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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to students to receive their education who cannot obtain a place in a mainstream school in their catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36464/22]

Communications (Retention of Data) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I too am pleased to contribute to the debate on this legislation, although "pleased" is the wrong word. I am genuinely perplexed because I do not know whether it is right or wrong - there is good and bad in every situation. In early June, the Government approved the drafting of the Bill, which is aimed at addressing the impact of recent judgments from the Court of Justice of the European...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: This is Ireland. He is responsible to this Parliament, not the Ukrainian Parliament. That does not justify him not being here. I want those answers from the Minister. Why are the warships here? Who is sponsoring them and who is bearing the cost of the gardaí minding them?

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: One of the core elements of supporting Ireland's policy of neutrality should be the wish for Ireland to be a peacemaker, a neutral mediator seeking international justice and a fair contributor to the humanitarian cause, as we always have been. This should always underpin Ireland's consistent and active participation in UN peacekeeping measures. If it does not, we run the risk of our sons,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I ask about the music and entertainment industries in Ireland. As the Tánaiste will know, they have struggled through Covid-19 as have the people, na daoine go léir, because they have missed this industry and they yearn for it to come back. This industry is struggling to come back and to get gigs going again because of the fear that is out there. The industry is looking for VAT...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Not agreed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Business Committee has been made a mockery of. There are five pieces of legislation being rushed through the House this week. I do not want to be repetitive but for several weeks, I have been calling for a debate on a vital sector, our third biggest industry in agriculture, namely, the pig industry. My requests have been forgotten and ignored. The House will rise for recess on...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is the showman.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is a showman.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We are duty-bound to discuss legislation.

Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Educational Needs) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jul 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to be able to speak on this legislation. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Business Committee and everybody involved in the House and the Bills Office, as well as everyone who organised, acquiesced to and supported today's sitting. It is important. I thank both the Minister for coming here and staying here, which is important to those of us in groups which normally speak at the end....

Report of the Committee of Public Accounts: Motion (30 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta Stanley, an Teachta Murphy agus na daoine eile ar an gcoiste. I thank the members of the Committee of Public Accounts for this timely report. I note the difficulties they have had. This was a bonkers project from day one. I also note, and this is no disrespect to an tAire Stáit, that the Minister for Health is not here...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. Bogfaimid ar aghaidh anois go dtí Páirtí Shinn Féin agus glaoim ar an Teachta Mac Lochlainn ar dtús agus an Teachta Doherty ansin. Tá deich nóiméad an duine acu.

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Cuirim céad míle fáilte roimh na daoine sa Ghailearaí. I welcome those in the Gallery, na daoine óga agus na clanna go léir. This is heart-rending. These people came to the convention centre last year. They came to the front of the Dáil in the most dignified and profoundly professional manner. Their homes are falling down around them. There is talk of...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Everyone knows about the bankers but they are untouchable. They paid €70 million in fines last week. Whose money was that? It was the people's money, the people they wronged by putting them on different mortgages. What kind of a banana republic is this? The people of 1916, 1921 and 1922 gave their lives and spilled their blood for this. To have this kind of a charade going on...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The management boards at Coláiste Dún Iascaigh in Cahir and the Edmund Rice Secondary School in Carrick-on-Suir are aghast, hugely disappointed and bewildered at being refused DEIS status. All of the national schools in Cahir and Carrick-on-Suir have DEIS status so what is the difference? There is no clarity or reason given for their exclusion. They were refused, they appealed...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is cheering for Europe one day and then telling us the EUROSTAT report is not accurate and that other places took more action. No place took any less action than we took here. The Government can take action on fuel. The price of fuel in some countries is down to €1.39 per litre. The Government wants its greedy paws on VAT and excise duties, which it has failed to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is detached from reality and completely self-absorbed. To come to this conclusion, all we have to do is listen to any interview with the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, or the Taoiseach. A recent EUROSTAT report from the European Commission revealed that Ireland was the most expensive EU country when it comes to the cost of living. Prices in Ireland were found to be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (29 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in relation to the electricity credit scheme in cases in which multiple accounts are connected to the one ESBN meter and residents pay using a provider (details supplied); if the provider is entitled to pay just €100 to each account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a refund of a cancelled passport application will be issued to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing such a refund; the correct procedure and timeframe for such refunds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34656/22]