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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff Recruitment (18 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 430. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of new staff recruited to his Department from January 2019 to date; the title of each employment position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53649/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (18 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of new staff recruited to her Department from January 2019 to date; the title of each employment position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53642/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (18 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new staff recruited to his Department from January 2019 to date; the title of each employment position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53646/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (18 Dec 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 474. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of new staff recruited to her Department from January 2019 to date; the title of each employment position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53639/19]

Ainmniú Iarrthóirí agus Ceann Comhairle a Thoghadh - Selection of Candidate and Election of Ceann Comhairle (20 Feb 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Unanimously. Hear, hear.

Ainmniú Iarrthóirí agus Ceann Comhairle a Thoghadh - Selection of Candidate and Election of Ceann Comhairle (20 Feb 2020)

Mattie McGrath: On my own behalf and on behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I warmly congratulate the Ceann Comhairle today. I thank him and his team and staff for the courteous way they dealt with us all in the previous Dáil. I also wish Mary Clare and their family the very best too. I extend commiserations to Deputy Naughten on entering the race and not being successful but he made it all the...

Ainmniú Iarrthóirí agus Ceann Comhairle a Thoghadh - Selection of Candidate and Election of Ceann Comhairle (20 Feb 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It did not always work but it worked most times, thankfully. We hope and pray, and wish him well in this new Dáil. I quipped during the applause that if it was as easy to elect a Taoiseach, we would have no problem and the country would be in safe hands by tonight. It will not be as simple as that. It is testament to the respect that the Ceann Comhairle held in this House, at home in...

Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (20 Feb 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be able to say a few words in the Dáil this evening. I sympathise with the people who lost their seats and welcome the new Deputies and their families here today. I sympathise in particular with the former Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Pat The Cope Gallagher. I thank the staff and ushers who have dealt with the large crowds here today. New Members, their families and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am speaking on behalf of the Rural Independent Group. We had a discussion on this matter this morning. As the Ceann Comhairle said, we need a response and a vehicle to be able to respond. That vehicle is here. It is about time we got on with it and formed a Government, without having a period of flux without any real Government. We have a Government but its members are only operating...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Give the Deputy a trial run.

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom cúpla focal rá ar an rud sin. After attending the previous European Council meeting in December, the Taoiseach stated in the House that he had set out Ireland's position on long-established, well-functioning and successful policies such as the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, and had made clear that those policies needed to continue to be properly funded. At the...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: On the plains of Kildare.

Coronavirus: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It is contagious.

Coronavirus: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to see the Ceann Comhairle is in great form this evening. He is very lenient. I will begin by complimenting our medical staff and all those research specialists who are working tirelessly to meet the challenges that are being presented by the coronavirus, Covid-19. Containment remains the top priority for all countries. The situation is serious and very worrying. According...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts Data (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of consultants appointed to assist with CFRAM studies from 2011 to date; the cost of each consultancy contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 623. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be made mandatory for clinics and services providing non-invasive prenatal tests to ensure that websites belonging to such clinics and services properly inform persons of the positive predictive values of the tests they offer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2972/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff recruited and the number of staff who have signed contracts for work at the modular unit located at South Tipperary General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2973/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services Provision (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the safety and capacity issues within the maternity hospital network in view of recent HIQA reports that identified serious failings in maternity care and significant service deficits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2974/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 626. To ask the Minister for Health the number and date of the meetings he has had with organisations (details supplied) with respect to the delivery of termination-of-pregnancy services from 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2975/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (5 Mar 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Sláintecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2976/20]