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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the reduction in VAT from 13.5 % to 9% will be passed onto the customer in relation to the electricity account credit payment of €200 or if it has been retained by the electricity supplier; if each supplier received €200 per account; or if he will confirm the amount that they received; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to students to receive their education who cannot obtain a place in a mainstream school in their catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36464/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Cash is king.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: This week the Government made a welcome announcement about back-to-school footwear and clothing and, indeed, school transport. However, there is an ever-expanding cohort of people who are the new working poor. They pay for everything and get nothing. They might be rich on paper, meaning that above all they do not qualify for a medical card or anything else, but with the crippling rise in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Let the people use it.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this Bill, although I am very perplexed about the manner in which it has arrived in the Chamber which is as a result of a Supreme Court judgment. Why has this happened at half past the eleventh hour of the Dáil term? What is of more concern is the question of where the planning and environment Ministers are? I have no issue with the Minister of State present with...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Of course, but why not even on a Sunday? We are here four days a week already but I know that none of the Government Deputies is.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I accept that but we have some constituents to represent as well. I know the Government Deputies are hiding from them, but they will find you with the peann luaidhe istigh sa bhosca ballóide. They will find you and you will be fairly low down the list when they start using that pencil if you treat the people like this, and you will know what to expect. We are treating the House...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Fiddle.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: For the sake of cows we cannot even-----

Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak to this legislation, which is welcome. I salute all the workers in hospitality and across a range of other services, some of which may not be as visible, including those in the taxi industry and in transport and across the whole spectrum. They have had a torrid couple of years. We all appreciate that. This Bill relates to tips for employees. People always give...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Religious Persecution (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter for debate. It is very important that we discuss this and make our voices heard as a neutral country. I am in no way taking from the savage despicable war and slaughter in Ukraine but there are other parts of the world to which we do not give equal time. I thank Sister Kathleen McGarvey for outlining so clearly how Christians in Nigeria...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Religious Persecution (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I thank Deputy Nolan for repeatedly asking parliamentary questions on this issue and for highlighting the matter. She is associated with this Topical Issue matter. Last Saturday, we were fortunate enough to have a celebration of mass by our parish priest, Fr. Michael Toomey, out at a mass rock, where priests were victimised and terrorised, and indeed, paid the ultimate price with their...

Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Although they have now left the Gallery, the staff from the convention centre are on tour tonight, and I pay a warm tribute to them for looking after us so well and kindly down there in difficult circumstances this time last year, and for a long time. I hope they will have a happy visit here this evening. I wish them all the best for the future.

Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Well done, Deputy Higgins, and thank you for your co-operation.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 350. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a query regarding the retrieval of forestry land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36958/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: At committee meetings I have been raising the plight of pig farmers. It seems Deputies do not want to discuss this. This beat all, however, introducing 67 new amendments to the planning and development Bill, which will change the whole type of the Bill. It is now a seriously different Bill from what we thought it was at first. We debated it here and the Minister told me he would have five...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Give the planning regulator quite a lot of power.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: With water outages now a daily occurrence in many rural towns and areas in Tipperary, will the Taoiseach's Government continue the folly of bringing a pipe from the Shannon right up to Dublin when almost 50% of the water will leak out of those pipes? It is a matter not only of what leaks out but also of what leaks and seeps back in when the pipes are burst and open. Will the Government...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I have nothing against Dublin.