Results 4,161-4,180 of 20,719 for speaker:Mattie McGrath

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Some are waiting for years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts she will take to reduce class sizes which remain largely above the EU average; her plans to increase the capitation grant funding for schools to pre-recession levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a coroner will be reappointed to cover south County Tipperary following the retirement of the coroner; the number of cases waiting to be heard by the Coroner's Court in County Tipperary; the average waiting time for a case to be heard in County Tipperary; the reason County Tipperary with a larger population and average...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 648. To ask the Minister for Health when the changes to the fair deal scheme as legislated for in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Act 2021 will become operational; the current position for family farms and businesses; if those who are applying for the scheme presently are subject to the conditions set out in the Act; if the new proposed terms will be available to current...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (28 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications waiting for a primary medical certificate by county; the current application processing time for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46188/21]

Garda Siochana (Functions and Operational Areas) Bill 2021: Second Stage (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I too want to be associated with the comments on that retirement. I thank all the staff who look after us here on both sides of the building and around the building. They have always been more than helpful and courteous. I am a big supporter of An Garda Síochána and community alert, and a big believer given my own village of Caisleán Nua na Súire had the second...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, rise to wish a silent lament that former Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher is not here. He stopped this by way of statutory instruments. The Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, who, when he in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on an acting basis - having unceremoniously disposed of two of his Ministers - signed it only to reverse his decision. He would do anything...

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Is the heat too hot in the kitchen for the Deputy?

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The heat is too hot in the kitchen for him. It is a fact.

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister did not notify anybody that he was coming to Tipperary.

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, you did.

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Did I?

Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I do not know.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: No.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The people of Carrick-on-Suir, south Kilkenny and east Waterford are at the gates of the Dáil now. They have 11,000 signatures signed by people on a petition, and it is no ordinary petition. It asked people if they would be happy to put their loved ones into St. Brigid's hospital, Carrick-on-Suir. The Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, has refused to meet the committee and Councillor...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: There is a crisis in the pig industry because of a lack of exports of pigs to Northern Ireland. A company called Karro is the main importer there. In July and August, 12,000 fewer pigs were exported to the North. There is an animal welfare issue because producers cannot get staff. Their eastern European staff left during the lockdown, and now they do not have the staff. This is a crisis,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Last week, I raised the issue of felling licences. There should be no such thing as a felling licence for 50 ha. When someone plants any other crop, be it miscanthus, barley, wheat or potatoes, it can be harvested. This situation is farcical. I will keep raising it. We have an energy crisis. We also have heaps of timber, but we are not allowed to cut it. This would not happen in a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste ignored my question. It is a major issue and we need it resolved.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: We need legislation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Someone needs to expose the farce that is going on with the ring-fencing of carbon tax money. It is not happening. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, has a waiting list of two and a half years. In Spain, electricity taxes are being cut temporarily and windfall grants for energy are being supported. Italy has injected €1.2 billion into its energy system to reduce...