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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I know the Minister has not seen it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Government could not build a henhouse.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Rural Independent Group and I tabled a motion in 2018 to have the site for the children's hospital changed from the current site. We brought Dr. Jimmy Sheehan, Fin Breatnach and others from Connolly for Kids in here in 2015 to tell Members that it was the wrong site. They had a 70-acre site out beyond the M50. Dr. Sheehan said that he would build a hospital there in 11 to 13 months for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Sabrina Kelly, a mother of two children with special needs from Clonmel, has been failed by the National Council for Special Education and the Department of Education. She is struggling to get a school place for her youngest son, Josh. He is five years old and was due to start school this month. He was eventually offered a place in Powerstown National School beside Clonmel. However, the...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I am. I was at a briefing with the Ceann Comhairle. Interestingly, it was about the security of Members and staff. I certainly want to comment on this situation. It is very important that we try to take all measures to protect all of our citizens, and not only Members of this House and whoever else. The situation is very bad at present. It has deteriorated rapidly under the...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I know that. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. There are a lot of amendments and changes that need to be made. Some of them are here, and some are missing. We can have all the amendments, Bills and legislation that we like, but we do not have basic numbers of members of An Garda Síochána. We should cut out the spin and the announcements of how many gardaí are being...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (24 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Of course it is. We have seen the murder of members of An Garda Síochána and different people. Any murder, the taking of life, is the most heinous crime there is. Of course there should be mandatory sentences, and not a slipshod version of it - that is not a life sentence. Life should mean life because after all, somebody has taken another person's life. The situation regarding...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, Aoife Johnston's death at UHL was almost certainly avoidable. What is happening day in, day out at UHL presents a shocking, appalling vista, all because the Government closed down Nenagh, St. John's and Ennis emergency departments and expected UHL to do the work without putting in place the necessary beds or staff. I heard the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, quipping across...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 2.To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [30633/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 62.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a scheme which was initially announced in 2022 where photo voltaic panels would be installed for households that have a high reliance on electricity for medical reasons; when the scheme will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31091/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 89.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 12 December 2023, the status of the national cyber security Bill; and its expected progression. [32235/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 110.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electrical energy that will be stored at the energy storage facility which is proposed to be built at Ballynanelagh, Knockraha, County Cork. [33332/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 111.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcomes the taxpayer can expect to see given the amount the State is projected to spend on achieving net zero. [33333/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 123.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide funding to local authorities for the development of civic amenity centres in towns where one currently does not exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33701/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 292.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the driving test waiting lists, by test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33688/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 293.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any update in relation to the increased recruitment of driving testers to address the driving test backlog. [33689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 294.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to reinstate the Dublin Airport stop on the 245X bus from Cork to Dublin, formally the X8 route, as it was regularly used for the sole purpose of travelling to the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33691/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 295.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase funding for local roads, drainage projects and general maintenance to local authorities to assist with the growing cost of inflation, and to allow them to carry out their role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33692/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 296.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to fund further rollouts of local link services to introduce the service in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33694/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (23 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 297.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the evidence used to support the planned reduction in speed limits on local and national roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33700/24]