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Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi.

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on this Bill, which proposes to link rent increases to the consumer price index. It is important to analyse and assess the dire housing crisis in this country. It should not give us any solace to be here this evening at the onset of darkness in the knowledge that over 2,000 children will sleep in hotel beds tonight and that many people are homeless. Successive...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant and funding schemes available to assist the board of management of a school (details supplied) to purchase adjoining land for the purposes of a car park and school pitch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received and approved under the mortgage-to-rent scheme, by county, in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15726/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the savings to his Department following the abolition of town and borough councils under the Local Government Reform Act 2014; his plans to reverse this abolition, given the deficit of democratic representation it has created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15727/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses built, by county, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans for further building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15728/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Collection (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue collected from the payment of development levies, by county council, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15735/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff recruited by local authorities to deliver more social housing units under the social housing strategy 2020 in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15739/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 423. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance available to persons (details supplied) to meet the cost of alcohol rehabilitation in rehabilitation centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15536/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 424. To ask the Minister for Health when he will provide extra spinal cord stimulators to St. Vincent's hospital, Dublin 4, to facilitate the 80 plus patients who are suffering from chronic pain and require this treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of abortions carried out in 2015 under the provisions of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16002/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 501. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15494/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to investigate the selection criteria used to pick the marathon team that will represent Ireland in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; if he is satisfied that Athletics Ireland reserve the right to change the policy on an ongoing basis; if he has concerns that a runner who had one of the top three qualifying times was...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 621. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding his Department provided to a company (details supplied) or to its parent company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15938/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 622. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures in place to prevent so-called predatory pricing and the elimination of competition with the various sectors of the economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15939/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 623. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the most recent engagement his Department has had with a company (details supplied) particularly in respect of its processing plant. [15940/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 624. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding support his Department offered to small businesses in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15941/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 625. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he is taking to safeguard business by tackling existing administrative burdens caused by regulation and legislation; the cost of such burdens to businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15942/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency (14 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 647. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 684 of 8 June 2016, to provide the salary and remuneration packages of the Board of Tusla - the Child and Family Agency over the past three years; if it is proposed that any member of the board of Tusla will exceed the general pay ceiling of €200,000 for future appointments to higher positions...

Insurance Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, compliment an Teachta McGrath and Fianna Fáil on tabling this motion, which is timely. I am delighted that in the spirit of the new politics it is not, as I understand it, being opposed by the Government. This is a very serious issue as we emerge from a dark, deep recession. I know this matter concerns car insurance mainly as well as commercial insurance, but this fledgling,...