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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: There is absolutely near chaos in the education system due to the situation regarding school buses and tickets. What the Government thought was a great idea has really messed up the whole situation for many people including those with special needs. It is so frustrating that people who have tickets are not using them. The bus companies do not know how many passengers they will have. The...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: What about drivers over 70?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (28 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 127. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason an artist (details supplied) was not selected for the basic income for artists scheme; the way those selected were chosen; the additional supports available to those artists who are struggling to re-enter the arts following the loss of their employment as a result of Covid restrictions; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Overseas Study Placements (28 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Erasmus grant supports are still being offered to third level students who take up college and work placements in the United Kingdom since Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (28 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be allocated to third level institutions through the Erasmus Plus programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47426/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Your friends.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Muinteoir anseo.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We have another damning report from Deloitte on the University Limerick Hospitals Group and University Hospital Limerick, UHL but it is going to gather dust on some desk or in some pigeonhole. There is chaos in UHL on a daily basis since the closure of the emergency department in Nenagh Hospital as well St John's Hospital in Limerick and Ennis Hospital. We were told last week quite...

Housing for All Update: Statements (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister is a reasonable man, as I know from discussions with him. We are going around in circles and the housing situation is appalling. I met the Simon Community last Thursday and I want to salute it for the work it does. It told me something I had a fair idea was already happening, namely that there was a 100% increase in the number of homeless people in Tipperary between July 2021...

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I also support this motion. What about the perpetrators of the crisis, the quarries and concrete plants? This industrial sector is dominated and controlled by CRH plc, Ireland's largest company, which is number one in the US and the UK and is the world's third largest manufacturer of construction materials. CRH plc settled a price-fixing, market-sharing case taken in the state of Virginia...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to reduce the waiting time for a driving test at Clonmel test centre (details supplied); the reason for the long wait time; the number of persons who are waiting for a test at the centre; the current average wait time for a test; the number waiting for tests in all test centres; the average wait time in all...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 152 of 24 May 2022, the progress that has been made to simplify the language used within the driver theory test to accommodate applicants that have learning and language difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48006/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new tenant incremental purchase scheme will be opened to new applications; the reason for the delay in finalising this scheme, which was announced in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48115/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place for the long-term housing needs of Ukrainian refugees; if there are plans for local authorities to seek rental accommodation from private landlords to use for this purpose; his plans to deal with the extreme shortage of private rented accommodation in counties such as Tipperary; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions that are being made for children with special needs who require access to a generalised learning disability unit in a mainstream school but who do not have an ASD diagnosis; the number of generalised learning disability units nationwide per county; the plans to open more generalised learning disability units to provide for those...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special educational needs officer will be reappointed to south County Tipperary; the reason south County Tipperary has no SENO currently; the number of children currently seeking special educational needs supports in the area; the number of students currently awaiting a placement in an ASD unit and generalised learning disability unit...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 429. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs applications that have been received by her Department to date in 2022 the number of applications that have been finalised and approved, respectively; the length of time that it has taken to process these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48170/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children that Tusla accommodated in private residential care in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [48153/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 628. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide confirmation of the opening hours of the minor injuries unit in Our Lady’s Hospital Cashel; the number of patients who have attended this service in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 631. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on private residential care in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022. [48154/22]