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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: What about levels 3 and 4?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the Irish step dance community has been denied the right to run indoor solo classes following a pod system and adhering to strict social distancing guidelines at levels 3 and 4 in view of the fact that similar and comparable artistic and athletic activities, such as stage school, gymnastics and drama for children, have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Why has the Irish step dancing community been denied the right to run indoor solo classes, following a pod system and adhering to strict guidelines, as other comparable activities and sports have done? I have received 1,208 letters from dance teachers and students. Some of them are very sad. They need to be able to do this activity and we have to protect their right to dance.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Refugee Resettlement Programme (19 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Irish refugee protection programme has continued the resettlement programme under level 5 lockdown and travel restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37604/20]

Community Safety and Preventing Crime: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: We are not here to discuss the Judiciary.

Rural and Community Development: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Michael Healy-Rae was unable to make it so we have four speakers. I am delighted to be able to speak on this issue tonight. I welcome the Minister of State and wish him well. We need to go back to the communities and get boots on the ground. The dismantling of the LEADER programme was an abject failure and a deliberate attack by the Fine Gael Government of that time. The former...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The whole population is under severe pressure dealing with this Covid situation. Importantly, for the farming community, it is a lonely place and farmers find it hard to get labour if they get sick or whatever. Officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, however, are insisting on doing sheep welfare inspections. This is ridiculous. They should be supporting these...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: These sheep inspections can be done by drones. Support the farmers; do not terrorise them.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I did not say that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It is a serious issue. Why is the Taoiseach making light of it?

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I also support the Bill. It is fine and dandy, and admirable. However, like previous speakers have said, we cannot do it because we do not have the facilities. ComReg should be stood down because it is useless, toothless and fruitless. I met one of them recently. I was aghast. I pulled in on the way home to get some diesel. I saw this massive jeep with a 202 registration with fancy...

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: We have more fresh air than we have Eir.

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Someone has to say it and we are all saying it. My secretary often spends 50 minutes, an hour or more contacting Eir on behalf of unfortunate elderly people whose landlines are out for three or four months and they have no pendant alarm. It is a disgrace. That is the problem. I heard my secretary screaming down the phone, "Please do not switch me on to someone further." People are going...

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I better sit down.

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The reason we have the problem is that no one will deal with it.

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I do not mean rape in the sense-----

Working from Home (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am talking about funding. I cannot use the word "pilfer" either, can I? I will sit down, so, and shut up. We have no service and it is a disgrace that people cannot get a basic service to work from home. They cannot even work in the towns where they cannot get broadband, never mind working from home. It is all nice and dandy to talk about it, and the people will go back to the country...

Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I support this motion and compliment the movers of it. This is the second time recently we have debated this issue. I could not agree more with the previous speaker. Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh siad. We have to praise our young and they will come. There is a song, "Teach Your Children Well". I do not know who sang it but I love it as it has a nice tune and rhyme. We have to train...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to refund or make concessions for vehicles that are off the road due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions and lockdowns. [36481/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 275. To ask the Minister for Finance the date primary medical certificate assessments will resume following the Supreme Court decision almost five months ago (details supplied). [36803/20]