Government backbenchers are not...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to have an opportunity to say a few words on this issue. Hate speech and hate crimes do not come in any one shape or form. They happen across all sectors of society. A case was presented to me recently concerning members of official bodies in Ireland and some of the texts and other abuse that is happening. I have spoken before to the Minister about the abuse prison officers...