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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (14 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to his Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to 2018, inclusive, and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7565/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (14 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expenditure details for all consultancy or audit services provided to her Department by a company (details supplied) from 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7558/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: A yarn?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach is a spinning machine.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach is in a hole; he should stop digging.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: With every passing day, the scandal surrounding the development of the national children’s hospital grows deeper. The only thing that is absolutely certain at this point is that all of it could have been avoided. In 2016, Dr. Jimmy Sheehan, Ireland's leading hospital developer with six decades of experience in delivering world class health projects, in conjunction with Dr. Fin...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Dr. Sheehan said it would cost €50 million at the Connolly site. The square metre cost at St. James's quoted by the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris is €8,000 per square metre. Dr. Sheehan and others have said the rate at Connolly would average €4,000 or slightly more per square metre.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I put it to the Taoiseach that these facts are available to us right now but unfortunately he will not listen and he will have history repeating itself. There is a saying in the east of the country that a person should always be careful of where he or she wears a halo because it is only less than one foot away from the neck. It could slip down and do catastrophic damage to the ego. I ask...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is back to school he needs to go.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Perhaps to night classes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has said a lot there. We have a chance now to go back, re-evaluate and stall. The St. James's site was once described in a Department of Health briefing note as "the least worst option for delivery of this priority project”. Will the Taoiseach commit to meet Dr. James Sheehan, Dr. Fin Breathnach and others? Will he sit down in a room with them and talk to them at this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I did not say the Taoiseach had not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is a hole in the ground.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: There is no helipad and no access from the country.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Pie in the sky.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: In the interest of health and safety, I ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine or the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to acknowledge that the wild deer population in Ireland has dramatically increased and is doing huge damage to farmland and crops. There have been several accidents and near misses on roads and injuries to persons. Hundreds of accidents have...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I asked about the chairperson of the board.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her response to the recent decision by Dáil Éireann to approve a Private Members' motion calling for the abolition of the JobPath programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7974/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: In the light of the supposedly new politics of the House and the minority status of the Government, will the Minister respond to the Government's defeat in a vote on a motion tabled by Sinn Féin? The motion called for the abolition of the JobPath programme, which is administered through Turas Nua and Seetec. Will the Minister update the House on how she intends to recognise the will of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: That says it all. The House does not matter anymore. A motion was put forward by a political party and debated for two hours but, although the Minister made a contribution of which we are all aware, ní raibh sí ag éisteacht. She was not listening. We are the Teachtaí Dála, the messenger-boys of the people. I have received countless complaints about the awful...