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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (16 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 187. To ask the Minister for Finance the immediate steps that his Department is taking to ensure that those with thatched properties can obtain insurance; the supports that are available to owners of thatched properties in cases in which they are currently unable to obtain insurance to ensure that they can insure their properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if clarification will be provided on the practice by the HSE in relation to the hiring of couriers and taxis to transport abortion pills to a woman through telemedicine given the claim made by a person (details supplied). [31721/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I hope the Minister will follow up on my issue, which I have previously raised with the Taoiseach and concerns St. Rita's respite care centre in Tipperary. It is a fabulous centre that does excellent work with young people with special and additional needs. It does not have enough funding to provide extra summer camps and young boys and girls have been refused places, to the anguish of...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Which amendment?

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Not agreed.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We are not the Regional Group.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Not agreed.

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State's reply was almost as brief as the contribution of the other Minister of State. What I am saying is not personal. If the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, was not here because he is sick, I will understand and accept it; however, if we see him around the House today or this evening, we will be very annoyed. We tabled this motion in good faith, as we are entitled to do as...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It was a disgusting and disparaging remark given that we have one researcher. He does an excellent job for us. It is iar-Seanadóir Brian Ó Domhnaill, whom I thank. I also thank Deputy Michael Collins, who has been pleading with people. We are not looking for new licences willy-nilly; simply and plainly, we are seeking to be sure that we can keep the lights on. We all know we...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of order, there is no freedom of speech here anymore. Can we not table a motion that we decide and word our own motion without taking lectures like this?

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: She is berating us for putting down our own motion.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of electric vehicles within each local authority fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31164/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (15 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotel rooms being used to accommodate refugees; the numbers of hotels, guestrooms and bed and breakfasts that are being used to accommodate refugees in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31169/22]

Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I am sharing time with Deputy O'Donoghue. I am pleased to speak broadly in support of this Bill. At the Business Committee and in subsequent communications, we agreed to progress this legislation as a matter of urgency. There is an old saying that justice delayed is justice denied. The Minister of State, as a practitioner of the law, understands the problems that arise from delays. There...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: DEIS status schools have never been more important with the rising costs of living. DEIS status was awarded to a number of schools in Tipperary. However, Coláiste Dún Iascaigh in Cahir and the Edmund Rice Secondary School, Carrick-on-Suir, among others, were left out and denied DEIS status. They have appealed, as the Department told them to do. They are awaiting the results of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Cuirim céad míle fáilte rompu.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: I acknowledge the hard work of the staff of the Business Committee. After many phone calls, matters were pushed onto the committee by the Government. We had decisions to make within an hour. I object to the Order of Business, due to the ongoing controversy surrounding An Bord Pleanála. We need an urgent debate. We have a housing crisis which we have never seen the like of. An Bord...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: We need a debate on the carry-on of An Bord Pleanála. We need to have the Minister in and to have a full Dáil debate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: They were under pressure long before the war.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Jun 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Taxation is causing it.