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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It is obvious to everybody, Pontius Pilate.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: It is not dishonest; it is a fact.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Taoiseach, it is you that is being dishonest with the people and they know it. When was the last time he pulled up at a filling station and filled his own car? He has a driver. He had one when he was leader of Fianna Fáil and he has State drivers now and everything else. He is out of touch completely. I asked the Taoiseach to do an immediate reversal of the carbon tax as well as an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: Inflation is currently at a 21-year high in Ireland. The country is now contending with the cost-of-living crisis on multiple fronts. It is causing widescale financial pain for every citizen. It is due in no small part to the Government's climate action policies. The carbon tax is the key contributing factor, with the cost of motor fuels up more than 22.6% and the cost of home heating oil...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a full breakdown will be provided of payments made to RTÉ by her Department since March 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6172/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 12 October 2021, the reason conflicting information was provided (details supplied) in the response; the steps she will take to ensure that the correct number of successful applicants is supplied to this Deputy; and if written confirmation will be provided detailing the successful...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 620. To ask the Minister for Health the course of action and procedures that are followed within the HSE to investigate and take action when information comes to light regarding unprofessional and substandard practices involving State-funded bodies, for example, the recent revelations that have come to light and have been published in the media following a recently produced report by an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 621. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures that are followed to ensure a diversity of viewpoints are represented when it comes to decision making and policy formation in the area of unplanned pregnancy; the reason the MyOptions hotline is ill-equipped to meet the needs of women experiencing an unplanned pregnancy who wish to keep their baby; the steps he plans to take to rectify the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 685. To ask the Minister for Health if a full breakdown will be provided of the payments made to RTÉ by his Department or the HSE since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6171/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out a review into the operation of the National Ambulance Service; the locations of the call-outs that all County Tipperary-based ambulances have been tasked to call out to in the past three months; the number of ambulances based in the county on a daily basis; the average length of time for an ambulance to arrive at its call-out location;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 708. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he and his Department in all public utterances and statements refer to the position of chair, of the three-year review of the abortion law, as the independent chair given that no other Government appointed chairpersonships are continually referred to in the same way. [6285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 684. To ask the Minister for Health the full portfolio of property owned or rented by the HSE in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the use of each building; the year in which each came into use by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6169/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts that have been taken by the National Ambulance Service to avoid call centres directing long distance callouts to teams which are nearing the end of their shift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6261/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Staff based in County Tipperary in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6262/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Pension Provisions (2 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the consultation process as provided for in response to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; if he plans to engage with the network of retired workers organisations on this matter; when this consultation process will take place; the form this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (2 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of television licences that have not been paid; the number of legal proceedings initiated by An Post in the past two years; the number of persons charged for non-payment of a television licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5283/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the position with regard to mask wearing in schools; the relevant statutory instrument signed by him specifically citing this requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5300/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (2 Feb 2022)

Mattie McGrath: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if the failure to publish the e-tender for the chair of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 contrary to assurances made to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health on 8 December 2021 was a decision taken by his Department; and if not, if it was an oversight. [5295/22]