Results 13,821-13,840 of 20,822 for speaker:Mattie McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 793. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that hospital mortuary facilities are sufficiently funded; if the attention of the HSE has been drawn to concerns regarding the provision of such services from hospitals; the names of such hospitals; the year that such complaints were raised from 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19058/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 898. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims initiated against him and the HSE in respect of vaccine administration since 2011; the vaccine concerned in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19461/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 1155. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding received from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development from 2017 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18846/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 1156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the meetings he has had with the UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18847/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to address the problem of generational renewal within Irish agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19254/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 1175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the Western Development Commission, which has estimated that the number of persons working in agriculture in the west has decreased by 41% in the past 20 years; if his Department holds similar data for the other regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19255/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Support Services (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 1350. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the family resource centres in each of the 17 Tusla geographical areas that will be allocated funding to employ a family support worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18968/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 1375. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Action Plan for Rural Development commitment to developing a pilot scheme to encourage increased residential occupancy in rural towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18921/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 1419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which and the location the most recent public consultation conducted as part of the review of the operation of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 was advertised or notified to the general public; the reason the public consultation only lasted little over four weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (8 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 1536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the proposed funding that he plans to allocate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18798/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The EU is losing 1,000 farms each and every day. That is the stark finding from a recent report from the European Court of Auditors. I want to raise it today because it brings some additional context to the challenges faced by rural Ireland apart from the farcical roll out of the national broadband plan. I believe we will never see the contract signed. The issue of generational renewal -...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I do not need a lecture about looking after farmers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: We need the Government to pay attention to them. We need the Government to look at the likes of Coolmore Stud buying up 27,000 acres and driving all other family farms out. I thank the Tánaiste for the reply but, ultimately, the issue is the result of political choices on the part of the Tánaiste and his party but it was always the party of the landed gentry, not na daoine beaga...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The cereal sector and everything else are being hit.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The big farmers.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I want to refer to the needs of small businesses under the programme for Government. Businesspeople all over Tipperary were delighted when the Valuation Office decided to examine the process for rates valuation in Tipperary. A problem has arisen where it has reclassified the forecourt areas of petrol stations, where the fuel sold is of high value but there is very little profit, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he has in place for the agrisector if new UK tariffs are imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19046/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason only 81 approved loans under the Brexit loan scheme have progressed to bank level despite 462 eligibility applications received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19045/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for having had to leave for a meeting of the Business Committee. I am delighted to welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contributions. We are at an important crossroads in Europe. Certainly, I have concerns about some activities taking place under the flag of and with the financial support of the European Union. We need to be more awake, engaged and vocal and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Common Security and Defence Policy (9 May 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I apologise for having had to leave for a meeting of the Business Committee. I am delighted to welcome the witnesses and thank them for their contributions. We are at an important crossroads in Europe. Certainly, I have concerns about some activities taking place under the flag of and with the financial support of the European Union. We need to be more awake, engaged and vocal and to...