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

Mattie McGrath: It should never have happened.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: In fairness to the secretariat of the Business Committee, they ring us all the time, but they obviously did not have time today. Why was it not put on to the Order of Business? We got numerous calls from the secretariat with regard to the Order of Business yesterday. There were at least three changes. This is a sleight of hand by the Government. Our group will certainly not support this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Can we not use our own gas?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: They really feel for them.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I missed the Business Committee meeting last Thursday but the account I heard was that the matter would be discussed at this week's meeting, with the hope of getting unanimous agreement on it. This is the first I or our group have heard of this, with it being presented on the floor of the House like this, and I object to that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: Is the Government trying to address the cost-of-living crisis or is it trying bankrupt the public? As far as I and most people can see, it is the latter. The facts, which have been confirmed to me in reply to a parliamentary question to the Minister for Finance, show that the Government collected a record €3.75 billion in energy taxes last year. Meanwhile, during that same period,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I do welcome the new TBESS because the first one was way too restrictive. A person on anything other than town gas could not claim for it. I welcome the VAT rate for hospitality; of course I do. I do not welcome the fact the Government will start taking off the excise exemptions after June and will be charging people extra for fuel. The Government is playing a three card trick here. The...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: He missed it. He is asleep at the wheel.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the future of the active travel programme for local authorities in view of the reduced allocation for 2023, particularly for Tipperary County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8948/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sports Funding (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to commence the next round of the sports capital programme; when it will be open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8949/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Sports Funding (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if pony and equine clubs are eligible to apply for funding under the sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8951/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allocate funding to Tipperary County Council to rectify the developer-provided infrastructure in estates and allow the council to proceed with the taking-in-charge process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8946/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of taking-in-charge applications that are held up nationally due to the existence of developer-provided infrastructure within estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8947/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make funding available for a second vacant homes officer for Tipperary County Council due to the size of the county and the large workload that is left to one person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8952/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (22 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 264. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to commence the next round of the Outdoor Recreational Infrastructure Programme; when it will be open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8950/23]

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: I commend Deputy Ó Broin and Sinn Féin on bringing forward this motion. I spent nearly five years on the housing committee and Deputy Danny Healy-Rae is right. If the reports, paper, visits and experts brought in had all laid a block each, or maybe two, we would have had lots of houses built. There is, however, an inertia here. First, the Government abandoned building houses...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, makes good soundings when it comes to a bypass or relief road for Tipperary town. This is on the route, as the Taoiseach knows, from Foynes in Limerick to Rosslare. While we got €2 million this year to progress that from Cahir to Pallasgreen, that is only at the design stage and going to planning. We need a ring road for Tipperary town. The...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: That is right.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Feb 2023)

Mattie McGrath: While we welcome the reports announced today in many cases, we need more time for debate. We are also concerned about excise duties, which had been reduced, on diesel, petrol, home heating oil and gasoline. They will be phased out gradually by October, as I understand from what I saw in the proposal. This is unheard of at a time when there are record profits out of the litre of petrol,...