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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Cá bhfuil an t-airgead?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: They are not my comments. They are the comments of the school principals.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It has been reported this week that a survey of primary school principals has revealed they have no faith in the National Council for Special Education, NCSE. Some of the reported concerns include that the vast majority of schools have pupils with additional educational needs who are awaiting diagnosis due to the chronic waiting lists. Over one third of schools had periods when they had no...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Next is Deputy Pringle, who is sharing time with Deputy Harkin.

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I too compliment the Social Democrats on tabling this motion, which is very timely. I do not agree with Deputy Barry on much, but I agree with everything he said. We can pay the bankers, or any of the senior civil servants in Departments who want to move extra money, but we cannot support our teachers. They play such an important role in giving tuition, learning, education and life skills...

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We move to People Before Profit-Solidarity. I call Deputy Paul Murphy, who is sharing time with Deputy Mick Barry.

Teacher Shortages: Motion [Private Members] (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Bogaimid ar aghaidh le Páirtí Shinn Féin. Tá cúig nóiméad ag an Teachta Donncha Ó Laoghaire.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children waiting on a placement in an ASD unit in south Tipperary; her plans to open further units given that all units are currently full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location in which a child (details supplied) in south Tipperary will be given a placement in an ASD unit in a mainstream school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61191/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 116. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a terminally ill young child in the south east who has been battling stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma for almost two and a half years has been refused community paediatric palliative care services, therefore removing the right to die at home; if immediate steps can be taken to provide this vital care to the young child; the reason this palliative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 122. To ask the Minister for Health if the consultant child psychiatrist position for the south east has been filled; the current position with the recruitment campaign; if a new candidate has accepted the position; if so, when will the position be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61111/22]

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Gambling Regulation Bill, if enacted, will create significant changes in how gambling is regulated. In particular it will bring about some changes that are badly needed. It will establish a gambling regulatory authority of Ireland to ensure gambling is conducted in a fair and transparent manner. When I see regulators and regulatory authorities, I have questions. We have many of them...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Christmas can be hell for parents whose children are in State care. In the Gallery the Minister will see mothers and grandparents who have not seen their children in years. Tusla has blocked reunification every step of the way. Last week Jacinta Swan from Clarecare told the committee on children that parents describe the experience of having a child taken into care as something similar to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: They are not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I have written to the Business Committee about an issue I raised last week on behalf of the Rural Independent Group. We need a calm and reasoned debate on the influx of immigration into our country. I am not talking about refugees fleeing war. I am talking about the staggering figures that are there from places like Algeria. Fewer than 100 people from that country applied in 2021 and a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It needs to be held very soon and to be respectful, as I said, not with people shouting anybody else down. Everybody is entitled to have their say in this Chamber, thanks to the Ceann Comhairle and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will increase the funding allocation for Tipperary County Council housing adaptation grants to allow the council to proceed with the upgrading of double-glazing windows and doors that are in poor condition under the HOP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under the age of 18 years with an intellectual, physical or sensory disability, currently referred and waiting to be seen by the HSE who are yet to receive an initial contact; and the length of time that they have been waiting for the initial contact according to each CHO, in tabular form [60246/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 728. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when notice will be given to applicants in categories 2 and 3 under the community centres investment fund as to their outcome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60234/22]

Address by H.E. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (1 Dec 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Tá fíorfháilte roimh Uachtarán an Choimisiúin go dtí Teach Laighean inniu. I welcome the President of the Commission and thank her for her address. Indeed, I thank Dr. von der Leyen for her acknowledgement of the benefits that Europe had to Ireland and, more importantly, the benefits that we brought and gave, and delivered to the European project. On 6...