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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: These figures came from the HSE this morning.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I know that.

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Murnane O'Connor referred to County Kilkenny. I want to wish Bobby Aylward, our former colleague from that county, well. He is going through a bad patch at the moment. Is an-chara liom agus le gach éinne é. He is a former colleague of the Minister. I previously asked the Minister of State to come to see one of the great Irish houses near where I live, in Knocklofty....

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad the Minister and the Ministers of State are here to listen. The situation is truly shocking. I was again contacted yesterday evening to go to the accident and emergency department in the hospital in Clonmel. There were five ambulances parked there at 5.45 p.m. on a beautiful September evening. What are we going to do in the winter? When I arrived, there were three big...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I checked with our head of services and was told there are 118, as of today. I sent the Minister of State a text and she came back to me to say she was giving figures for August. Why mislead the Taoiseach and, in turn, the House? The Taoiseach was trying to answer the question without the Minister of State misleading him. She also misled him last week with regard to St. Brigid's in...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is personal.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: They are badly underpaid.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste told me last week that the review of the national development plan is imminent. I again raise the plight of the people of Tipperary town. I refer to Jobs for Tipp, the March for Tipp, the task force, the Chamber of Commerce, Councillor Annemarie Ryan and others. It is vital that the bypass is included. Hopefully, it will be in the footprint of the new M24 which will go...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Some of them, yes. Ba chóir don Taoiseach an cheist a fhreagairt seachas a bheith ag magadh fúm.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I know. It is not funny.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Tá an Taoiseach balbh now.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts she will take to reduce class sizes which remain largely above the EU average; her plans to increase the capitation grant funding for schools to pre-recession levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a coroner will be reappointed to cover south County Tipperary following the retirement of the coroner; the number of cases waiting to be heard by the Coroner's Court in County Tipperary; the average waiting time for a case to be heard in County Tipperary; the reason County Tipperary with a larger population and average...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 648. To ask the Minister for Health when the changes to the fair deal scheme as legislated for in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Act 2021 will become operational; the current position for family farms and businesses; if those who are applying for the scheme presently are subject to the conditions set out in the Act; if the new proposed terms will be available to current...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications waiting for a primary medical certificate by county; the current application processing time for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46188/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Work Permits (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the immediate efforts that are being made to fast-track the employment permits for the meat processing industry and the pig slaughtering plants in particular to avoid the imminent crisis facing the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47043/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; when the commencement of the decision support service is scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46915/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the spend on foster care in each of the years 2014 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the percentage of this that was allocated to for-profit agencies; and the amount paid to each individual agency. [47109/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount Tusla has paid for the placement of Irish children abroad in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the details of the placements; the number of children involved and their ages; the locations they have been sent to; the reasons for being sent abroad; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children reported missing from residential care homes from 2018 to date in 2021. [47111/21]