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

Mattie McGrath: We are truly in an energy crisis. Families face paying €400 more for their electricity and heat this winter, according to analysis carried out by Charlie Weston of the Irish Independent. It is quite obvious, and Deputy Kelly raised it earlier. The crisis deepened last week when Energia announced a third rise for 200,000 residential customers. The crisis must be addressed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (21 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 675. To ask the Minister for Health if SARS-CoV-2 antibody testing is available nationally; if proof of the presence of antibodies will be accepted as proof of immunity; the reason the proof of the presence of antibodies is not currently accepted as proof of immunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45251/21]

Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to speak on the Maritime Area Planning Bill 2021, which seeks to provide a legislative framework for a new streamlined development consent process for activities in the maritime area, including offshore renewable energy. The Bill also provides for the establishment of a new agency, which is the bit I do not like, the maritime area regulatory authority, or MARA. I remember...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste will be well aware of the situation in Tipperary town regarding a bypass of the town. I understand the review of the national development plan is under way and is due in the coming days. We dearly need to have funding in there for a relief road for the town - a bypass or else as part of the N24 project. We need to relieve the town. The Jobs4Tipp and March4Tipp...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The members of the public looking in are aghast. They saw what went on through Covid. They see almost €4 billion extra spent on the HSE for 44 extra acute beds and they see the harm done to people through lack of services, lack of diagnoses and diagnoses delayed. There are issues with cancer patients, mental health and so on. Yet we have this folly of a vote of no confidence. Yes,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I found out from the reply to a parliamentary question tabled to the Minister for Health that €3.84 billion extra has been spent throughout Covid. The people of Carrick-on-Suir, east Waterford and south Kilkenny are bewildered as to why St. Brigid's Hospital was closed in the middle of a pandemic when all this money was being thrown around like confetti. I am asking the Taoiseach to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I was referring to spending on health.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I asked the Taoiseach in July.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Give them all a mention; good man.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach has not met them.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Home care is a disaster.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am objecting also. I want the Taoiseach to arrange for a debate on felling licences for forestry. We are talking about building houses. Merchants cannot get a stick of timber. The price of timber has increased by more than 100% and it is just not working. We need legislation that will empower people to cut their forests in the same way as you harvest any crop. When you set a crop of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the steering group reviewing the school transport scheme has examined the possibility of issuing school bus tickets earlier than present, in July for example, which would allow for concessionary tickets to be processed before the school term resumes in order that parents can make alternative travel arrangements if necessary. [43359/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 617. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients hospitalised following Covid-19 vaccination or hospitalised with suspected adverse reactions to a Covid-19 vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (15 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 618. To ask the Minister for Health if full body scans are available to all patients at Tipperary University Hospital; if MRI and CT scanners are available and in use 24/7 in the hospital; the number of MRI and CT scans provided to public patients at the hospital in each of the past three years; the number of scans provided to private patients for the same period at the hospital; if all...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Sales (9 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 197. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme, which is due to end in 2021, will be extended to help those trying to buy their own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Tests (9 Sep 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when antigen testing will be rolled out as an option for access to indoor dining; the reason for delays in implementing antigen testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42683/21]