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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Agreements (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Ireland or any EU country can opt out of or opt into the pact. The stark reality of the EU migration pact, which is designed to streamline so-called migration policies and address the challenge of asylum seekers, is that Ireland is ceding control over its borders and, of course, immigration procedures. Slovakia has done an estimate of the cost if it does not take in the migrants and is...

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I question the previous judge, Mr. Keane. Who appointed him? Can we find that out? I know who appointed him. I know who his friends were. That is what is going on to this day. The judges are appointed and there is cover-up after cover-up. Shame on the major political parties that continue the farce.

Acknowledgement and Apology to the Families and to the Victims of the Stardust Tragedy: Statements (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the families in the Gallery, some of whom I met outside and on the street. I met people from my constituency - Alison and Heather. Her mother was unable to come today. They are weary and tired from fighting for justice for so long. I salute them. The disaster has been a long-standing symbol of injustice in our country and not the only one. Some of the 48 people who lost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. I apologise if my questions are repetitive. I was addressing other issues in the Dáil. Opting into this pact greatly undermines Ireland's democratic sovereignty by giving exclusive power to the EU to decide on our immigration policies. The pact includes a mandatory solidarity mechanism, forcing countries to choose between accepting migrants or paying hefty sums...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We raise Topical Issue matters all the time but most of the time, we are lucky to have the line Minister or the Minister of State. I asked the Minister whether she and the Government will publish the Attorney General's advice in relation to not holding a referendum on this and other aspects of it. As I said, you would nearly think it was our fault this was being rushed and that we had...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Emergency Accommodation (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the full cost of development of modular homes for Ukrainians since 2022 to date; the cost per development and the cost per home; the number of homes built under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18023/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Regulations (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the European Union (Planning and Development) (Displaced Persons from Ukraine Temporary Protection) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 306 of 2022) will be disbanded; the reason they remain in place if the levels of Ukrainian persons requiring State accommodation is falling (as per the Taoiseach's comments in Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to develop modular homes for the homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18026/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Statutory Instruments (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to introduce a statutory instrument to exempt developments of rapid-build modular homes for Irish citizens to alleviate the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18027/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many prosecutions have been initiated in respect of alleged offenses under section 11 of the Immigration Act 2004; the outcome of any such prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17722/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in respect of whom a deportation order has been made that are currently in the State insofar as her Department is aware; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17723/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 533. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full cost of providing modular homes for Ukrainians to date; the proposed commencement date for the development of 82 modular homes for Ukrainians on HSE-owned lands at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the proposed cost of this development; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (23 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 571. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the plans for use of modular homes built for Ukrainians should there no longer be a requirement for such homes by Ukrainians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18024/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: What is happening with the NCSE and the Department is typical. Is there any joined-up thinking? St. Michael's Junior Boys School has been offering to open a class for the past two years but the NCSE has not approved it so far. It is imperative this be provided in a town the size of Tipperary, where five national schools are available and where a school has offered to accommodate them. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Why the Minister of State at the Department of Education left? I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan. It is disappointing that neither the Minister or a Minister of State for education is here. It is such a serious area. There are huge concerns about special units in national schools in County Tipperary. In December 2023, Burncourt National School received...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I join with the Tánaiste in wishing the families of the victims of the Stardust tragedy all the best today. I happened to be in Dublin that night as well. They have been a long time waiting for justice. I am questioning the issuing of planning exemptions for telecommunication structures such as masts as per the statutory instrument, class 31, of the Planning and Development Act...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Thankfully. They have stopped.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 5. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht about the progress of sports capital grant applications; the total value of the fund estimated for this year’s round of applications; and when she intends to make an announcement on same. [17257/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional accommodation for an ASD class (details supplied) in south Tipperary; the reason for the delays in progressing this project, which has been ongoing since 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17114/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (18 Apr 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 278. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the system Tusla has in place for children in State care to make a complaint; the number of complaints Tusla has received from children themselves in State care from 2015 to 2024; the number of those complaints that are about their foster placement; the number of complaints that are about their residential...