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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for having had to leave for a meeting of the Business Committee. I am delighted to welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contributions. We are at an important crossroads in Europe. Certainly, I have concerns about some activities taking place under the flag of and with the financial support of the European Union. We need to be more awake, engaged and vocal and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for having had to leave for a meeting of the Business Committee. I am delighted to welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contributions. We are at an important crossroads in Europe. Certainly, I have concerns about some activities taking place under the flag of and with the financial support of the European Union. We need to be more awake, engaged and vocal and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for having had to leave for a meeting of the Business Committee. I am delighted to welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contributions. We are at an important crossroads in Europe. Certainly, I have concerns about some activities taking place under the flag of and with the financial support of the European Union. We need to be more awake, engaged and vocal and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for having had to leave for a meeting of the Business Committee. I am delighted to welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contributions. We are at an important crossroads in Europe. Certainly, I have concerns about some activities taking place under the flag of and with the financial support of the European Union. We need to be more awake, engaged and vocal and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for having had to leave for a meeting of the Business Committee. I am delighted to welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contributions. We are at an important crossroads in Europe. Certainly, I have concerns about some activities taking place under the flag of and with the financial support of the European Union. We need to be more awake, engaged and vocal and to...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to contribute briefly to the debate on the Bill. I compliment my colleagues in Fianna Fáil on bringing it forward. It is very worthy and necessary. No Member wants to be a killjoy, but we must deal with these dangerous vehicles. They are not toys. Although I sympathise with communities or estates which are experiencing anti-social activity related to scrambler or quad...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Some months ago after much begging and pleading, the Taoiseach announced a task force for Tipperary town, its environs and west Tipperary. Following on from that the Minister of State, Deputy English, appointed Ms Alison Harvey as an independent chairperson. The people in Tipperary were delighted about that. However, the process has come to a stop. No progress has been made. Many...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is killing them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: A pig in a poke.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Of course.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I agree with the sentiments expressed by the other party leaders. This is nothing short of an election gimmick, a rush because of the Taoiseach putting his two feet into other issues. The Government wants to get this out so it can sell its candidates throughout the country. The public is aware of what is happening and will not be fooled anymore....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Administration (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that the criteria used to adjudicate DEIS status for schools is fair and equitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18844/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18845/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Communications (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 54. To ask the Taoiseach if he has contacted the Government of Sri Lanka to express his condemnation of the recent attacks on churches and other properties; and if so, the date of same. [19256/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an interdepartmental committee will be established to oversee and monitor Ireland's response to Christian persecution in view of the fact that Christians are the most persecuted religious grouping globally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19462/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the contributions Ireland has made to projects supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19090/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the way in which the cost of tax expenditures in revenue forgone are calculated; if he is satisfied that the current calculating methodology is adequate; the amount of revenue foregone in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18920/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has received financial support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in each of the years 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19091/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the concerns of rural and farming parents that school curricula will include negative depictions of beef consumption will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18848/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs organisers, SENOs, in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18919/19]