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Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Is it a boggy place?

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: If the people in the Monaghan team are looking for a new manager, they know where to look.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The response from the head of disability services in my area in south Tipperary makes for stark reading. We have two children's disability network teams, CDNTs, in Tipperary and the unfortunate reality is that these teams are not only falling apart but they are non-existent. I have raised this before with the Taoiseach and both CDNT managers posts are vacant, with a temporary appointment to...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I too declare that I am an employer for a long time - 41 or 42 years now - and I appreciate the right of Solidarity-People Before Profit Members to bring forward this Bill. However, it is a phoney Bill because we do not appreciate the workers and the people out there. They take an ideological stance and I accept that; it is their right. However, they do not understand or respect employers....

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: This constant bashing of employers has to stop. I am not going to talk about Pat McDonagh or anybody else. They are good employers but there might be issues there; I do not know. However, employers should be respected because workers will walk away and work elsewhere if they are not paid. The market is there and there is the market value. People must be respected in work. However, I...

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]

Retained Fire Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I thank Sinn Féin for putting down this motion. Have the Minister and the Minister of State - an bheirt Airí - any shame? I know they do not have respect for many groups and organisations in this country and for our front-line workers across a plethora of areas, but the Minster's former colleague Noel Dempsey admitted 22 years ago that this was a problem and had to be sorted out....

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. Déanfaidh mé sin, a Cheann Comhairle. I welcome this Bill that seeks to introduce a licensing system for retail sales of tobacco and e-cigarettes. It also seeks to introduce a range of restrictions on sales of the products. I could say much on this but my colleagues are in the Chamber, and they may not be here the next day. This is a big issue for young...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I have a very important issue to raise. However, I cannot allow that attack on our independence and on our right to be here to represent our people and our views. We did not wait until Deputy Bacik was elected in a recent by-election to come here to tell us how to run our business and how to be respectful and mannerly. It is all one-way traffic as far as I can see. If a person has a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I will take no lecture from Deputy Bacik. She will be gone like the last leader, before it even gets dark. That is what happens with the Labour Party. It was founded in Clonmel. It was a proud party that represented rural Ireland and the people of Tipperary. Now what is it? It is languishing and in the doldrums. We will not take any lectures like that. I thank the House for its...

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

Mattie McGrath: That answer is not satisfactory at all. The elephant in the room here seems to be the LGMA. It says it has not got the money from the Government. Cut out all the other engagements, movements and shapes that are going around. All the stations in Tipperary have staff shortages. We are three officers short in Clonmel and two short in Nenagh. Tipperary town cannot put out its second crew....

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

Mattie McGrath: I return to the gallant men and women of our fire services. The Taoiseach should imagine what it would be like if he were bound by restrictions that prevented him from travelling beyond 3 km of his place of work or home without permission and being on call 24-7 for 48 weeks of the year. He should think about the enormous impact this would have on his life and the lives of his loved ones and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department is now conducting an internal closed competition for the same rank, particularly when the current list has not been exhausted; the reason the new competition is an internal closed competition when a number of external candidates are ranked higher on the current list and are now unable to apply; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the potential cost of providing every second-level student in the State with a reusable water bottle, which could be brought to school or used during sports activities to reduce the use of plastic bottles (as per the pilot project undertaken by Galway City Council); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27539/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 397. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the list for the filling of first secretary posts in the Department of Foreign Affairs is set to close in November 2023, six months shorter than the normal two years for which the list would be operational, March 2024; the number of candidates remaining on this list which was created in March 2022; the number remaining on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 460. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will have the mechanics, specifically agricultural mechanics, construction plant fitters and heavy vehicle mechanics added to his Department's Critical Skills list due to the critical shortage within the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27889/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer associated with State funding for a practical programme of driver education and a pathway to pass the driver theory test for final-year students at all secondary level schools, aiming to equip young adults with a potential mode of transport upon completing school; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer associated with State funding for a practical programme of first-aid and CPR life-saving skills for all Leaving Certificate students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27537/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps, if any, that are being taken by her Department to educate and safeguard children around the potential harms and misinformation being generated by artificial intelligence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27540/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (13 Jun 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 631. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an indicative costing for her Department to offer a practical programme of first-aid and CPR life-saving skills to all amateur sports referees, across all sports, as specified, in 2024 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27538/23]