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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Sector (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 340. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans to abolish or reduce the broadcast levy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55126/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government carried out a review of the service level agreement between Irish Water and local authorities to provide a statutory mandate to Irish Water to repair and restore combined drains systems that were previously under the remit of local authorities, as agreed by Dáil Éireann by way of a Private...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an organisation, which is a voluntary organisation that uses a property exclusively for charitable purposes and otherwise than for private profit, must be a registered charity in order to be exempt from local authority rates; if its sole purpose of using the property exclusively for charitable purposes is sufficient to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the numbers of Ukrainian refugees and numbers of persons seeking international protection that each European Union Member State has received to date in 2022; the numbers per capita; the reason that Ireland has received a much higher number per capita; the specific EU legislation which states that Ireland cannot cap numbers being received;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources that will be provided to schools following the recent announcement that the NCSE would be nominating an 'appropriate person’ to carry out an assessment of educational needs on behalf of the HSE under the AON process; the appropriate qualifications required to carry out an assessment of educational needs on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Substance Misuse (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned regarding the levels of drug-taking within Ireland's third level student community; the efforts that can be taken to clamp down on drug use within the student community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54367/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 844. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts that can be made to expedite probate cases where a delay in finalising probate is resulting in properties remaining vacant; and if records are available on the number of vacant properties held up in the probate process [54343/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 967. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be released to allow a family to access urgent psychiatric opinion due to a child's urgent needs and the HSE being unable to provide for his needs in a reasonable timeframe; if the HSE are able to provide an urgent psychiatric opinion for the child; if the HSE are unable to meet his needs as a matter of urgency, where the family will get...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 1151. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Tipperary University Hospital is not covered by the NCCP grant for those travelling to the hospital for cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55123/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We have reached crisis point trying to accommodate refugees from Ukraine. This morning I received a reply to a parliamentary question from the Minister for Justice. It states that 3,254 people arrived in this country without documentation in the first eight months of the year. This breaks down to 400 a month or 100 a week. The reply also states these individuals presented full...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Go on then.

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Or else you could be out of tune. I invite the Minister to respond to the debate.

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad the Minister, Deputy Ryan, is here. I will read from a small bit from the speech delivered by the Minister of State, Deputy Smyth. First, he told the Dáil he would discuss the generation capacity shortfall that exists. Welcome to the real world. Second, he said, "I will reaffirm the urgency of this Bill in order to enable delivery of emergency capacity to maintain a secure...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am a bit perplexed about this legislation. I tried to grapple with it. My staff in the office, especially Kathy, my daughter, Councillor Máirín McGrath, and all the girls who are there are dealing with terrible situations on a daily basis. They are just flocking in with nowhere to go,with letters giving notice to quit, you name it. Successive Governments have failed to grapple...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: In the middle of acute crises in housing and health, as well as the total mess the Government has made of the refugee situation, have the Taoiseach and the Cabinet nothing better to do than try to undermine and destroy publicans throughout the country? That is what the Government is doing with its proposals for late openings up to the morning in cities and big places, opening the pubs...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I know that. There is plenty of it already.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: And new licences.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: There are hundreds of them for sale.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: You cannot give away a pub.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am not.