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Public Services Card: Statements (25 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I do not burn them, unless I have to, although I might burn a few around you, Minister. This issue raises fundamental challenges in important areas such as data protection, privacy, the proper or improper use of public money and the very credibility of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. The Data Protection Commissioner has been clear, however, that it is a misunderstanding to...

Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this important motion this evening. It is appalling to note that at the end of March, 3,568 children were awaiting a first assessment of needs nationwide and more than 850 children with special educational needs were receiving home tuition while awaiting school placement. This is shocking. I know the Minister of State is not the Minister for Health. As is usual now,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I raise the very serious issue of the mental health crisis in County Tipperary. A Fine Gael Government forced through A Vision For Change and left those us in County Tipperary bereft of a single long-stay bed for persons with mental health issues. St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny cannot take them. A Vision For Change promised a lot but delivered nothing. The people of County Tipperary will...

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I thank all the speakers who supported our motion and who came and gave of their time. Disappointment has been expressed about many who did not come. Agriculture is our primary industry and we must mind it. I learnt a great deal during the time of the protests and it was not just the blockades in Cahir where I was much of the time. I thank Bob Wilkinson, a man in his 80s, young Daniel...

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I move:"That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— Fine Gael has been in Government for eight years; — during that period of time, the beef sector has experienced regular levels of price volatility and insufficient levels of Government support in the pursuit of processor price transparency; — this is contrary to commitments outlined in the Programme for a Partnership...

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, this is unbelievable. We are discussing a motion tabled by the Rural Independent Group which deals with an important sector but there is only a handful of Deputies in the Chamber. Two Fianna Fáil Deputies have just joined us.

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: My point is that we should have a quorum. This is a scandal. There is one Minister of State present and no Deputy from the Labour Party, Sinn Féin or Independents 4 Change. Thousands of people spent weeks standing at factory gates. My colleagues and I visited them, as did Deputy Cahill, who is present.

Agrifood and Rural Development: Motion (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The attendance for this debate is scandalous. It shows what many Members of this Dáil think about rural Ireland and agriculture.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to contribute to the debate. I am a former board member of Caisleán Nua Voluntary Housing Association and one of the instigators of a voluntary group of laypeople who set up a wonderful organisation because of an horrendous attack on a vulnerable person. We held a community alert meeting in a full hall. As ever, until there is trouble and everything is fine, nobody...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Do the Minister and his Cabinet colleagues have any idea of the devastating impact of cuts? A woman whom I will call "Chrissie" is a full-time carer for her sister Mary, who has had Wilson's Disease since she was 14 years old. Mary is now 58. "Chrissie" is also a half-time carer for her mother who is 84 with deteriorating health. Mary was recently hospitalised unexpectedly for surgery for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Take that back.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is Dublin-centric. That comment should be withdrawn as it was personal.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff Appeals Mechanism (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeal process for SNAs who cannot get on a panel; if not, the reason therefor; the reason the supplementary manager of the panels cannot hear appeals from SNAs working within or outside of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38319/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the introduction of extensions to managed hedgerow and vegetation cutting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37291/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. Ar an gcéad dul síos, I echo what Deputy Niamh Smyth said about an Gaillimh aréir. I congratulate craobh Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann i gCathair Dún Iascaigh, the Cahir branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and Mícheál and Mary Harty on hosting a wonderful traditional music festival is Cathair Dún Iascaigh...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I said in July that there would be significant anger and frustration within rural communities when the Department confirmed, in response to a parliamentary question I submitted, that proposed regulations permitting the commencement of certain provisions of the Heritage Act 2018 are to be scrapped. The reply confirmed that plans to allow for hedgerow cutting during the month of August have...