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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I was interrupted twice.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Rural proofing.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Three.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of order-----

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: We were elected as individual Members and we spent 60 days trying to form a government.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Every Minister has a duty to visit the people.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It is a responsibility and a duty to look after all the people of Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payments (17 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level and amount of exceptional needs payments that have been made in County Tipperary over the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1988/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (17 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that sufficient support exists for the development and growth of community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1987/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Data (17 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aid funding his Department has provided to countries and territories (details supplied) since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2328/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the core priorities of his Department with respect to the ongoing challenges presented by Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2609/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: My apologies. I was attending a meeting of the Business Committee. What are the Minister's priorities in respect of the ongoing Brexit debate? This issue is hugely worrying for many.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I congratulate the Government on the first round of the negotiations. They were very iffy and up and down and I acknowledge that they worked out reasonably well after a lot of careful and arduous work and a bit of blunt talking. Now, however, we are down to the next phase, which is very serious. I welcome the funds announced by the Minister and the advertising because we need to see them...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: There are organisations other than the IFA which represent the agriculture sector and smaller farmers as well. The Minister referred to agility. Most small business people are very agile because they have to be. It is not easy to keep an SME running and to keep all the balls in the air. They, therefore, do not need that kind of a response. The money may be advertised - many schemes are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I missed that. I do not know what the Minister said.

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: There is a commitment in the programme for Government on education from naionraí and pre-school to third level and fourth level. The amalgamation project between Cahir Boys' national school and Our Lady of Mercy Convent girls' school has been stuck in the bowels of the Department of Education and Skills for decades. Planning permission has been granted and the design has been agreed....

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am also on the Business Committee. It was agreed. I checked several times today if any of my colleagues could speak in my committee member slot but I was told "No". Why is there one rule for one Member and another for others?

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Excuse me but the big deal is we have a system. We go to the Business Committee, agree speaking slots and abide by them. However, the Fianna Fáil Deputies are getting carried away with their great leader.

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: We agreed the slots this morning and I expect they will be-----

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I will not. I am not blaming the Acting Chairman.