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European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to be able to speak on this. I am sorry I was not here for the earlier speakers. I do not know what goes on at these meetings. I am not very happy with what goes on. We seem to be passive and dumb, just nodding at everything we are told to do by the EU, whether it is farming or the fishing industry, which have been wiped out over the decades. The Minister of State, Deputy...

European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: How did we end up with an agreement under which we have to pay €20,000 per refugee that we are unable to take despite teams trying with the best will in the world to work out a resolution and people offering their homes? How come we did not raise concerns about this wanton waste of money? Why are we being penalised without having any avenue to attempt to negotiate it or understand...

European Council Meeting: Statements, Questions and Answers (12 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Is the Minister of State in war mode?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: They can see you.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I never noticed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Climate change.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I concur with the Ceann Comhairle in thanking all of the staff, from the Secretary General down to the ushers, the gardaí, and everybody in the canteen and catering for looking after us and for being so kind to us during this term and this year. The old song is "It's a Long Way to Tipperary". Tipperary town needs a bypass and it cannot wait...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Indeed. If Mr. Tubridy is out of a job on Friday, which he seems to think he might be, he is welcome down to retrace his footsteps and maybe make a film.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is such a large discrepancy between the pension entitlement for a primary school teacher and that of an SNA, where both staff pay the same percentage of their salary to their pension and the SNA pension entitlement is two-and-a-half times less than that of teachers; the reason for the discrepancy; if he will urgently review...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 736. To ask the Minister for Health who decided to go ahead with reconfiguration of the mid-west region despite the 600 beds required by the Hanly Report to offer safe patient safety not being in place; if he will launch an investigation into this decision, given that it has caused untold suffering on patients and staff in the mid-west region for 14 years; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 738. To ask the Minister for Health following his comments that reconfiguration was not working (details supplied), if he will put an urgent plan in place to reopen Nenagh, Ennis and St. Johns accident and emergency departments, given the new 96-block bed unit will only actually realise 48-beds meaning that the mid-west region will still not be at the 600-beds needed to provide patient safety...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 739. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the evidence he relied upon when he stated that reopening an accident and emergency department in Ennis Hospital was inadvisable on safety grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33758/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (11 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 740. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to meeting with TDs and Health Forum members from the mid-west as requested by the HSE Mid-West Forums meeting recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33759/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (11 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 737. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the figures he relied on when speaking on a radio station (details supplied) when he stated that trolley numbers were down at UHL while comparing trolley numbers at the same period in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33756/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (12 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 25. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services will next meet. [33234/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (12 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1053 of 21 March 2023, the reason some groups have not yet received their rebate from Muintir na Tíre; the groups that have not received a rebate, by county, under the headings (details supplied) together with her explanation regarding the non-payment. [34535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (12 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 235. To ask the Minister for Health in terms of the procurement process for the HSE, what efforts are being made to ensure best value for money where potential suppliers can demonstrate that alternative products can meet the technical requirements; the process for examining alternative solutions which can demonstrate adherence to the technical requirements; how product specification is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Several high-profile GAA games have been put behind the paywall and there was consternation. We had a long meeting about it here. As an Oireachtas member, I am very disappointed about this and also about cashless entrance to matches. I wrote to Mr. McKenna twice on behalf of elderly constituents who paid all their lives but who could not get anybody to book a ticket for them online, and I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, I am giving it. I understand the rules of engagement, so the Chair does not have to tell me that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Mattie McGrath: But he is dismissing it. The man could not get in until somebody came around with a card to let him in.