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Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Will it get past the Cabinet?

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Along with Fine Gael.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Tánaiste go back?

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The noise pollution Act is coming.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I was here.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: I was here.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It is not our job to have a quorum.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste nicknamed the cuts introduced by Charlie McCreevy the "Dirty Dozen", but there have been at least 20 cuts to social welfare. I refer to the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill and carers. Applications for carer's allowance will no longer involve a family GP, but will instead be done by a civil servant.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. It is another sneaky cut which was introduced in the budget. The Tánaiste will have to face up to the issue because carers are waiting long enough for assessments, which can take from 15 to 18 months. A family GP knows the most about the needs of families or people being cared for.

Order of Business (2 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: What about family carers?

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is past its time.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach is at the wheel.

Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: The Judicial Council Bill has never been more needed. It has been promised on many occasions. This morning in the High Court a case went ahead half an hour before it was lifted and an individual was jailed only to be brought back to a different court at 1 p.m. and be freed. This is the second time this gentleman has been jailed by the same judge. I can name him-----

Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: What is going on down there under Mr. Justice Hunt is a farce and is unacceptable.

Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: It is a matter for the Judicial Council Bill. When will it be introduced?

Order of Business (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: What about the people with variable rate mortgages? Did they ring the Taoiseach?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Fuel Scheme (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 72. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are grants available from her Department for home heating solid fuel stoves or ranges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14329/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 31 March 2015, if he will provide the documentation requested (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14151/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm and clarify the status of elective surgery at Kilcreene hospital in County Kilkenny, which serves the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency and the south Tipperary area; if there are plans for the closure of this facility within the next two and a half to three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14370/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (15 Apr 2015)

Mattie McGrath: 610. To ask the Minister for Health the constitutional protections currently in place for in vitro embryonic human life; the proposals in place to alter such protections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13289/15]