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Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (12 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: As the Minister indicated in his opening remarks, the House is aware that the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 was enacted in the wake of the barbaric murder by the Real IRA of 29 innocent people in Omagh in August 1998. Long before that, as others noted, in 1940 we had an emergency powers Act and the Minister is seeking to renew those emergency powers. I have spoken in...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State has previously indicated that there will be home support services for 53,000 people. Last year the budget was for 52,500 people. At the same time there were between 6,000 and 7,000 people on waiting lists. If the 52,500 is added to the 6,500, some 59,000 people were looking for home support services at any given time, meaning that providing service for 53,000 will not...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

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

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

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

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Unbelievable.

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: A carers' manager in Tipperary just rang me. There is huge concern about these letters, and the Minister of State needs to control them. I accept his bona fides as to where they are coming from and what is happening. Nurses have been told to halt, to stall the ball. How can the Minister of State stand over the fact that it takes up to four months to get an application for carer's...

Home Help Service Provision: Statements (12 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: These young carers number 138. If this was the case in another sector, there would be prosecutions. If I had them working for me, I would be prosecuted by the National Employment Rights Authority, NERA, and the Department of Justice and Equality or one of the other Departments. We cannot have such a situation pertaining. The Minister of State must get a handle on the letters that go out....

Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Amendment Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State, Deputy Mitchell-O'Connor, has said the purpose of the Bill is to further empower QQI as a regulator of quality and strengthen the agency's role in ensuring high standards across Ireland's education system. The Bill will also enable QQI to clarify, strengthen and make more efficient the operation of existing policies, which is welcome. However, the second key provision...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (12 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Creative Ireland programme; her plans to extend the programme to include a broader range of traditional craft heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24590/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: My questions are always appropriate, I hope-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I want to ask about mental health services in Tipperary, particularly in the south of the county. As a result of the closure of St. Michael's psychiatric unit a few years ago and the so-called A Vision for Change policy, we do not have even one long-stay bed in Tipperary for patients. There is no room in Kilkenny, Ennis or Limerick. There is an apartheid situation prevailing in terms of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: We need action.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He did not call the vote.

Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Government does not hear the people.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The business this week shall be as set out in the report of the Business Committee, dated 13 June 2019. In relation to today's business, it is proposed that Nos. 13 and 14, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Proposed Amendment to the Articles of Agreement of the International Finance Corporation, referral to committee, and motion re proposed approval by Dáil...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Will we go on a bus?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The communities of Cahir in Tipperary-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. Cahir Boys' national school and Our Lady of Mercy Convent girls' school have been waiting nearly 30 years to amalgamate. The amalgamation is supported by everyone, including the boards of management, parents councils and the communities. Thankfully, a site has been obtained from the Sisters of Mercy for a new building. The conditions in the existing school...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It was promised.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: That is outrageous.