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Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I did not name any individual. I mentioned an office.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is going on. It is a fact. They will not touch it. They are announcing this money, that money and the other money - regurgitating funds. Nothing is happening. The councils have failed to build the houses, claiming they do not have the money. The Minister is saying they have. It is simple; the Minister should call them in. I ask him to call in our own county manager in Tipperary,...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I support certain aspects of the Bill. I do not agree with some aspects of it. The Bill proposes to provide for greater security of tenure by making all tenancies over two months Part 4 tenancies. I am not going to talk that much about the Bill. Before Christmas, the Minister spoke about rent certainty. Deputies Catherine Connolly and Danny Healy-Rae spoke about it. One could count on...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am not.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: That is the problem. The Bill is trying to keep people in their homes and stop evictions. This county registrar is granting repossession orders like snuff at a wake or confetti at a wedding. They were doing so badly in Tipperary when she went to Wicklow that they had to bring her back because they were not getting enough repossessions. That is the policy of the Government and the previous...

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I wish the former deputy First Minister a speedy recovery I have met him a few times and I have always enjoyed my engagement with him. I ask Teachta Adams to bring the good wishes of all of us back to him this evening. We are in a very dicey situation and we cannot go back to the past as it is not an option. We have to be positive and look forward. The elections are in place but it is...

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: What about the Independents?

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Beidh mé ann.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The affordable child care scheme Bill is on the new legislative programme. The aim of the Bill is to ensure that all childminders would be registered with Tusla. Five counties in the country have no childminders registered with Tusla which means the proposed legislation will be inoperable. The proposal would put undue hardship on people who have cared very well for children, their own and...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Not judging by the Taoiseach's previous comment.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for upgrading and transfer of Clonmel Garda station, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41055/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether additional funding can be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the emergency works universal access grant 2016 to ensure that building works can proceed to allow enrolled students with special needs full access to education in their own community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1442/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further information on his announcement regarding 115 extra special needs assistants; the schools these SNAs will be appointed to and the way they will be appointed; the number of SNA posts in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1633/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out in tabular form the amounts paid under the housing assistance payment scheme for each county in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1156/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of proposals to increase the powers of local authorities to collect commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41103/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of unpaid commercial rates for each local authority for 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41104/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses constructed and acquired for social housing by Tipperary county council for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1155/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address concerns that local authorities are having to reject substantial numbers of properties offered to them by NAMA due to legal title or management issues or that the properties offered are below local authority compliance standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1552/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider reversing the abolition of town and borough councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1553/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 654. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures his Department is taking to counter social welfare fraud; if he will provide, by payment type, the amounts recovered from 2011 to 2016, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1556/17]