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Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if up to 915 general practitioners are set to retire from general practice in the next three to five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14962/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Expenditure (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the €150 million fund provided in budget 2017 enabling farmers to access low-cost loans that has been loaned to farmers; the number of persons who have applied for this facility, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14960/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 549. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the capital grants that have been awarded as part of the Ancient East initiative; the status of efforts to have Cahir town in County Tipperary included as part of the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14961/17]

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: He is delighted.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Yesterday I attended a briefing hosted by the Public Banking Forum of Ireland. Its analysis demonstrated that Irish commercial banks, which are so-called pillar banks, hold a market share of roughly 95% of the Irish market while their German counterparts, commercial banks which include Deutsche Bank and others, hold a mere 12.5% share of the German banking market. That might be little to...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister and the Government are in charge. His Ministry was part of the favourite four during the previous Government's term. They are in charge of the banks and lending. Small farmers and self-employed builders who want to build houses for the housing crisis cannot get a bob - not a shilling. They are not working. We need banks that are community focused and financially viable. We...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: They are codding the Government all the way.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is in control.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: FA.

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes:— the urgent need to develop appropriately sited, world class prenatal, perinatal and paediatric medical services for all the nation’s children and their families; — the critical need for a short corridor-linked or full service maternity hospital, integrated with the National Children’s Hospital to prevent the current...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank everybody who assisted in the work on this motion. I thank everybody who assisted with this motion including the staff in my office, Triona, David and Maureen. I also thank my colleagues in the Rural Independent Group for agreeing to the putting forward of this motion and putting so much time, energy and effort into it. I welcome our guests today, the sick children and their...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank everyone who has contributed tonight. I thank all Members for giving their honest and frank assessment. I am disappointed with the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne. She came to the Chamber tonight but did not answer the questions we had asked about the helicopter and parking that is worse than the parking at the hospital in Crumlin. People have asked why stand-alone...

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts re National Asset Management Agency’s sale of Project Eagle: Motion (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important topic. It is not a minute too early to set up this commission of investigation. I want to compliment, as I did earlier, Teachta Fleming and members of the Committee of Public Accounts for the outstanding work they have done. They are our last bastion in this House, as Teachtaí, representatives of the people, to deal with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 138. To ask the Minister for Health the class or model of helicopters that are licensed to land on hospital helipads or on hospital grounds; the situation with regard to a specific helicopter (details supplied); the number of landings for all type of helicopters that have occurred over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15568/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the national ambulance service in providing transport to hospital appointments for those that have no alternative transport available to them; the number of referrals to this office in 2016; the number of transfers arranged; the numbers of transfers refused; the other transport options available to persons who cannot arrange transport to and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of clarification, is the Minister happy to stand over a situation where somebody from Bus Éireann management locked the drivers out of their bus depot in Clonmel on Saturday last at 1 a.m. after the buses were parked there? Is he content to allow that to happen? Is the Minister also aware that 12 senior managers in Bus Éireann are getting over €100,000 a year...

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on this very important issue, which will haunt us in the future. I welcome the visitors in the Gallery. The system of direct provision for asylum seekers is almost 17 years old and from the beginning it has been a cause of significant controversy and debate. Among the issues raised most recently are the duration of the stay in direct provision, the impact of this...

Direct Provision: Statements (30 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Since when? It was not full when I was there last summer season. It was not full; there was no one in it. Maybe the Minister of State would want to check the facts. It is very close to me, and I will be taking a walk along the strand and I will see and come back to him. I will accept if I am wrong. It was always full with people - holiday-makers and locals - but there was nobody in it...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government refers to the need to build general practitioner capacity to respond to patients' needs and provide access to X-rays, ultrasound and other investigative services, in addition to the need for chronic disease management by those in general practice. The outpatient unit and accident and emergency unit in Clonmel are overrun. Will the Minister visit Clonmel with me?...

Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Bureaucracy.