Results 9,401-9,420 of 20,768 for speaker:Mattie McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 821. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review being carried out into the nursing support scheme and the manner in which the current scheme is discriminating against farmers and small business owners; when this review will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19325/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 963. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review all the evidence in relation to alpha-1 respreeza and enter into meaningful discussions with a company (details supplied) to find a solution to make respreeza available for persons as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19850/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 964. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with a company (details supplied) with a view to lifting the 31 May 2017 deadline for providing alpha-1 respreeeza therapy to the 21 persons currently on respreeza in order to allow discussions take place in a favourable environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19851/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Chaplaincy Services Provision (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 904. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider extending the availability of chaplaincy services and support services to the existing chaplains at South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19607/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 931. To ask the Minister for Health the reason facilities (details supplied) in Clonmel and Grange, County Tipperary, are only operating on a part-time basis; if these facilities will be supported to allow them open full time to provide improved respite services to families of children with special needs; the estimated costs associated with operating these houses as opposed to the costs of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 982. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend the baby box scheme to all maternity hospitals; when the scheme will be available at South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19966/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bituminous Fuel Ban (2 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 1295. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to ban or limit the use of bituminous fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20478/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government commits to holding plebiscites in the former town and borough district council areas and if the people vote to have them reinstated at no cost they will be reinstated. They should never have been removed. The former Minister, Deputy Howlin, has admitted that it was one of the biggest mistakes the Government ever made. I do not hear him say much about it now....

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Well done.

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on the Bill. Its purpose is to confer an explicit power on Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, to bring and prosecute summary proceedings for inland fishery offences. IFI is the State agency responsible for the protection, conservation, development and promotion of Ireland's inland fisheries and sea angling resources. It was established on 1 July 2010 - I was a member of...

Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: On that point, I do not think the relevant Deputies expected that we would be dealing with this Bill at this point in time.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 101. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the cost benefit analysis that has been performed by his Department for the national children's hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (3 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of accidents which took place on the M8 motorway south of Cahir town, County Tipperary caused by aquaplaning; and the extent of the works that were carried out to alleviate the issue. [20922/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Two sets of families, one in Littleton, County Tipperary, and one in Offaly, are waiting today for a high official of Bord na Móna to tell them about their futures. The Minister was down last week in a blaze of glory to announce the feasibility study on solar panels, which we welcome. Surely, however, the workers in the Bord na Móna plants have given dedicated service and are...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Possibly, but this is happening as we speak. They are waiting for 2 p.m. and surely the Minister can make some comment on it.

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is linked to carbon tax policy.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (4 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing us to raise this Topical Issue this evening. It is a very important issue. The Minister has been down to Cashel in Tipperary. He saw the wonderful unit in the old Our Lady's which is lying idle; €23 million was spent on it and there is not a bed inside it. There are managers galore but not a bed. The Minister...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (4 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: There was no notice.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Closures (4 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister for coming into the House to address this matter. He has said that this is temporary but nobody trusts the HSE. This is a case of sheer ineptitude on the part of senior management in the HSE. A blind woman or man could see that this was coming. The services did not have enough staff and were under chronic pressure. I want to pay tribute to the staff in both...