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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (3 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is justifiable for students in a college (details supplied) who must attend an immersive Gaeltacht course in compliance with the Teaching Council requirements to be charged €650 per fortnight for a course that is a fully online experience, the cost of which pre Covid-19 pandemic was €750 per fortnight and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (3 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider increasing the materials grant provided to community employment schemes (details supplied). [11439/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (3 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 940. To ask the Minister for Health the date the breast screening programme will resume. [11870/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: There is huge inequity in the scheme of funding to support artists, especially single artists, arts centres, dance schools and other groups like that. This scheme is under the remit of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin. The application process is the same as under the old system we had prior to the pandemic. It needs to be adapted...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I demand of the Chair that we receive answers to our questions in writing. I never got answers when I asked questions here. I have asked the Minister five times here about the roll-out of the vaccine for the flu. Only 1.4 million of the 2 million available could be accounted for. I want an answer in writing. The UK has 20 million vaccinated, including 600,000 vaccinated in Northern...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I want an answer.

Civil Registration (Right of Adoptees to Information) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I too compliment Deputy Funchion and Sinn Féin for bringing forward this badly needed amending legislation. I wish the Minister well. He is open-minded and fair-minded regarding this, in spite of what has gone on in the past six months. I compliment RTÉ - I do not do so often - and the "RTÉ Investigates" programme for the brilliant exposure it did in bringing it out in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: This issue concerns intern doctors in Clonmel, many of whom were employed last year in the teeth of the Covid pandemic. There were 19 of them. Ten of them are to be let go shortly. Last year, in the middle of the Covid pandemic, all the newly-qualified intern doctors were employed in Irish hospitals. This year, in 2021, none of them are going to be taken on, meaning that many of them,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Broadband Plan (10 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the outcome of his meeting with National Broadband Ireland to discuss the acceleration of the national broadband plan; and if the roll-out will be accelerated. [13341/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (10 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 330. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for funding received by the Arts Council in 2020; the number of those applications that were approved for funding; the number of those applications that were rejected for funding; and the details of same. [12502/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (10 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 717. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on the new Clonmel Garda station at Kickham Barracks; when the contract will be awarded; and the commencement date for same. [13038/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The clock started wrong.

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I have a question for the Acting Chairman. I have never received a written answer to my questions from the Minister for Health or his colleagues, despite having asked for them since last September. We ask for answers and do not get them. It is an abdication of his duty. We are elected by the people to ask questions. I want to speak about An Garda Síochána. Members of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: A number of driving instructors have begun a campaign to allow essential driving tests, EDTs, to continue during the extended level 5 restrictions. We know how long that will go on for. They are also trying to set up their own union. Currently only essential workers who have been allocated driving tests are allowed to do the pre-test lessons. Surely if it is safe for one cohort of...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I too am happy to speak in support of the Bill. I did so during its passage through the House. I welcome it. Deputy Tóibín raised an issue today but the Leas-Cheann Comhairle stopped him from pursuing it. She was correct in that regard because we must protect people. However, all is not well in the Department of Justice. I have been writing to the Minister of State, the senior...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I accept that totally. I wanted to raise this issue because we elected representatives are not getting answers and that is very bad.

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I too listened quite carefully to what the Minister said and I support the amendment. I agree with what Deputy Howlin said. I imagine that is true of any of us who have had experience of a jury trial. I thank everyone who does jury service because it is an onerous task. It is a fair and good system. Courts, and by extension jurors, can be held up for months. In most cases, people do not...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I also support the amendment. The Minister's response was that the period will be one year. A day is a long time in politics, as is a week, but a year for the Courts Service could be minuscule. I have personal experience of being in and out of court. The Circuit Court in Tipperary only sits three times a year, when it sits for eight days in a fortnight. My case could not be dealt with in...

Criminal Procedure Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am disappointed that the Minister is not engaging properly with this reasonable request to ensure good legislation and, more important, to ensure that all legislation that has been passed will be subject to a timely review and timely reports. A period of one year is certainly not enough. All legislation must be accessible and must deal with what it was intended to deal with. Any...

Young People and Access to Further and Higher Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I thank People Before Profit for tabling this motion. The debate is a timely and interesting one that we should have. Ar an chéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil do na daoine a bhíonn ag obair i SUSI. They do a very hard and dedicated job and they are very helpful. SUSI has settled down now from when it started. There is significant...