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Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I lend my support to this amendment that proposes to delete "regulator" and "rialálaí" a chur isteach. Is feirmeoir an-bheag mé ar na Sléibhte Chnoc Mhaoldomhnaigh i gCaisleán Nua i dTiobraid Árainn.I am a sheep farmer. It is important that we use the Irish language as often as we can and this is a simple amendment. It is not a lengthy translation. It is only...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Maybe. I accept that. It is the Golden Vale, but young farmers spent €1 million plus on milking parlours, and on proper buildings and roadways, so they could nurture and care for their animals carefully. Many of them were offered these special contract prices with Glanbia and other co-ops. They bought into it and it stood them well, in fairness, for a number of years. Now,...

Agriculture and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I support Deputy McNamara's amendment because it is of crucial importance. We have seen legislation implemented in this regard in Spain in recent years. We have seen the same with the capping of the fuel, with fuel prices, and with many other issues where other countries have done something and we are running amok. I do not know how the famous meeting went today with the Minister of State,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Children with disabilities in south Tipperary and across the country are suffering greatly, especially children with special and complex needs. I have a lot of examples of children who were receiving therapies from primary care teams and have been discharged from that primary care team because they are deemed to have more complex needs that are more appropriate to the children's disability...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: No, I am not. It was fadó fadó. One of them was Cathy and one was Kitty. They are all gone to their eternal reward. None of them turned up that night so he said: "I have neither kitty nor a cat tonight. I have nobody but myself." The TII wants everything. It will not build the roads. The Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is welcome. I will talk to Mary Lou. She will know some...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Why would it not, because the Government had nought and zero interest in them?

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The members of the Government are elected representatives, but they are more interested in representing global politics now, not the people of rural Ireland.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I commend the motion, which I will push to a vote.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: And Indians.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I thank former Senator Briain Ó Domhnaill and Ms Mairéad McGrath in my office team for putting this motion together. We are disappointed with the Government but we are not surprised. Before I get into the substance of the motion, I have a couple questions and points of clarification for the Minister of State. He might answer these points. He mentioned the grant for first-time...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I am.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: That was not what I understood from the Minister of State. Deputy O'Donoghue asked me to ask the Minister of State about log cabins with a timber finish in his county of Limerick. Under the Limerick area plan, such timber-finished properties are not allowed. Buildings must be finished with mortar, plaster, slate or something else.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: We are looking at everything. The Minister has fled the Chamber. It is most disappointing from our point of view as a small group, grúpa beag, that the Minister never waits to reply. I mean no disrespect to the Minister of State but Deputy Darragh O'Brien is the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. He makes announcement after announcement. I attended the annual...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: It is still standing.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local Community Arts: Discussion (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: What I have to say is more of a comment. I apologise for being in and out as I have other guests. I thank all the contributors. To follow on from what Senator Malcolm Byrne said, we need some kind of start - tús maith leath na hoibre. Ring-fenced money must be provided by way of capital grants for arts groups to apply for. To pick up on what Mr. McGlynn said, perhaps there should...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the location of the 17 high-collision locations in County Tipperary; the steps that have and will be taken to improve safety at these locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21942/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of people waiting for a driving test in the country and per county; the number of driving testers currently employed; and the average waiting time for a test. [21974/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grant funding is available from the State for the removal of asbestos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21893/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (10 May 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the local authority home loan; and the number of applications across each county versus the number of approvals. [22001/23]