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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: No, I want clarification, please.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I got a call from the Business Committee today saying the debate on Covid-19 was being moved from Wednesday to Thursday to allow for new legislation to be introduced here to deal with outdoor drinking - it seems the indoor drinking will not be allowed anyway - and the appointment of judges. That is a plethora of issues in one legislative measure. This is downright blackguarding. We need a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Will it be Christmas?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Fifteen months of mistakes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: They are not accountable to the Dáil.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: You did.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Last night you did.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: A fait accompli.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I have heard it all now from a Cabinet Minister: NPHET could be right and might be right. The Minister went on to say that he personally does not believe there will be 7,600 cases and there might be instead 800 cases. What is going on in the Cabinet room? Are the ears completely dúnta? Is the Cabinet going to consult industry 15 months on, having demoralised and destroyed it? Will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am also of the view that the Taoiseach should be here. He gave a press conference less than an hour ago. What is going on? Last summer we were able to have indoor dining without major incident and without vaccines. Now, 12 or 13 months later, and we are in a situation where more than 4 million vaccines have been administered and, despite already being an outlier in the context of Europe...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of theory tests that have been cancelled by Prometric since the resumption of theory tests in total and per test centre; the number of theory tests cancelled at Clonmel theory test centre each day since 8 June 2021; the number of tests carried out at Clonmel theory test centre since 8 June 2021; the number of tests that have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 475. To ask the Minister for Health the current position regarding Newcastle Community Health Centre, Clonmel, County Tipperary which has been closed since the beginning of Covid-19; the plans to reopen the health centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26675/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out an audit on the levels of PPE equipment being supplied to nursing homes; the cost of PPE provided to nursing homes to date; if some nursing homes are now stockpiling and giving away PPE as they have been over supplied (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26695/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: There is absolute chaos in driver test centres around the theory tests. I have been raising this issue with the Minister, Deputy Ryan, and the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, for months in this House. Four people turned up at the Clonmel test centre last Tuesday morning, from Cork, Dungarvan, Cahir and Clonmel, and it was locked. I have been digging and the staff in my office, Ms...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I have the facts.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided by his Department to Tipperary County Council for 2020 in respect of housing supports (details supplied). [34133/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Minister how much money was provided by his Department to Tipperary County Council in 2020 in respect of the rental accommodation scheme, the long-term leasing scheme and the housing assistance payment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is very disappointing because HAP payments from Tipperary County Council went to 1,178 tenancies in 2019. In 2020, it was more than 1,800. The total cost in 2019 was more than €6.8 million; in 2020, it was €7.1 million. The housing leasing scheme is only one third of that, according to the figures the Minister of State has given. That scheme, which offers tenants...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I respect the Minister of State but he must have been listening to the Tánaiste at his Ard-Fheis last weekend. In the past five years, there has been a complete failure by the Government to fund local authorities building houses. In 2016, there were only 320 local authority new builds; in 2017, there were 1,014 new builds; in 2018, 2,022 new builds; in 2019, 2,271 new builds; in 2020,...