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Health (Covid-19): Statements (16 Apr 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Can the Minister confirm his Department's position on how people with long-term disabilities and the elderly will be dealt with should intensive care unit resources have to be rationed? The Minister has referred to this already. Will the Department amend the ethical framework for decision-making in a pandemic to specifically refer to people with disabilities and the elderly? I am sure the...

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I too thank the Taoiseach for his briefing following the recent European Council meeting which was held by way of video conference. I note the Taoiseach has left the Chamber but I am sure my remarks will be relayed to him. At the previous post-European Council meeting debate on Thursday, 5 March, to which I contributed, there were very serious issues emerging. We did not know then how...

European Council Meeting: Statements (6 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Is the Government's opinion the same as it was after the February meeting of the European Council when the Taoiseach said that Ireland was in a position to be a net contributor to the MFF over the next seven years and would pay more? In view of where we are with this devastating pandemic and the lack of solidarity from Europe, is that still the Government's position?

Covid-19 (Tourism): Statements (6 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on the tourism sector. I welcome the Minister of State's frank comments and replies, and his understanding. I want to mention at the outset a wonderful, proud Tipperary woman, Nora de Buitléir, who was laid to rest in An tAonach, maidin inniu. She was a powerful woman of song and history. She regaled us mainly in Brú Ború, in Cashel, but also all over...

Covid 19 (Childcare): Statements (6 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: If not, we can get a written response. I welcome that the Minister has come to the House despite the fact that she lost her seat in the election. I wish her well in the future. There are serious concerns among self-employed owner-managers of childcare facilities who have been forced onto the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment while all their staff are receiving the wage subsidy...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax (13 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 107. To ask the Minister for Finance if the carbon tax which was due to increase in May 2020 will be postponed in order to alleviate the financial burden on persons in view of current circumstances. [5443/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (13 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of national schools in Cahir, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4061/20]

Covid-19 (Taoiseach): Statements (14 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I sympathise with all the families and people who have lost loved ones in these precarious and very difficult circumstances. I am, however, growing very frustrated. I am privileged to be the leader of our group to attend regular two-hour briefings with the HSE. They are an absolute waste and an insult to the intelligence of the Deputies sitting there and the officials. We had one...

Covid-19 (Health) - Statements (14 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am frustrated, like Deputy Denis Naughten. We ask lots of questions in question time but we are not getting the answers. As for the briefings, the one yesterday evening was a total waste of time. When can we expect smear test cancer services and other essential health tests to resume? Having arranged additional capacity for Covid-19 care in the private hospitals, are the Minister and his...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: If the Minister does not have time to respond, I ask that she send a written reply.

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Of course we can and we do that all the time. It has already been said that small businesses are the backbone of rural Ireland, and indeed, all of Ireland. That includes clothes shops. I walked down Grafton Street this evening and saw big trading outlets open. Why are small shops, particularly in the clothes sector, told to close yet the big supermarkets can sell clothes? It is unfair...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (14 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Members will be aware, as the Ceann Comhairle is, that I have a grá for Irish culture and arts and I set-dance every so often. The impact the restrictions continue to have on this sector is frightening. While health and economic impacts are obvious, the reality of the situation extends way beyond and affects social and mental health and engagement between our Irish artists and culture....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Funding (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports being given to educational-based tourism groups and companies which are suffering a financial loss as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6595/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols for schools to grade leaving certificate students studying a subject outside school such as agricultural science, music, Polish and so on; the person or body that grades the students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6600/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Leaving Certificate student studies a subject outside of the school such as music and so on, if they will they have to be included in the internal class ranking order by school teachers and principals in cases in which that subject is also offered by the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6601/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided on the issue of project work which was submitted to the State Examinations Commission in anticipation of the normal leaving certificate; if the projects can be returned to the teachers; and when this might happen particularly in relation to physical projects such as art, design and communication graphics and so on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider providing an opportunity for principals of schools to explain the profile of a school and particulars relating to the 2020 leaving certificate class in cases in which it might be seen as different to previous years and provide the data of the school such as CAT scores, STEN and junior certificate results and so on to backup...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a timetable will be published for each stage of the leaving certificate predicted grading process; if reports that work needs to be received ideally by the end of May 2020 will be clarified in view of the fact there are many issues to be clarified in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6604/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the July provision programme for children with additional needs; if extra supports are being considered for them in the absence of their school and daily routine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6596/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 627. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of dog grooming businesses; the position or phase they come under with regard to reopening in view of the fact that many dog groomers work alone in an isolated environment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6599/20]