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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Has he met them?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: At the outset, I welcome Cara Dermody, her mother, Noelle, her principal teacher, Brid Quinlivan, and her teacher, Andrea Mee from Ardfinnan National School. I compliment Cara on doing her leaving certificate mathematics examinations last Friday and on Monday. To the Minister, I say that I too was out with the firemen. Will he please give us an outline today of what he is going to do on...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Tuesday.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ICT grant for the school year 2022/2023 will be sent to schools. [28696/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason post passport applications are not being processed at the same rate as online passports applications; and if the Government plan to introduce measures to enable both applications (i.e. online and post) to be processed in similar timeframes. [29100/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I also question this consultative forum on international security policy. If the Government wants to pay the Army, support it and give it proper conditions, it should do it. We do not need to have a select group up in Dublin Castle and around the country, at huge expense. It is literally a talking shop to get the answer the Government wants and to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: They can sit at the back.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Pages of words.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The situation regarding recruitment and retention in An Garda Síochána is very acute. There are four gardaí and two sergeants in the town of Carrick-on-Suir in the Clonmel Garda district. They would want four times that number to fill the rosters. They can only fill one roster. We see the slow rate of input into Templemore but we also see the resignations, retirements and...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too support the motion. It is important we have a debate on this issue because this is an important service involving important people, as Deputy Healy-Rae and many others said, who deliver these services to our elderly and vulnerable and those who need supports. We have been on about this so many times. There is a dichotomy in many areas. A couple of years ago, people were all the...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Why are these things made so cumbersome? That family was put through enormous stress, as are many other families, waiting for a week or ten days with nobody. Thankfully, the case is somewhat resolved. There are many issues that need to be addressed but do not seem to be getting addressed. We have seen cases where home helps have been moved from the families they had or the people they...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: At this time of year, many people are travelling abroad for holidays, weddings, funerals and, in many cases, work. There is an issue with the passport service. I am not knocking the staff in the Passport Office, who are very co-operative, but there are many different problems. In the Post Passport system, which we should support, it is a minimum of eight weeks before applications are even...

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to be able to speak on this today. I believe in the phrase mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí, and I think that we are not doing that. I want to salute all of the organisations, including the youth clubs in Tipperary. My daughter, Councillor Máirín McGrath, is involved in setting up the club in Newcastle again, and Ballybreen. Then there is the Waterford and South...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (20 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the remuneration that will be provided to the link person referenced in the letter to principals on the Pilot Programme of Counselling Supports in Primary Schools; the resources that will be put in place for them; the hours that will be made available to them to co-ordinate this programme in their school; and where her Department sees capacity...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (20 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline clearly his Department's plans regarding the open seasons Order; to outline the reason a position paper and plans by the NPWS Management Board (dated September 2022) were not referenced during the public consultation process held between March and May 2023; the reason two options were outlined in these plans and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (20 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the full details of the EU General Agreement on Migration and Asylum reached recently; the obligations this agreement would have on Ireland; whether or not Ireland will have the option of opt-out of this agreement; the contributions of her Department in reaching this agreement; and if she will make a statement on...