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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Who is in charge?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: He is not in charge, obviously. He is delegating responsibility. In 30 years he never made a decision.

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am also happy to speak on these matters. I welcome the report, although a report is not much good to struggling Army personnel. I am awfully disappointed. I come from south Tipperary. We had a very proud record with the Army in Clonmel. We had a wonderful barracks and battalion there. It served with dignity and looked after the townspeople whenever there were floods or any other kind...

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister has his work cut out for him. As he knows, this amending Bill is long overdue and there are huge issues. I will stick to the Department of Justice and the protected disclosures procedure within the Irish Prison Service. The Minister responded to a parliamentary question last week and I am aware that there are huge concerns regarding procedures within the Irish Prison Service....

Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I remind the Deputy that it is not good practice to mention names.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (16 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with an association (details supplied) as promised; if not, if he will provide a date for the meeting; if he will provide an update following the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8469/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I have to come back to the Minister again on behalf of Oireachtas Members from the south east regarding funding for the N24 and N25. A sum of €3.5 million is needed to continue preparatory work, reports and investigations. Our consultants are doing that work and their funding runs out at the end of this month. We need that meeting urgently to determine whether we can get the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: My question concerns the impact of the return of so many non-nationals to their own countries. There is a crisis in every industry now. Pigs cannot be slaughtered. There are problems in farming, whether they relate to cows, lambs or agricultural contractors. The hospitality industry is also impacted. Across the board, employees cannot be sourced. They are not there to be got. Many...

Carbon Tax: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I too am amazed because I called a vote in the convention centre on the Finance Bill 2020 and nine other Independents supported me. Every other party, including those in opposition, Sinn Féin and all, voted to give away our right to debate ten years of carbon tax increases to 2030, let alone vote against them. We signed up for a ten-year whammy after whammy to hit mammy or anybody...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (17 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 283. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) will be progressed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8825/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (22 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved for an ASD unit at a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delays in finalising the funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9393/22]

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I ask that the Minister address the motion.

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The salmon of knowledge.

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister is running down the clock.

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: A Cheann Comhairle, the Minister is eating into our time.

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I thank my colleagues and the officials from our office - Brian Ó Domhnaill, iar-Sheanadóir John Hanafin and Mairéad McGrath for their work on this motion. We stand proud over this motion. It is what the people are telling us. We are in touch with the people. We are not going to listen to arrogance and petulance from a Minister who normally leaves the Chamber before we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: People and the cost of living-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: A perfect storm has blown up around the crisis in the price of oil. We are told diesel could go to €2.25 a litre and petrol to €2.40. Given the Russian situation, what alternatives are there if anything happens to that supply of Russian gas? How many days worth of oil are stored in this country? Will the Government reconsider the closure of the peat plants in the midlands,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We need the two of them.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Live in the dark, is it?