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Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: This is a reasonable budget which contains many welcome measures. However, as we know, the devil is in the detail. I am sure that as we examine the Estimates in the coming days, we will learn a lot more about the real impact of budget 2017 on citizens. As I said, there are many welcome measures contained in the budget, but I am concerned that the Government has not gone far enough to...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: He is not gone yet.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to get a few moments to speak on the motion. I said earlier that I would be supporting it because it is one facet of our attempts to deal with the chronic issue of smoking and the legacy effects it has on households and on both heavy and passive smokers. It saddens me that, notwithstanding increases over the several budgets while I have been a Member of the House, smoking has...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Remit (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend the powers of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29332/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a vehicle registration tax, VRT, relief on vehicles purchased by community and voluntary groups in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29247/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a home carer's credit in budget 2017 to support parents who stay at home to care for their children, thereby giving greater parental choice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29257/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Programme for Government Initiatives (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 247. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he has taken to introduce a working family payment as promised in the programme for Government to ensure that social welfare schemes supporting low-income families do not discriminate against the self-employed and farming families; when he expects such a payment will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29265/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 254. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) employed as a supervisor on a community employment scheme will be offered redundancy should their scheme be amalgamated with another scheme; the reason they would not be eligible for redundancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29340/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Initiatives (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 328. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a co-ordinating unit to work with communities to develop co-operative structures to keep vital local services in place and to retain and develop vibrant local enterprises will be established as promised in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29250/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home help or a home care package in County Tipperary; the time they are waiting; if further funding will be approved for the home care package scheme to try to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29229/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the funding for respite services in County Tipperary, both adult and children services over the past five years; the number of persons awaiting services in the county; if he will ensure funding for respite services in south Tipperary is increased in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29230/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional funding will be provided for residential placements for persons with disabilities in budget 2017, with a particular emphasis on placements for dual diagnosis patients as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29235/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 351. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that additional funding will be provided for residential placements for persons with enduring mental health issues in budget 2017, with a particular emphasis on placements for dual diagnosis patients as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29234/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the area of early intervention services will receive increased funding in budget 2017 to ensure that the Government's increased commitment to early intervention services for children with special needs will be fulfilled in an effort to reduce waiting times for assessment and follow up therapies; if he will ensure a genuine effort will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that will be made in budget 2017 to ensure a reduction in the use of agency staff and to improve the working conditions of nurses to ensure that the HSE can attract and retain nurses in our health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29256/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (11 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that funding for local roads will be dramatically increased in budget 2017; if the local improvement scheme will be extended as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29244/16]

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to have another opportunity to reply to some measures included in the budget and thank everyone for his or her co-operation. Last night someone said the budget was like a light shower of snow over a farm, that there was no great amount in anyone's pocket or any one field. This is the best description I can use because there was a little for everyone, for which we must be thankful,...