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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I call it as it is.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is clear to be seen.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I congratulate the Minister of State on this. We have had many battles over St. Brigid's hospital, Carrick-on-Suir. We have been waiting for equality and fairness for farming families and self-employed people. My colleagues in the Rural Independent Group and I will table amendments because there are still anomalies regarding farmers not being treated fairly. Regardless of how long it took...

Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I rise to support Deputy Fitzpatrick's amendment, which is very sensible and, as he said, would not result in an impediment or a cost on the taxpayer. This legislation is welcome. The people of Ireland are paying back and their grandchildren will pay back the banks for the savagely expensive bailout they got. The banks are not being fair. There is not a lot of refuge or solace in the...

Financial Resolution 2021 - Financial Resolution: Stamp Duties (19 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be able to say a few words on this rushed legislation. We are closing the stable door long after the horse has bolted. The horses have been dancing around the Curragh. We saw before the financial crash the people who were visiting the tents, playing golf, attending race meetings and minding the horses. We saw where that got us. We invited these investors in. I accept...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of funding under the multi-annual funding programme to proceed with the taking-in-charge of estates to every country in each of the past five years; the funding that has been provided to Tipperary County Council for the taking-in-charge of estates over the past five years; the number of bids from each country...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am raising the issue of the bypass of Tipperary town again. People there need to be able to live and breathe. Given the traffic to and from Rosslare because of Brexit it will be vital. I know it is the desire of the Minister, and again today in the House he stated he prefers smaller bypasses of towns, and we are on the one page. I thank him for his engagement with the people of...

Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel: Statements (20 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I want to add my voice to the unanimity of the House in pleading with the Government and the Minister for Foreign Affairs to act. We had great respect all over the world as a neutral and peaceful country. We now seem to be beholden to greater powers in Europe and the United States. We need to send an unequivocal message to the world, and especially...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: In circumstances in which all four legislative measures that make up the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 could have been extended individually, why has the Government lumped all these legislative measures into the issue to be debated in a new Bill commencing in the Dáil tomorrow? The Bill was passed by the Seanad yesterday. The Government is trying to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I believe in the old adage, Tús maith leath na hoibre. What is going on with the Road safety Authority, RSA? It is under the aegis of the Department of the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton. Some 100,000 people are waiting for driving theory tests and cannot get started on the road. The Minister of State came into the Chamber to reply to a Topical Issue matter,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Give them the other test.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is not happening.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Christmas is coming.

International Travel and Aviation: Statements (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know what kind of a death wish the Minister of State and the Government have on rural Ireland especially. During a Zoom meeting last Friday I listened to the heartfelt pleas of wonderful and long-serving staff from Shannon Airport. It was heartfelt fear at the sheer abandonment of the airlines by the Government and both Ministers responsible. This is at a time we should be trying...

Annexation of Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, issue my comhghairdeas to the Sinn Féin Party and, indeed, to Deputy Martin Kenny for bringing forward this motion. I know the Deputy has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to try to get as much support and achieve as much unanimity as possible. We had that, or as near as possible to it, in a debate here last week. As I said then, since independence, Ireland has had a proud...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of grant funding paid out under the warmer homes scheme in 2020 and to date in 2021 to homeowners in County Tipperary; the amount paid for buildings which are not privately owned homes during the same period; the average waiting period for an application under the scheme; the reason for the increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the numbers of NCT failures per test centre; the main reasons for failure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27588/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of theory tests that have been carried out since March 2020; the level of payments made to a company (details supplied) for the operation of the theory test service since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27699/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of candidates that took a driving test in both test centres in Clonmel, County Tipperary from January to April 2021; the pass rate in both centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27700/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (25 May 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that theory tests cannot currently operate; the reason that theory tests are still being cancelled; if a company (details supplied) has carried out a risk assessment on all of the test centres which have sufficient social distancing and screening to allow tests to proceed; the efforts being made to immediately reduce the...