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Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: This is my understanding. There was a big furore during the summer fanned by the media and some of the organisations that champion this cause. We have many NGOs and they cost €5.5 billion a year. Some of this money was redirected. We have a lot of good NGOs, do not get me wrong, but I question the number of them. I found out from the response to a parliamentary question asked by...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It is all relevant because we are passing the Bill and many people have fundamental issues with it. Then they see the other side and legislation that has been passed which is not being enforced. Worse, and no disrespect to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle who I am told is an eminent barrister in her other life, is free legal aid and the whole circus. Legislation on tagging was passed by the House...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Yes but it is all relative. I am speaking about the Bill. I have finished anyhow. I am speaking about the legislation and the impact it will have.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The purpose of this Bill, we are told in the explanatory memorandum, is to give further effect to Directive 2019/1158 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers and repealing Council Directive 2010/18/EU and, for that purpose, to amend the Parental Leave Act 1998 to entitle certain employees to leave for medical care purposes and...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Indeed, ag obair go crua i gcónaí. I accept that totally. I would be nowhere without them. I have five daughters and, God bless her, one wife. We have three sons. Now we have six beautiful granddaughters and three wonderful little buachaillí óga - grandsons. It is a good mixture and a good blend. I get plenty of sound advice along the way and I am grateful for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I want to praise the students. My motto is mol an óige agus tiocfaidh siad. In that vein, I would like to welcome students from Skibbereen Community School who are in the Gallery with Deputy Michael Collins and other colleagues. Students, especially those from rural areas, are suffering greatly. Very little happened in the budget for them....

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to be able to contribute to this debate. We have a huge issue. We are known as Ireland of the thousand welcomes or céad míle fáilte and we just welcomed visitors from the Gambian Parliament here a few minutes ago but we have a huge problem with delays in employment permits. I do not understand the reasons. We never get the reasons. I know of one person who has...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Former Deputy Neville is not here to defend himself, so please refrain from naming him.

Visit of Gambian Delegation (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I was premature earlier in issuing a céad míle fáilte to our guests. I welcome to the House Mr. Momodou A Sise, Clerk of the Gambian National Assembly, and his officials, who are on a study visit to Leinster House. They are most welcome. Tá fáilte romhaibh go léir.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: There is currently no special needs education officer assigned to south Tipperary. The special educational needs organiser, SENO, in north Tipperary has been covering the area to the best of her ability. Given the rising number seeking special needs education and supports and the importance of access to SENOs for parents, will the Minister have this situation rectified? It is shocking that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Do you want glasses to see properly?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: No place to hide.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister has no place to hide.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Businesses are disappearing by the hour.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Why has the Government deliberately chosen not to cap the cost of electricity or implement a windfall tax on electricity providers in this country? Never has there been a more important time to be decisive and to reduce the crippling bills that households, small businesses and farmers are facing. All energy customers are once again facing extremely significant increases in their bills from...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: That was a pretty feeble answer. The Government is tired; it has created this problem itself. The Government likes to blame the war in Ukraine but, as awful as that is, the Government has created this problem. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. That is what the Government is trying to do here. Some 40% is not nearly enough for businesses. I know of one SuperValu in...

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: This is an important motion which has been brought forward by the Labour Party and I compliment it on doing so. I wholeheartedly support the community and voluntary sector. The people working in that sector have not had a wage increase in 14 years. What other section would put up with that? These people are the glue and the building blocks that keep our country together. In many cases,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will increase the social housing income threshold for housing applicants in Tipperary County Council given that the increase is long overdue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50392/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 4 October 2022 (details supplied), the steps that can be taken in cases in which parents have contacted the SENO but have been advised that their child will not be given a place in an ASD unit in the absence of an ASD diagnosis despite having very similar neurodevelopment difficulties and needs and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (12 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that no community welfare officer is available in Carrick on Suir, County Tipperary; when regular meetings with community welfare officers in local communities will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50402/22]