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Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services Provision (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse: National Policy and Procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22931/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 296. To ask the Minister for Health to investigate the matters outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22936/16]

Appointment of Members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am delighted to avail of the opportunity to speak to this motion on the last day before we break. I have been asking on the Order of Business and during Question Time when this board would be set up because it is long overdue. I have a list of the names of those to be appointed and I am glad to see it is happening. For too long, we have not had any real regulation. There were...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: It is ladies' day.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: In 2013, I was told by the HSE that it had commissioned an independent review of orthodontic services throughout the country. I pursued the matter in 2014 and during the past fortnight. Sadly, it was confirmed to me through a Parliamentary Question yesterday that there are 382 patients awaiting orthodontic treatment in north Tipperary and similar numbers in south Tipperary, with only two...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm if Coillte Teoranta owns or rents woodland at Curraheen Hill, Curraghdobbin Hill, Newtown and associated townslands of Macreary, Rathclarish, Poulmaleen, Ballinurra, Lisadobber and Ahenny in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23795/16]

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom mo chomhghairdeachas a ghabháil d'fhoireann Tiobraid Árann. Bhí an bua againn sa chluiche ar an Domhnach. The House will forgive me that when discussing such a serious issue but I could not let the opportunity pass-----

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: -----and I hope the EU will not decide to bring an appeal about the style and the manner of the hurling. I also wish to preface my remarks by saying that I fully support the 12.5% corporation tax. I salute the many companies that have established operations throughout Ireland, but especially those in my county and in and around Clonmel. There are almost 4,000 jobs there, some with Merck...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am sticking to Apple but there are a few bad apples always in every pack. Deputy Grealish might know that. This is about the corporate tax rates. We said it is not about tax avoidance. It clearly is not. It is not about tax evasion. It is not about the justness of our tax system. Ostensibly, it is not even about tax. It is about illegal state aid, full stop. The Minister, Deputy...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Of course it was.

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: What is the Minister's estimate of the amount that has been spent so far on legal aid-----

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: -----regarding this issue and what will it cost the taxpayer to appeal?

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Big Phil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, wish the Minister and his team well. It is important that he listens and engages. I know began to do so when the negotiations on the programme for Government commenced. This is a huge issue and we will be judged on our success or failure in grappling with it. We have failed spectacularly, as a country, to deal with homelessness. There are a number of blockages, one of which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Data (16 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportations carried out for each of the past three years; the reasons for same; her plans to amend existing legislation in this area given the heightened terrorist threat within the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24371/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (16 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are eligible for early release from prison in 2016; if she is satisfied that existing prison capacity is sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24372/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Terrorism (16 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to monitor, detect and prevent the public dissemination of extreme Islamist ideologies (details supplied); her proposals to change the existing law around deportation of persons engaged in such practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24831/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (16 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 to provide a complete breakdown of the way and to whom the receipts generated from the road safety camera contract are distributed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24854/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (16 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that member companies of a consortium (details supplied) have allegedly been involved in serious financial fraud; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24855/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Contracts (16 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a full list of the members of a consortium (details supplied) which is currently contracted to operate the Garda Safety Camera Contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24856/16]