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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Trade Union Membership (26 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in community schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40319/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Trade Union Membership (26 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40320/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Trade Union Membership (26 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in voluntary secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40321/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Trade Union Membership (26 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in community schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40322/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Trade Union Membership (26 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who had a facility for a deduction at source of the payment of membership subscriptions to a union (details supplied) in place on 1 July 2017 in comprehensive schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40323/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (26 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers in the voluntary secondary school sector who were in receipt of the gross additional payment of €796 in lieu of the supervision and substitution allowance in respect of the 2016-2017 school year on 2 June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40324/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (26 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the savings made to the Exchequer each year following the amalgamation of Tipperary north and Tipperary south county councils in 2014, taking into account the abolition of local town councils in the county; the way in which this equates to investment and the provision of funds to Tipperary county council; and if he will make...

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: He is a great observer.

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Notwithstanding the Taoiseach's earlier remarks, which I appreciate-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Active service. Go raibh maith agat.

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I will. It is you who is delaying me, not myself. The question of referendums is under decision this week in the Cabinet and also the eighth amendment committee, which the Taoiseach mentioned. Will he support me and call on People Before Profit - maybe the Taoiseach did not know this before he answered - to condemn the actions of the Trinity College branch, which publicly destroyed 32...

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is promised legislation. We have a referendum coming up. Unbroken Ireland is a group of rape survivors who have chosen to proceed with their pregnancies and who campaign to remove the stigma and taboo surrounding the debate on this issue. That other group wants to shut down free speech. Unbroken Ireland is making an address in the AV room tomorrow.

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: They tore down the posters and pictures on Facebook-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Taoiseach ask the Garda Síochána to deal with it?

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I compliment the proposers of the motion. I must ask the Minister of State some questions. Houses were recently offered by NAMA to many councils. In a reply to me, however, Tipperary County Council stated that the NAMA units referred to were not appropriate for use by local authorities because a high number of them were not up to standard or did not meet construction regulations while...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome our guests here today and thank them for their time. What are their views of the preamble to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child which states: ". . . the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth"? This clearly states that a child is to be considered a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: This man has performed many hundreds of abortions and changed his mind and saw fit to produce that video.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I wanted to put it on the public record here. I do not think I am over my time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Constitutional Issues Arising from the Citizens Assembly Recommendations (27 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I wanted to put on public record that I want that video to be seen here.

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Mattie McGrath: They are not all in favour of repeal.