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Proposed Service by Defence Forces with United Nations in Mali: Motion (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am sharing time with Deputy Michael Healy-Rae. As Ruadhán Mac Cormaic wrote in The Irish Times on Saturday, the Government has quietly announced plans to send about a dozen members of the Army ranger wing to Mali to join a counter-terrorism operation, which Mac Cormaic states is highly unusual. This mission is widely regarded as the most dangerous United Nations mission in the world....

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am also delighted to speak to this Bill, about which I have mixed feelings. I totally agree that a tip is meant for the staff, the waiters, kitchen staff or whoever. Deputy Healy-Rae spoke about being given a tip when he was younger. I also often cut hay but we would not have as many stones in Tipperary as they have in Kerry, so I could get in closer to the ditches with the mowing bar...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Treatment Complaints (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 392. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the misdiagnosis and termination of an unborn child at Holles Street following prenatal genetic testing that appeared to originally confirm the presence of Trisomy 18, or Edward's Syndrome; if an independent statutory inquiry will be established and a review of genetic testing protocols undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 393. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that sufficient infrastructural and staff supports are in place to support the implementation of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he took in response to the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) at a meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on 19 September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25312/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private companies and organisations providing mental health services under contract with the HSE; the amount paid to same in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25207/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 469. To ask the Minister for Health the person or company that is the marketing authorisation holder for sodium valproate marketed here as Epilim; if the Health Products Regulatory Authority is the body that granted the marketing authorisation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25476/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 470. To ask the Minister for Health if liability has been established as to the person or body responsible for the failure to prevent pregnant women and their unborn children contracting foetal anti-convulsant syndrome as outlined in the report by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25477/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 471. To ask the Minister for Health if a compensation fund is being made available to those affected by foetal anti-convulsant syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25478/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Products Regulatory Authority (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 472. To ask the Minister for Health if a reason has been established as to the reason there was a delay in notifying Irish users of sodium valproate, known as Epilim, regarding risks associated with its use; the reason information on the risks to pregnant women was first included in UK in 2002 but the same information did not appear here until 2008 (details supplied); and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (18 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the group within the structure of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25293/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: On the climate action strategy published with great fanfare this week, the Freight Transport Association of Ireland is calling for the Government to recognise the vital role the freight and logistics sector plays in achieving the targets set out in the climate action plan. Commercial trucks and vans accounted for 21% of all transport emissions and 9.2% of Ireland's total CO2 emissions in...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this issue. There is no doubt that, for us at least, the major concern in the European context continues to be Brexit and the planned exit date for the UK of 31 October. Who the Prime Minister will be at this point is unknown, but it looks likely that Boris Johnson will be the victor of the ongoing Tory Party leadership contest, although we have no hand, act or part...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, thankfully. I am speaking about the top five who we are told are whizz-kids and continually appear on television to tell us how good we are doing. They continue to spend on projects they should have given up two years ago. The people know that what they are saying is not true. The spin doctors who are all from Dublin do not appear to know anything about what goes on past the Red Cow...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am always easy on Dublin. If Dublin left rural Ireland alone, we would leave it alone. We are happy to visit, work and be educated in Dublin but not at a cost to rural Ireland. Every person in Ireland who puts petrol-----

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: This is all about the pre-European Council statements. The Government will not fool people in Europe in the same way as it is trying to fool people here. People in Europe are a bit smarter. They have been around for a while and they have copped on to us a long time ago. Every person in Ireland who puts petrol in their car or lights their cooker is in some measure already paying through...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Where is it?

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to have the opportunity to speak on this motion. I accept the need to support our maternity services and the staff who perform heroic work against all the odds. South Tipperary General Hospital, known to most people as St. Joseph's in Clonmel, is the hospital where all of my children were born. Six of my grandchildren were also recently safely delivered there. The staff of the...

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: He has already given testament to the committee.

National Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2019)

Mattie McGrath: At a meeting of the Joint Committee on Health on Wednesday, 19 September 2018, the doctor explicitly told Deputy Stephen Donnelly that the lack of MRI scanning services could lead to the termination of a child who may not have had a fatal condition. I reiterate that he said the lack of services "could lead" to the termination of a child who may not actually have had a fatal condition. His...