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Questions on Proposed Legislation (30 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I will try not to make Deputy Smith anxious. I wish to raise concerns around the Courts Bill 2016, which proposes to have eviction and repossession cases returned to the Circuit Court, where we know they have failed. The Circuit Court is not fit for purpose and many cases are dealt with by county registrars with no experience in the Judiciary. The nonsense has been put around by many...

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: They sure would.

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on the Bill that has been introduced by Deputy Ó Broin, who works hard on the housing committee. The political point scoring that is happening in the House is not much help to the many people who are being evicted, who cannot get accommodation or who are homeless. While this is certainly a huge Dublin problem in the first instance, it is also a...

Secure Rents and Tenancies Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: We need a dose of reality. All builders and all landlords are not bad people.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (30 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason companies and vulture funds that submitted an incorrect self-assessment under section 110 cannot be pursued for outstanding revenue; the reason anti-avoidance measures have not been applied by the Revenue Commissioners to bring such measures into the tax net; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37906/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (30 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a project (details supplied) in Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37850/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (1 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 205. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the consideration his Department has given to a ruling of the High Court in July 2016, which found that "unborn" means an unborn child with rights extending beyond the right to life under Article 40.3.3 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38114/16]

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to improve services in the health service, including South Tipperary General Hospital. The latest reply I have from the HSE is totally unclear. It tells me it had a closing date for tender submissions of 16 November and that these were being evaluated by a multidisciplinary evaluation team. It said it was anticipated that the process...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Will he put plain English on it, please?

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I defer to Dr. Harty and his experience. I have some limited experience of dealing with GPs and of watching very harrowing cases where we have seen the HSE and its legal advisers drag families through the courts for years, sometimes decades, and have then admitted liability on the steps of a court. Huge awards have been paid and trauma and stress have been inflicted on families in situations...

Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Apologies for being out of breath. I support the Bill and compliment An Teachta Ó Cuív. This is only about fair play. We hear much about equal rights, human rights and everything else, so why should island populations be discriminated against? They are entitled to have their say just like everyone else. We encourage them to do so. It is important that they have it at the same...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of national schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38487/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of all applications for DEIS status for schools in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38488/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Spatial Strategy (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the national spatial strategy with specific reference to Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38581/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Services Expenditure (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amounts paid by his Department in grants and supports for those operating private or group water schemes for each of the years 2011 to date in 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38582/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Services Programme (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 239. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set down the number of first-time applications submitted seeking funding from the community services programme in County Tipperary in the past 12 months; if there are plans to increase the number of community services programme funded projects; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38693/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of medical cards for persons in receipt of the domiciliary care allowance; when they will receive their medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38827/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 23 November 2016, the cost in legal fees after the HSE acquired the freehold interest in a portion of the site at St. James's at a cost of €110,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol in South Tipperary General Hospital was implemented in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38718/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Dec 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 385. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 29 November 2016, his views on whether it is satisfactory that a child in County Tipperary should be told that the waiting time for an ENT appointment is over four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38821/16]