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Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, but I am quoting it directly now.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: What does it matter if people are repetitious? I went through the Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which I called a quango and I know what that was like but I expected that there would be more decorum here with Deputy Harty in the Chair. I expected more respect and manners but it seems that some people cannot help themselves. I call on the Minister to enter...

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Did the Chairman hear that comment?

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Of course it is.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Minister, you cannot-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: That is how committees work, on a point of order.

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: No-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Same here. Are we not allowed-----

Select Committee on Health: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: He did not respect us-----

Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am delighted to support this Bill, introduced by my colleague from Tipperary. I thank him for the work he put into it. The Taoiseach said he accepts there is a national housing emergency yet the Minister responsible for housing, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, who is not here tonight although he should be, has reportedly undermined confidence in his homelessness statistics by ordering...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he made representations to the Pakistani Government or its ambassador regarding the high profile imprisonment of a person (details supplied) for blasphemy; if requests have been made to his Department to offer asylum to the individual and that person's family following the public disturbances and disorder following the individual's...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies Data (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the work of his Department's committee on human rights; the details of its membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47181/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider a decision to cut a teacher from a school (details supplied); the reason for the loss of this teacher; his views regarding class sizes in this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46787/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland Expenditure (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason funds via Science Foundation Ireland have been withdrawn from a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47019/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Alert Programme (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE-funded community alert development officer position in the western Garda region that has been vacant since July 2017 has been filled; if full funding has been provided to an organisation (details supplied) for this post in 2017; if full funding has been provided to the organisation for this post in 2018; if so, the steps he will take to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the role of a person (details supplied) in the implementation of the proposed delivery of abortion services; the length of time the person is contracted for in that role; the level of remuneration for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47183/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 493. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the health and safety concerns that led to the closure of Road Safety Authority, RSA, motorcycle testing at the Tipperary driving test centre with immediate effect and which applicants were notified of by letter in August 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46676/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, under the Planning and Development Act 2000, he has given consideration to a strategic development zone in south and west County Tipperary to help tackle deprivation and to attract small-scale job creation in towns such as Tipperary town and Carrick-on-Suir (details supplied); the measures he will implement to help...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (13 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to establish a task force in conjunction with Tipperary County Council to lead a successful regeneration plan for Tipperary town and west County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46724/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Nov 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The Rural Independent Group wants to see the Brexit talks concluded. We look forward to the Taoiseach's briefing on the text this evening. Several weeks ago, I raised the issue of economic and social deprivation in County Tipperary, particularly areas of Tipperary town and west Tipperary, with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputies Regina Doherty, and the...