Results 20,561-20,580 of 20,830 for speaker:Mattie McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 581. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to amend the 2025 scheme of investment aid for commercial horticulture sector to remove the minimum spend requirement so that all affected growers can access support, regardless of financial position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 582. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to amend the 2025 scheme of investment aid for the commercial horticulture sector to Increase the level of financial assistance to reflect the true cost of rebuilding and recovering lost crops and to provide emergency aid for loss of earnings, recognizing that farms have lost not only infrastructure but also their ability to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 598. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way a person (details supplied), who owes large amounts to the Revenue Commissioners was able enter into a contract with his Department to provide IPAS accommodation; the due diligence that was carried out to ensure this company had tax clearance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 599. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way a company (details supplied) who’s director has listed their address as an approved IPAS accommodation centre has entered into a contract with his Department to provide IPAS accommodation; if it is appropriate for a person living in IPAS accommodation to be entering into contracts with his...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a building in Cork (details supplied) is currently in use as IPAS accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9056/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (4 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children waiting to be seen by the CDNT teams 4 and 5 in south Tipperary under all disciplines including the length of time waiting, the waiting times and the numbers of children waiting to be assessed for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9100/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct Bus Éireann through the post-primary school transport scheme to ensure that a new bus pick-up stop will be installed in Clogheen village for collection to schools in Mitchelstown, County Cork, as the recommendations of the school transport scheme are due to come into place from September 2025 (details supplied); and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current use of a building (details supplied) in County Tipperary, given the immediate shortage of special school places in south Tipperary if the school could be used for the establishment of a new special school in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12955/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 1267. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in cases in which farmers are in a partnership if farm payments can be paid to all partners equally as opposed to one partner; the steps available to a farmer in a partnership where one partner received the payment but is not paying it out to the other partners in the partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 1454. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the current use of a building (details supplied) in County Tipperary, given the immediate shortage of special school places in south Tipperary if the school could be used for the establishment of a new special school in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Records (19 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 1478. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born with Down syndrome in Ireland, based on records of births in each of the years 2017 to 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Men's Sheds (19 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 1954. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider providing additional funding to an association (details supplied) following the loss of the IMSA sustainability grant for the period of May 2024 to April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11433/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Men's Sheds (19 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: 1955. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider providing additional funding to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11504/25]

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Social Democrats for allowing me some time on this important motion. I wish the Minister of State well in his position. He knows my position on this. My position is that the triple lock is sacrosanct. Our neutrality is sacrosanct. I was concerned about two years ago when the Taoiseach had a roadshow with hand-picked people to try to soften up the public for a change to our...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Bogaimid ar aghaidh leis an Ríaltas agus an Teachta Malcolm Byrne. I wish him well with his sore arm.

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Anois, bogaimid ar aghaidh le Teachtaí ón grúpa Neamhspleách réigiúnach - an Teachta Gillian Toole, an Teachta Barry Heneghan agus mé féin.

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Táim buíoch den Cathaoirleach Gníomhach freisin for allowing me time to speak here. I am not as enthusiastic as some people about the spending on our European military. Some people, such as the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach, Deputy Lahart, would say that it might help with our situation regarding illegal migrants here. Possibly, but I live in hope. We need to build...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Will you dance to my tune now, please?

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Mattie McGrath: Will I take one more question and the Minister of State can answer three?