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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I have written to the Business Committee about an issue I raised last week on behalf of the Rural Independent Group. We need a calm and reasoned debate on the influx of immigration into our country. I am not talking about refugees fleeing war. I am talking about the staggering figures that are there from places like Algeria. Fewer than 100 people from that country applied in 2021 and a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It needs to be held very soon and to be respectful, as I said, not with people shouting anybody else down. Everybody is entitled to have their say in this Chamber, thanks to the Ceann Comhairle and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: They are not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Christmas can be hell for parents whose children are in State care. In the Gallery the Minister will see mothers and grandparents who have not seen their children in years. Tusla has blocked reunification every step of the way. Last week Jacinta Swan from Clarecare told the committee on children that parents describe the experience of having a child taken into care as something similar to...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Gambling Regulation Bill, if enacted, will create significant changes in how gambling is regulated. In particular it will bring about some changes that are badly needed. It will establish a gambling regulatory authority of Ireland to ensure gambling is conducted in a fair and transparent manner. When I see regulators and regulatory authorities, I have questions. We have many of them...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Bogaimid ar aghaidh le Páirtí Shinn Féin. Tá cúig nóiméad ag an Teachta Donncha Ó Laoghaire.

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We move to People Before Profit-Solidarity. I call Deputy Paul Murphy, who is sharing time with Deputy Mick Barry.

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I too compliment the Social Democrats on tabling this motion, which is very timely. I do not agree with Deputy Barry on much, but I agree with everything he said. We can pay the bankers, or any of the senior civil servants in Departments who want to move extra money, but we cannot support our teachers. They play such an important role in giving tuition, learning, education and life skills...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Next is Deputy Pringle, who is sharing time with Deputy Harkin.

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

Mattie McGrath: It has been reported this week that a survey of primary school principals has revealed they have no faith in the National Council for Special Education, NCSE. Some of the reported concerns include that the vast majority of schools have pupils with additional educational needs who are awaiting diagnosis due to the chronic waiting lists. Over one third of schools had periods when they had no...

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

Mattie McGrath: Cá bhfuil an t-airgead?

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

Mattie McGrath: They are not my comments. They are the comments of the school principals.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The $60 per barrel price cap on Russian oil is nothing more than virtue signalling by the EU and US. The reason is that the price of Russian crude oil was already below $60 per barrel when the cap was announced. These are more games. The people are sick and tired of this. Here we go again with statements on the European Council meeting, where the Ministers will go out and honour their...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I have said it before and I will repeat it. The Minister of State is as good as any of the rest of them. It is what the Government wants and not what the people of Ireland want. People can see through this. We have an educated electorate who, thankfully, can see every move the Government makes. Every time the Government's EU globalist friends ask the Government to jump, it asks "How...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I voted for the bank guarantee - the biggest mistake I ever made - but I did not vote for the bailout because it was not a bailout. It was an absolute clean-out of the Irish people, in which we took on 42% of the total EU debt. As I said to President von der Leyen, major banks and institutions from her country shovelled the money into Ireland and left us to pay back the debt for all the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Maith an bhean.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Ba cheart don Aire Stáit suí síos.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Do we have to go back to school?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children waiting on a placement in an ASD unit in south Tipperary; her plans to open further units given that all units are currently full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location in which a child (details supplied) in south Tipperary will be given a placement in an ASD unit in a mainstream school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61191/22]