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Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It is the comedy act over there.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the water services Bill, which is to address outstanding issues affecting the Government's water package. There are outstanding issues that I wish to ask about. Certain county councils are now inserting a planning condition under section 42(2) of the water directive.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It is very important.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The planning condition states that people have to connect through the public main when it becomes available. It is a serious issue going forward.

Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I will, but I have to raise it with the Taoiseach. When is the water services Bill coming to the House? It is important because people who have their own wells are being tricked into connecting to the public water main in order to get planning permission.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this most serious situation in our country which is happening in front of our eyes and which is worsening by the day. I wish to pay tribute to the manager and front-line staff in Clonmel hospital and in the other Tipperary hospitals, St. Patrick's, St. Theresa's, St. Brigid's, Cluain Arainn and Tipperary, for their work. They are dealing...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I am disappointed the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, is not here but I accept the Minister of State. I contend the service is not safe and it is not a quality service; this has been stated by consultants and not by me. The Minister of State said front-line staff endeavour to provide a safe and quality service, which they do, but they cannot do so without the tools or the means. If there is a...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: He is eminently qualified.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: No, I am not saying that.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Senior officials-----

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It is 48 hours in some cases.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It is invisible. I have not seen it.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Department Waiting Times (11 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: There are no ambulances. You pulled the service from Clonmel last week.

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: What?

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: That is true.

Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Male and female.

Order of Business (12 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: When will the children and family relationships Bill be introduced? It has been promised for a long time but there appears to be an undue delay with regard to it being brought forward.

Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I thank Deputy Finian McGrath for sharing his time with me. The issue of rates is and has always been a huge one for the vast array of small businesspeople up and down the country. Rates were on land up to 1977. They were always paid. I suppose it was a retrograde step to take them off fully. Now we have moved on to a whole new situation of business. The boom drove the valuations that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (12 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts his Department is taking to combat the rise of zero hours contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4713/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (12 Feb 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he or the Industrial Development Authority have taken to ensure that a plant (details supplied) in County Tipperary will become a source of local employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5851/15]