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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: She was dismissed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: They are not agreed.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Does the Taoiseach want a medal?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I want a full debate on the RTÉ debacle. There are many thousands of decent workers in RTÉ. This scandal is going on. We saw how the board and the executive board suspended Dee Forbes. Then she was dismissed and she is blatantly refusing to come before any committee. I want, as happens to people who are unable or who do not wish to pay their licence because of the poor service...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I find the reply very lethargic and squeamish. Fine Gael has had several budgets since. It was in government after the 2016 election. The disregard it has for ordinary people is shocking but people looking in can see that the Fine Gael is not interested in ordinary working people. It has no time for them. It is the landed gentry party, big business here now, in a whirlwind talking about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, on behalf of the Rural Independents I wish a speedy recovery to an Teachta McDonald. I challenge the Taoiseach about the possibility of abolishing the USC. It is worth remembering that at the height of the Celtic tiger in 2006 the Exchequer was awash with property-based tax receipts and the then Government reported a budget surplus of €5.1 billion....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate if, and the reason why, NAMA-NALM is permitted to use an Irish citizen’s personal tax number in its own interest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30642/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance to investigate the reason NAMA-NALM was able to use the personal tax number of a person (details supplied)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30643/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Culls (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that will be taken to reduce the deer population following the consultation process carried out by his Department where 86% of the persons who took part in the survey said a culling of deer is required; if he will outline the plans in place to manage the increasing deer population; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 654. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reconfiguration of the current hospital groups under new regional structures as proposed in Sláintecare; the likely implications on Tipperary University Hospital which will be removed from its current group in the South, South-West Hospital Group; the reasons TUH would be removed from the South, South-West Hospital Group; the logic...

Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire, an Teachta Harris, agus an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Niall Collins. I thank them for being here and for their investment and recent announcements in the University of Limerick. It is a wonderful university. My daughter is there at present. The veterinary courses there and the veterinary hospital are most welcome. I support the university on that. ...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister visited Tipperary town some years ago with Deputy Cahill and others regarding the bypass for Tipperary town. The people in Tipperary town and the surrounding areas are going grey waiting for this much-needed relief road to get the lorries and trucks out of the town. All the organisations - the chamber, March4Tipp and Jobs for Tipp - as well as Councillor Annemarie Ryan and all...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Transport Authority (22 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently review the decision by the NTA to remove Ardfinnan Bridge from its 2023 list of projects, particularly given previous commitments from the Government on the matter; the reason the NTA is going against the view of the consultants engaged on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30023/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Transport Authority (22 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for being in Ardfinnan last week. I want to ask about the situation and the reason the National Transport Authority, NTA, has removed Ardfinnan from the 2023 list, particularly given previous commitments on the matter from the Government, and indeed from the Taoiseach. The NTA receives a lot of funding. To take out this application beggars belief. The bridge...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Transport Authority (22 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: This matter has a long and sad history. I was on the bridge the night of the flood in 2015. It closed because of danger. The bridge was repaired. There have been numerous consultants’ reports dealing with fishing, every kind of aesthetics and architecture. I was under that bridge. It is repaired. There is no understanding of why it has been left as a one-way arrangement for this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Transport Authority (22 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I have already asked how much has been spent on consultants for this bridge. It would nearly be enough to build a new bridge. Active travel has done great things in many areas. I disagree with some of the things that have been done. There has been funding everywhere for all kinds of bridges through bogs and across rivers. We have seen that these bridges can be erected so I do not know...

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...

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...

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...