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Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Of course there is. It relates to chapter 6 of the programme for Government with respect to health initiatives. There is a chronic situation in Clonmel hospital. To have 41 people on trolleys in a hospital that size is outrageous.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am. If the Taoiseach is not going to open-----

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review the funding allocation provided for the development and growth of the Irish language with specific reference to the fact that the number of Irish language summer camps has been reduced from 92 in 2015 to 59 in 2016, a drop of 35%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37693/16]

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Níl aon airgead ag grupaí Gaeilge. There have been reductions in the money provided to Conradh na Gaeilge, Foras na Gaeilge and other organisations that are providing valuable supports to community groups and groups such as naíonra and coláistí samhraidh. Níl aon seans acu an obair a dhéanamh.

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: They are fine words but the programme for Government states that the Government will increase investment in the Irish language, yet Foras na Gaeilge has had to reduce the number of Irish language summer courses. The public agrees that additional support should be made available and that has been shown in a Millward Brown survey, in which 61% of people in 2016 agreed that the State should...

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Words are no use. There is a huge disparity between what the Minister of State is saying and what I am being told. If this is what the Minister and the Department understand to be a robust commitment to the 20-year strategy, then serious questions have to be answered, and níl aon fhreagra anseo. When the budget was being delivered, the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and...

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Cá bhfuil an t-airgead?

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: What about Seachtain na Gaeilge?

Flood Insurance Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I too compliment Deputy Michael McGrath on bringing forward this reasonable Bill. A lot of work and dedicated effort went into it to try to do something for thousands of families up and down the country who are worried. The Minister of State, Deputy Seán Canney, is new in the job and to having scripts written for him. Two Ministers of State read scripts that did not mention a human...

Flood Insurance Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Is my time up?

Flood Insurance Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I thank all of the people who fight to help themselves. It looks like they will be helping themselves and paddling their own canoes for the foreseeable future and not depending on this merciless Fine Gael-led Government to do anything for them.

Flood Insurance Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Tagging (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the introduction of electronic tagging for criminal offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37196/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 574. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is satisfactory that a child in County Tipperary should be told that the waiting list time for an ear, nose and throat appointment would be over four years; the steps he will take to reduce this waiting time; the services that will be offered to such patients that have to wait four years for treatment; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 723. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of proposals to construct a bypass around Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37025/16]

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: They pay for it too.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Back again.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Private wells.

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Does he have a heart?