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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Where is the Minister of State, Deputy Butler?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: What about 24-hour cardiac care?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister cannot believe all he is told.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: That smarts.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The licensed hauliers emergency support scheme, LHESS, is badly needed. I thank the Minister for rolling it out and for supporting the haulage industry, which needs it so badly. Like any scheme, there will be anomalies. Livestock hauliers are trying to be included in the scheme. Under the law, they are exempt from having a haulage operator's licence for their business. As a result, they...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí agus ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy and Legislation (28 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: They are working for the Departments.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill. It is very loose and very weak and, unfortunately, it is not doing what it says on the tin or what it was meant to say on the tin. The Minister needs to get that opener for the tin and open it, because we know what happens to the fruit inside if it is left too long - it goes out of date. We are stale. Mention was made of a...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It is, of course. This is supposed to be a reforming Bill. I thank the Acting Chairman for his advice but I am, of course, referring to the Bill. I am referring to serious anomalies. There will be no lay chairperson, a major flaw. What does the Government have against laypeople? Is everyone not entitled to exercise his or her intellect and to respect, whereby he or she can bring...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 731. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19869/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 803. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline all of the secondment arrangements within her Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19865/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (26 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 911. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list all schools in County Tipperary receiving the home school community liaison scheme and the school completion programme; if each school is within the rural or urban DEIS programme; the criteria required to obtain the full supports available within the urban DEIS programme; the criteria required to obtain the supports of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if new professorship positions in universities should be advertised and filled through open competition; the reason that the professorship of public health strategy and leadership in Trinity College Dublin was not advertised and put to open competition; the remuneration that is being offered for this position; the funding that is being made...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19870/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (26 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sudden and unexplained deaths being referred to the coroners to date in 2022; if there has been a rise in the number of deaths being referred to the coroner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19498/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Apr 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1362. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for ophthalmology appointments throughout the country and within each CHO; the type of appointment; the length of time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19350/22]