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Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am proud to be a co-sponsor of this Bill. I questioned the Government Chief Whip, the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, yesterday to find out what was happening with regard to this Bill and I was disappointed the Government decided at such a late hour to oppose it. It would not even give it an airing to be read a Second Time. I am very sad this Bill is even necessary but today’s...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I gcónaí. I thank you, a Cheann Comhairle, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, Peter Finnegan, all the staff, all the Members of the House, the ushers, the Garda Síochána and anyone else with whom we interact for their courtesy throughout the year. I wish them a happy, holy and peaceful Christmas. I am delighted that the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, is here. I wish to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I should have mentioned those working in the taxi industry who bring people to these venues. They are also being hammered. I have had four phone calls from people in the industry today. They went off the PUP and now they cannot get back on it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: They are left with the unemployment payment. I thank the Minister for his endeavours. I know the money is being spent, and I am not denying that, but it is not trickling down to the people. The Minister knows it and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media knows it. I am appealing again for the Government to look after the musicians. They never put their hand...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I often danced in counties Cavan and Monaghan to Big Tom nuair a bhí sé beo, an fear uasal. Bhí an-spórt againn at the carnivals as well. People need that. The musicians need to be able to survive Christmas to feed their families. I am pleading with the Minister to go back and look at the issue. There is a blockage and the money is not trickling down. The taxi...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The issue of the Tipperary town bypass has been raised. Some of us have received very good responses from the Minister, Deputy Ryan. He visited and met Jobs for Tipp, March for Tipp and the chamber of commerce, who are actively seeking a bypass of the town. The Minister tells us the mood music is good and the Ceann Comhairle commented on it, but we need the money - the airgead. Cad a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2021)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group I thank the Ceann Comhairle and want to be associated with all the remarks to the staff and everybody else. I wish everybody a happy, holy, peaceful and restful Christmas. My question concerns a restful Christmas. The Brothers of Charity do sterling work throughout the Twenty-six Counties and have for decades, but they are starved of funding at...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: While the Order of Business was agreed at our meeting last Thursday, the horrific and barbaric murder of Ashling Murphy took place afterwards. I want another debate, notwithstanding that there already are two debates, about the bail laws, free legal aid and the lack of tagging. Foot-dragging on all these issues has been going on in the Department of Justice and on the part of successive...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am asking for a debate because since the meeting of the Business Committee, a horrific and barbaric murder took place. We are wringing our hands, but we need to look at the bail laws, free legal aid and all the other issues, including tagging.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We all know the phrase, mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí. Last week we saw young entrepreneurs at the RDS at the online Young Scientist exhibition. I ask the Taoiseach to consider a hybrid-type leaving certificate examination this year because young people deserve it. They have been hugely discommoded, as have their parents and everybody else in the school community. They need that...

Violence Against Women: Statements (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Before I begin I want to pay tribute and respects to the late Ashling Murphy, whose most precious life was stolen from her so cruelly and so brutally almost one week ago. Many of us here have spent the week learning about who Ashling Murphy was. She was a young woman. She was a teacher. She was a musician. She was a daughter, a sister, a friend and mentor to many, a young woman with her...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: There is great disappointment in both Tipperary County Council and Kilkenny County Council, which is the lead authority, in respect of the motorway and the upgrade of the N24 road project from Limerick to Waterford. While some limited funding was received to progress the Cahir to Limerick Junction stretch, no funding was received by Kilkenny County Council, which is the lead on it, to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving instructors will be permitted to access the RSA national test centres as they continue to be locked out in the cold for almost two years; the reason with the reopening of most sections of society the RSA testing centres are not fully reopened to driving instructors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the all-island Strategic Rail Review; if the review will be seeking public submissions; when the review is expected to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1062/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the legislation was introduced for the appointment of chief executives in county councils throughout Ireland; if it was binding on all counties; if there was subsequent legislation for the same purpose which was only applicable to separate county councils such as Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford; if a special case was...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister is genuine in efforts to deal with this very sensitive issue. We all have come across people and know people and families and trauma over the years and decades. It is long past time that we tried to deal with it. As Deputy Jim O'Callaghan made very clear in his speech, and he is a legal person himself and probably has a better understanding of it and of the history of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 908. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the back to education allowance is not payable to those completing a masters degree, masters in education with the exception of a professional masters in education in primary education given the current pressures for teachers; if this will be reconsidered and the current position of same. [1061/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1355. To ask the Minister for Health if due cognisance was given to the implications of the removal of the words committing medical practitioners to make every effort to preserve the life of the baby when amending section 48 the 8th Edition of the Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Medical Practitioners published by the Medical Council as it relates to informing medical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1356. To ask the Minister for Health the way information arising from calls to the HSE MyOptions service is recorded; the way records are kept by the counsellors; and the way this information is stored. [62984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1357. To ask the Minister for Health the processes followed in relation to the disposal and internment of human remains arising from the operation of the Health (Regulation of the Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [62985/21]