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Leaders' Questions (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: He is getting excited.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: We are all well aware about what has happened with the Sammon Group and Carillion Group in the UK, and the devastation this has caused to schools in places such as Kells, Bray and Wexford. Behind that story, there are families. One such family company is that of Bobby O'Farrell & Sons, established in Thurles in 1989, and dozens of other small companies, often family-owned, which...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Is the Construction Contracts Act effective? Is it enacted? Why are these people being left high and dry?

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Will the legislation be revisited?

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak briefly on the motion this evening. As the Minister is aware, the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 was enacted following the Omagh bombing in August 1998. It amended earlier offences against the State legislation and contains provisions on the rules of evidence regarding the offence of membership of an unlawful organisation. As the report on the...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I move amendment No. 17: In page 3, to delete lines 31 and 32, and in page 4, to delete lines 1 to 14.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Vótáil.

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I too am thankful to the Minister of State for his comments. We must be mindful that EU directives do not crisscross, as he said. We will talk about that later. Regarding unpaid leave, I have a staff member who is after having her baby - successfully, thankfully - and who has now gone on to unpaid leave. There is no issue once there is a genuine understanding and a genuinely good...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle, I want to call for an adjournment as the Minister is out in the corridor and not in the Chamber.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: He is out in the corridor.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It is disrespectful, a Cheann Comhairle, when some of us were here for the Parental Leave Bill.

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I delighted to be able to speak on amendment No. 22, which relates to drivers with an L plate. I am disappointed, however. The Minister had an opportunity last night - he was allowed ten minutes - to respond to some of our questions but he chose not to do so. Deputy Broughan intervened as well. We have asked many questions during the course of the debate, including on Committee Stage,...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I would appreciate it if the Minister could address some of the issues being put to him next time he speaks, rather than just blaming us.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Policy (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 33. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to address concerns raised by the Health Information and Quality Authority which found significant levels of non-compliance in foster care standards; if such concerns extend to County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25321/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 43. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated deficit in social workers working in or assigned to County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25320/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 108. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have availed of the treatment abroad scheme in each of the past four years; the costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25741/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have availed of the treatment abroad scheme for the purposes of sexual reassignment surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25742/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Animal Reproduction (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 110. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has investigated or given policy consideration to the potential for exploitation associated with the provision of surrogacy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25743/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 174. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number and locations of specialist domestic violence refuges; the location and number of specialist sexual violence services; her views on whether there is a deficit of services in these areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25744/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (13 Jun 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 175. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding provided to centres (details supplied) in each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25745/18]