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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 661. To ask the Minister for Health if his proposed exclusion zones of 100 metres surrounding abortion-providing buildings would have the impact of banning a pro-life march, such as an annual march (details supplied); if the high volume of potential exclusion zones in a compact area such as Dublin city centre would effectively result in banning any future pro-life marches in a scenario if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 662. To ask the Minister for Health if a private conversation in which one party advised a third-party known to them not to proceed with having an abortion were to happen within a coffee shop or other neutral setting which happened to fall within his proposed 100-metre exclusion zone of abortion-providing buildings would be considered in breach of the proposed law and lead to possible...

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I too welcome this Bill. As the previous speaker mentioned, ComReg and the different aspects to this area are something that people struggle with. It is a sad indictment on our country that we meet people in our clinics who mention problems with Eir, which is a complete disaster. People in rural and isolated areas depend for safety and security on pendant alarms and their Eir lines might...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is Minister for business and industry and everything else. Businesses, especially small businesses, were never under as much pressure as they are under now. In Clonmel, a number of them closed this week with more to go. The same is true in villages as well. It is very hard to restart a business or get a new business in. We have a huge issue here. The budget did very...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (6 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We are over time.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (6 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (6 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I call on the Minister to respond.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (6 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We are over time.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service (6 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It appears they are grouped.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service (6 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Deputy. For clarification, we can group priority questions, but a priority question cannot be grouped with an ordinary question.

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom comghairdeas a ghabháil don Aire Stáit. Tá fáilte roimhe ar ais san áit seo. I welcome the Minister of State back. He was always a very engaging Minister and always did his best to meet with Deputies from the Opposition and everywhere else. I wish him luck. I advise him to avoid the golf classics. I only say that in jest. I know he was there for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Last week I raised the issue of drug dealing and intimidation in Clonmel town centre. Clonmel is a fine town with fine people. There was an incident on Friday night when a young farmer who was going to his homeplace was confronted by a gang, beaten to the ground, kicked underneath his van and left. It could have been a fatality. Will the Taoiseach do something to support the Garda in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (5 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a trainee educational psychologist completing a doctorate is the only professional doctorate programme which is not Government funded; the reason for this inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48874/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (5 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the National Children’s Hospital; the expected completion date; the current expected total spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48810/22]

Defective Concrete Products Levy: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I also support this motion. What about the perpetrators of the crisis, the quarries and concrete plants? This industrial sector is dominated and controlled by CRH plc, Ireland's largest company, which is number one in the US and the UK and is the world's third largest manufacturer of construction materials. CRH plc settled a price-fixing, market-sharing case taken in the state of Virginia...

Housing for All Update: Statements (Resumed) (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister is a reasonable man, as I know from discussions with him. We are going around in circles and the housing situation is appalling. I met the Simon Community last Thursday and I want to salute it for the work it does. It told me something I had a fair idea was already happening, namely that there was a 100% increase in the number of homeless people in Tipperary between July 2021...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We have another damning report from Deloitte on the University Limerick Hospitals Group and University Hospital Limerick, UHL but it is going to gather dust on some desk or in some pigeonhole. There is chaos in UHL on a daily basis since the closure of the emergency department in Nenagh Hospital as well St John's Hospital in Limerick and Ennis Hospital. We were told last week quite...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Muinteoir anseo.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Your friends.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (4 Oct 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to reduce the waiting time for a driving test at Clonmel test centre (details supplied); the reason for the long wait time; the number of persons who are waiting for a test at the centre; the current average wait time for a test; the number waiting for tests in all test centres; the average wait time in all...