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Programme for Government: Statements (Resumed) (12 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: -----but that is not acceptable and we will not be silenced.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste visited Clonmel some months ago when he met with Nora O’Dwyer and Andrea Crowe regarding Dundrum House Hotel and its use as a refuge for hundreds of people from Ukraine. They have been settled in and integrated into the community. Many work in the community. The Tánaiste made commitments that day to get back to them but they have not heard a peep since. Now...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: People need to be consulted.

Road Safety: Statements (13 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Before the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, starts, I take this opportunity to wish him, the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, well in their portfolios.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Tipperary now has 1,926 learner drivers waiting on a test. We have only one tester in Clonmel. Last week, that tester was out on badly overdue leave, which is fair enough, but the situation regarding tests in Clonmel is pathetic. The former Taoiseach, Deputy Harris, told me last year that the wait was ten weeks but it is now 28 weeks in Clonmel. This is not acceptable. People cannot get...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: -----and people in rural Ireland are completely disenfranchised without access to driving tests.

Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I wish both Ministers of State well. There is a big job of work to be done here. Mental health is just the poor relation. There are so many problems. CAMHS services are non-existent in Clonmel. Where services exist, some consultants - not a lot - are exploiting the situation by not treating patients in the public service and instead forcing them into the private service. Much...

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (19 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome this legislation, including amendments Nos. 6 and 7, because it is long overdue. It relates to many families going back to the Whiddy Island disaster in Bantry Bay all those years ago. I came across a case in Tipperary about which I have spoken previously. I have raised it with several Ministers. It was bizarre that we had a Marine Casualty Investigation Board populated by...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support an emergency works application from a school (details supplied) for the replacement of old windows in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6137/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will provide local authorities with a direction about the purchase of tenant-in-situ properties where the tenant is on the council housing waiting list and their notice to quit is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5496/25]

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I congratulate the three Ministers and wish them well. Disability services in south Tipperary are quite simply non-existent and not fit for purpose. The CDNT teams, despite the efforts of the therapists working in them, are simply not fit for purpose with huge vacancies and even longer waiting lists. Children are crying out for autism assessments, psychology services and speech and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being made to urgently address the crisis within the childcare system, with many childcare facilities unable to attract and retain staff; whether childcare facilities struggling to retain staff and at risk of closure can receive additional funding to improve the staff pay and conditions; and if she...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on his elevation to office and I wish him well. I also wish an dá Aire well in their new roles. I really want to ask the Minister the steps she is taking to deal with the lack of disability services in south Tipperary, the number of vacancies in CDNTs 4 and 5, the number of children waiting for occupational and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise. I had two questions. I will introduce the first one again. The question is on childcare. Naíonra Chaisleáin Nua was set up fadó fadó and we have a huge problem retaining staff. The whole early years sector is bursting at the seams with children but staff are moving on. Progression is a good thing but we cannot get replacements. It is a huge issue the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Certainly, we need the voluntary sector here. Naíonra Chaisleáin Nua is a voluntary crèche. I salute the current board there, who work tirelessly, and Helen Nic Craith, who set it up. It was her dream. We need to support those people because these are voluntary boards. We should not remove them or stifle them with bureaucracy. It is the same with the section 39 workers....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Childcare Services (25 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: It sounds great. As Gaeilge, it would probably even sound better. I salute the staff, management and teams that are there. However, the regulations are huge. For the baby room and the early years, the staff ratios are huge. In national school, you can have one teacher to 32 children. It is not a level playing field. I acknowledge there is unprecedented funding. It is trickling down...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: After Storm Éowyn and recent snow storms, bushes and trees are overhanging roads everywhere and wires have collapsed down on top of ditches. The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors in Ireland, FCI, has asked me - as have many other people because it is common sense - to extend the hedge-cutting season for at least a month in view of the ferocious damage that has been done by...

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: That concludes statements on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the Minister to the House.

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Sláinte. I wish her well with all of that. Bogaimid ar aghaidh anois leis an gcéad cainteoir ó Pháirtí Shinn Féin. Tá seacht nóiméad ag an Teachta David Cullinane.