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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Feb 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 187. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of international protection applicants who have received an exceptional needs payment in the past 12 months; the expenditure by his Department on international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8209/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister for his engagement on this, including with Councillor Máirín McGrath and me, and with Deputy Murphy from Tipperary South. This project has got so far. It is small money in the overall context to keep it alive and to have it progressed from the stage it is at now. This very important route goes from Waterford to Rosslare right up to Foynes, including all the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Tipperary town bypass; if the bypass can be fast-tracked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8898/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire, an Teachta O’Brien, agus an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Canney. Gabhaim buíochas leo as labhairt liom faoi bhóithre Thiobraid Árann. I ask both of them, but particularly the Minister, for an update on the Tipperary town bypass. Can it be fast-tracked because people have literally been waiting for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister for his very in-depth reply. It is a long way to Tipperary and I hope one of his first visits will be to Tipperary town to note the anguish, trauma, noise and pollution that are experienced daily owing to hundreds of trucks travelling bumper to bumper. The people of Tipperary town are wonderful. Some years ago, 5,000 of them took to the streets with March4Tipp, along...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Tá spiorad iontach ag na daoine in Tipperary, daoine óga agus daoine aosta. It is a wonderful town with wonderful people. It has got many knocks over the years but there are many community and voluntary associations in the town. I could name them. They include Knockanrawley Resource Centre, the Canon Hayes Recreation Centre and the MooreHaven Centre. There are also sporting...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I will be as brief as I can. This is a huge issue. I welcome the statements but the numbers are being manicured and we are just not getting them. We want to keep Templemore because it is a wonderful centre. In south Tipperary, Carrick-on-Suir has three gardaí and two sergeants, but it used to have 14 gardaí. The Clonmel Garda district covers Carrick-on-Suir, Mullinahone,...

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, will quote Pádraig Pearse. As he said, a nation without its language is not a nation at all. Dhein mé mo dhícheall i gcónaí chun cúpla focal a úsáid. Ní raibh aon Bhéarla ag mo sheanmháthair. Bhí breac-Ghaeltacht sa Chaisleán Nua, mo bhaile, until 1957. Thosaíomar ranganna Gaeilge agus bunaíodh Gaelscoil...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (6 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Health to review the current situation within the National Ambulance Service where emergency response vehicles have been removed from off-duty paramedics as such vehicles are perceived to be a benefit-in-kind and the impact this decision will have on response times to an emergency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9144/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (6 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Minister for Health to review the current situation within the National Ambulance Service where emergency response vehicles have been removed from the off-duty paramedics. Such vehicles are now perceived to be a benefit-in-kind, which is a strange situation that will have a huge impact on response times. As they are bad enough at the moment, I ask the Minister to make a statement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (6 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: The National Ambulance Service is badly broken and the Government must intervene here to try to ameliorate this situation. It has been doing a wonderful job. The paramedics are not, as the Minister said, driving an ambulance or patient-carrying vehicle - we know that - but they are normally the first people to arrive to an accident or incident. In many cases now, when they are driving...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (6 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I would accept this if it was about some other group of employees but these are dedicated, vital, fast responders. I salute the first responder groups - there is one in my own community - that do excellent work here. They do the work of the HSE and in some cases, they are supported by these particular paramedics who have these cars. They train with them and support them every which way....

International Women's Day: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this topic. I think of my late mother, Mary, who reared nine of us, six boys and three girls. She was a powerful woman who instilled all of the values that I carry with me today. Indeed, I think of people like Carrie Acheson, iar-Teachta Dála, who was here for a short time in the 1980s. She was a powerful woman and a visionary. I think...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Development (6 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted an Aire Stáit is here. Clonmel, a once bustling, proud and thriving town - Cluain Meala, the vale of honey - has been left to deteriorate in recent years. Last year, it had the highest vacancy rate in Tipperary at 18.6%. This has deteriorated further in recent weeks and months. The entire area of Market Place is boarded up and there are numerous prime retail units on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Development (6 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Chuala mé an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach, an Teachta James O'Connor, cúpla lá ó shin. I heard the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach talking about Youghal town centre. All the towns are struggling, but Clonmel has been under siege. The then CEO, Joe McGrath from Nenagh, took over when the county was amalgamated. All the directorships of roads, planning and finance went to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the contract agreed between the State and a company (details supplied) in relation to the operation and maintenance of the Fermoy and Rathcormac bypass, and the associated toll plazas at Condonstown, Watergrasshill and Ballyoran Fermoy, is due to expire; if there is a buy out or release clause for the State in that contract before...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (5 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to reduce the waiting times for autism assessments in South Tipperary which are currently taking over two years; if those waiting for over six months can obtain an assessment privately and be reimbursed by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9883/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (5 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 157. To ask the Minister for Health if the lack of dental services for autistic children in the south east can be urgently addressed; the number of children with autism waiting on dental services in Cork, Tipperary, Waterford and Kilkenny; the average waiting time in each area; the efforts being made to address the waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9839/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no community social worker for south Tipperary; if she will fund this role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9893/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the immediate steps he plans to take to address the crisis within the tourism and hospitality industry (details supplied); the immediate steps he will take to relieve pressure in the interim; the steps he will take to address the ongoing Government policy to use hotels and tourist accommodation for IPAS applicants bringing...