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- Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independent Group, I too am pleased to be able to say a few words and to welcome Austin Currie's wife, Annita, his children, Estelle, Caitríona, Dualta, Austin and Emer, and the former Taoiseach, Enda Kenny. Austin Currie was one of the leading figures in the civil rights movement in Northern Ireland and, as we know, co-founded the SDLP. He became a poster boy...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: Two weeks ago, HIQA published an assessment of Tusla's foster care services in Cork which, as the Taoiseach well knows, has a quarter of the country's children. Tusla was compliant in only two of the 12 standards assessed. One example is that some children with complex needs taken into State care by Tusla in Cork were housed in hotels. The report is the latest among scores of reports that...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: It is bad enough that they are being taken into care but to be neglected in care in this way is shocking.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: His European masters.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: Ever before the war there was a spiral in prices. Everyone knows that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: It is robbery.
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: 626. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who were taken into State care in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who were returned home to their birth mothers. [32049/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: 627. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who were sanctioned for professional misconduct. [32050/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: 628. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas for each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who were sanctioned for a failure to meet professional standards. [32051/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: 629. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who were dismissed for professional misconduct. [32052/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: 630. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of birth mothers of children in State care in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who took their own lives after their children were taken from them. [32053/22]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (21 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: 631. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022 who were taken into care under a voluntary care order. [32054/22]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is completely out of touch with reality regarding the hardship people are facing. The ESRI report published today is shocking and finds that people could be paying more than €2,000 extra. What about the squeezed middle, particularly those with mortgages to pay, given the predicted increases in interest rates? The average mortgage interest rate in the eurozone is...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: I did not need it. I am saying that the Tánaiste might read it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: He should give it to his friends and his party, so they might read it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: The Government should take note of it.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: What about the vulture funds?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is really out of touch.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: Taxation.
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (16 Jun 2022)
Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he is taking to improve the competitiveness of mortgage interest rates particularly with rates due to increase and the withdrawal of banks (details supplied) from the Irish market; the steps that he is taking to bring the variable interest rates here back in line with the Eurozone average rate of 1.46 % compared to Irish average variable rates...