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

Mattie McGrath: 168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the longitudinal study his Department is conducting on children leaving the care system (details supplied). [47112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (29 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of all facilities available to the public at Our Lady’s Hospital, Cashel; the terms for attendance at each service; the numbers attending each service per year for the past five years; the number of staff working in each section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46914/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The social welfare officer and the community welfare officer are a very important part of resourcing vulnerable people. From next week, offices, including in my county, will stop contacts totally. Officers used to come to villages but then retreated to their offices before Covid. Now someone has to call a call bank, the call will be logged and a community welfare officer may or may not...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Fair play. Fair play. Fair play.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I thought the Deputies were in government together.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am critical of this, as well as of the sneaky way in the budget last year the Government put in a carbon tax, which we cannot even debate on the finance Bill for next year, or for the nine years. This trick o' the loop job is a three-card trick. We all agree that climate mitigation is necessary. However, we are being destroyed in rural Ireland. It is pure folly. Many speakers...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: That is what they said.

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: These are the most basic untruths. Are they asleep at the wheel? They will hear about it from their electorate, when they go back. It is shocking that they will not allow timber to be cut. We will bring forward Private Members' legislation to deal with an issue with afforestation. There are people, who in good faith, enter 25-, 30- or 40-year cycle, with the expectation that they could...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: We cannot cut the handle of a brush without getting a licence. We need to go back to harvesting our crop and to reaping what we sow. I can tell the Government parties that they are going to reap what they sow.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: On a Honda 50.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: With an ashtray.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: On No. 11, motion re Part 2 of the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021, it is beyond comprehension that the Government would extend the emergency powers. Everybody's expectation is that we will be reopening everything on 22 January. The schools are back due to the heroic effort made by so many. To think the Government wants to hold onto this power grab for another three months and kill...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It is medical apartheid.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: They are keeping the powers.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I did for a long time.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The National Ambulance Service is in paralysis. The paramedics and first responders are voting with their feet and leaving. Response to emergency calls is evaluated including response times. On one recent day, the Clonmel ambulance did not service a single 999 call-out in County Tipperary. It was sent as far away as the Aran Islands. This is crazy. The fleet is burning out, as well as...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It happened.

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Were the organisations representing the restaurateurs and publicans consulted about this extension? Was An Garda Síochána consulted? Where did the date of 22 October for the reopening of everything come from and where did it go? Why are we extending this legislation for a further three months? We all see the waiting lists despite the additional €3.884 billion that was...

Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (5 Oct 2021)

Mattie McGrath: We will go again.