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Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Dec 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 511. To ask the Minister for Health if the success of Sweden's approach to tobacco control, embracing alternatives to smoking like vaping, will be reflected in the plan for Tobacco Free Ireland 2025, instead of adopting the more restrictive and less successful approaches by countries like France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, where the average smoking rate across the four countries is 24.75%,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Dec 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 512. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the efficacy of Ireland's tobacco reduction strategy, considering Ireland's smoking rate has been 18% since 2019, while Sweden's is currently at 5.6%, as an example; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Dec 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 513. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the price of the licence and timeline of implementation of the licensing system contained in the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53255/23]

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: To be fair, I did not say they were not.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is a nuisance.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: He is from the Minister of State's party. He is a fine, decent man. We had many a sparring match. We went Sumo wrestling one night for a function. We had a good interaction there as well.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is related given the input and work of Councillor Fitzgerald on the county development plans over the decades.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: He is much bigger than me but I knocked him over, thank God, and I was able to handle him then when he was down. It is easy to climb a tall tree that is knocked over. Going back to the county development plans, I note the input and work that Councillor Fitzgerald put in. He was the whip of his party over the years. I wish him, his wife, Mary, and his family well on his retirement.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: He has given sterling service for 45 years.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Councillor Fitzgerald replaced his late dad on the council, so the service in the family goes back even longer. I wish his mum, who is in her 95th year, well too. I have minor concerns about the ten-year cycle for the development plans. It is very long. I know the plans can be amended but they seldom are and it is an arduous task. We will be submitting amendments on these issues....

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am disappointed with the Bill. The Bill has a massive volume but there are gaping discrepancies in it. With regard to rural housing, the rural planning guidelines introduced in 2005 have proved excessively restrictive, especially with regard to the urban influence. They are obstructing young families from realising their dream of building a house on their own land and in their own...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is Limerick Junction but it is known as Tipperary Racecourse now. It has a great board, team and supporters club. They put together a massive €40 million development plan. There was a house for the race manager fadó fadó. He is long gone and the current occupants of the house have lodged a complaint to An Bord Pleanála. They have put in an objection. That was...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Come on. Get off it, will you, for God's sake?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We have had letters about meetings and money.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It beggars belief.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: He will build it, I suppose.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too want to be associated with the vote of sympathy to the MacGowan family and to Victoria, on the death of fellow Tipperary man, Shane MacGowan. He was a wonderful artist and has left a very rich legacy. The Tánaiste visited Ardfinnan more than two years ago, in September 2021, about Ardfinnan Bridge. I salute Margaret Egan and the community council and the work they have done...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reasons for the delays in local authorities paying out croí cónaithe grants to applicants who have completed their works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52897/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (30 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision of the second vacant homes officer for Tipperary County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52899/23]