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Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: When did he get that letter?

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Sacked.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Taoiseach have investigated the provisions of the fair deal nursing home support scheme, which are continuing to discriminate against farmers?

Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: It is under the Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013. Elderly farmers are made pay for all the time they are in a nursing home whereas ordinary people only pay for three years. It is discriminatory against elderly farm owners.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: I have ceann amháin eile.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Under the same scheme, GPs are charging full medical card holders for blood tests, sick certs and everything else. I hear evidence of this every day of the week in my office. People are being charged even though they-----

Order of Business (2 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: It has, yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 263. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to recommend the introduction of the vaccine for Meningitis B, Bexsero, in view of the recent spike in the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15937/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (8 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money paid by his Department for consultancy or any other type of accounting or auditing work to PricewaterhouseCoopers and KPMG in the past two and a half years; the names of the reports received and the dates on which they were commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16085/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Debt (8 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 33. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on any consultation that has taken place between Professor Morgan Kelly and the Central Bank in view of Professor Kelly's recent comments on the relationship between banks and the debt in the small and medium enterprise sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16084/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his position regarding the ongoing difficulties caused by the presence of hard-water that are being experienced by residents of Clonmel North County Tipperary; if he will provide assurances that such residents who are affected will have necessary exemptions from any water tax costs which they would ordinarily incur; and...

Leaders' Questions (9 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister should take them on.

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: I will do my best. I wish the Ceann Comhairle a happy Easter.

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: I will do my best. Thousands of people took to the streets today - when they could have been working on their farms or at home - to protest about what is happening regarding our policy on wind energy generation and EirGrid. The EirGrid Bill was pushed back from 2013 to this year but there is no sign of it yet. In the context of the Central Bank (consolidation) Bill, when will the...

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: That individual is acting on behalf of a company called Everyday Finance and his behaviour is completely unacceptable. I will not mention his name.

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: The final matter I want to refer to relates to general practitioners, who are carrying this country's health service on their backs at present. In the context of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (amendment) (No. 2) Bill, when does the Taoiseach propose to negotiate with general practitioners? When will he recognise the role they play? They have known their patients for generations and...

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: He is not engaging with them.

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Such rights should be given to them.

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: Next year.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Powers (15 Apr 2014)

Mattie McGrath: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance his views that it is appropriate for senior revenue officials in Waterford Revenue Commisioners to attempt to block this Deputy as a public representative from acting as a legitimately appointed mediator between a limited company (details supplied) and the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17318/14]