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Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (22 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Deputy beat me to the draw by going to the questions and answers session. If the Minister of State does not mind, he might take those. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae also has a question. I cannot see who else wishes to ask a question.

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (22 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Of course. Will the Minister of State answer Deputy Harkin's questions first?

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (22 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (22 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. I will take four minutes and they will take two and a half minutes each. Last week, the Acting Chairman heard the officials, in the absence of the Minister for Finance, tell us that we had not yet applied to the EU for any funding despite being in the middle of a deep pandemic or whatever one wants to call it. That beggars belief when Germany is spending its money and other countries...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (22 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am sharing time with Deputies Nolan and O'Donoghue. Cá bhfuil an Taoiseach? Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad? On Questions on Promised Legislation, the Taoiseach wanted to know what planet I was on. He is not even here to listen to the debate. Another Deputy is correct that they always leave before we speak. The Minister of State, Deputy Thomas Byrne, is here. The...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach described the deal that we got at the weekend as a good one for Europe. Only four countries - Germany, France, the Netherlands and Sweden - are to contribute more than us. Germany will pay €1,606 per capita. Ireland will pay €3,201 per head. This is a rotten deal. After the miserable so-called bailout, which I called a clean-out at the time, this is another...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I know what planet I am on.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It is about that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It is.

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I will be around. The Minister of State need not worry; I am always around. A gang of his crowd arrived one night in January in a kind of clandestine raid to Hanora's Cottage in the Nire Valley. I happened to turn up and knocked on the door, and the poor woman, Mrs. Mary Wall, nearly collapsed. When I arrived, there were five or six of us, and they enjoyed it and I enjoyed it. We were...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Nolan will speak first.

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the appointment of the Minister of State, Deputy English. I am very concerned. Like many speakers tonight I support the thrust of the Bill and the need for it. With no disrespect to the departmental officials present, the Bill is drawn up by mandarins in the Department. This is a problem for me. Why do we not have business people in here who can be consulted and engaged with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The stimulus package is expected to be announced this week. We know the Taoiseach is tired having come back from Brussels. We need to look at the bigger picture in terms of stimulus measures. Every bed and breakfast, farm and country guest house, small hotel, big hotel and Airbnb that gets a booking through Booking.com, or any of the other numerous booking agencies, most of which are based...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: If the Minister is not available, perhaps his very able junior, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, could attend.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: We want to tease it out.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach does not have to mention that. We know that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am normally one to agree with the Order of Business but on this occasion it is such an important issue. We are talking of the stimulus package and everything else. There is a worry in rural Ireland for farming and for the rural economy and that what is good for Europe may not necessarily be good for the farmers in Ireland. This is very serious. Whether we can find time to extend the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he will take to reduce the current waiting time for applications under the warmer homes scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the current backlogs of up to 18 months from time of application to being appointed to a contractor by the SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16995/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the composition of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board to ensure that its membership is both impartial and has sufficient maritime competency to carry out its duties in view of the European Court of Justice ruling against Ireland regarding failures to ensure the independence of the board; if he will establish a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extra supports that will be provided to local authority leisure centres to allow them to reopen and operate fully without being at a financial loss as a result of the extra requirements placed on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17059/20]