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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I too want to look for change to have time here to discuss the very serious situation of An Garda Síochána not being given the vaccine. It was number ten on the list and now it has gone way down below and we do not know where it is on the pecking list. An Garda Síochána is our front line. I also want time to be made available for the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Sell-out.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: It was meant to be-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: He could bring a flask.

Caring for Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I too compliment Deputy Cullinane and Sinn Féin on putting forward this motion. We could not talk about a more sensitive, deserving and needy group of the population. They give all they can to those they care for, who are normally elderly but can also be vulnerable young people. I salute the carers and Councillor Richie Molloy, an independent councillor in Clonmel, and his team who...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 307. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver theory test services will resume; the reason theory test offices cannot continue to operate at reduced capacity; the number of theory tests that have been cancelled with level 5 restrictions; the efforts that will be made to clear the backlog being created as a result of full cancellation of theory tests; when further...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 384. To ask the Minister for Finance the VRT payable on a vehicle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17261/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if renovation grants are available to restore properties in rural areas. [16688/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 534. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Passport Office will resume full services; the efforts that will be made to reduce the backlog of applications waiting to be processed; the number of passports being processed weekly since 1 January 2021; the number of passports waiting to be processed; the reason the Passport Office cannot continue to operate to process passport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SOLAS has changed the policy for apprentice electricians who are now required to resit their course for a further period until the end of May or June 2021 having already sat their block for weeks online; the reason SOLAS is now requiring them to sit a further block having done this block online; the reason SOLAS has prevented them...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 969. To ask the Minister for Health the reason prescriptions are again required to be collected weekly, after being changed to monthly collections at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. [16689/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 1135. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the mental health crisis house in Clonmel, County Tipperary, which was due to go to tender in quarter 1 of 2021; when the tender process is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17333/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (31 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 1136. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for colonoscopies in all public hospitals; the length of time waiting in each hospital; if a record is being kept or will be kept of the number of bowel cancer and other serious illnesses picked up following the resumption of colonoscopies; if such figures will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17334/21]

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Impact of Covid-19 on the Entertainment Sector: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am but I am not in Dáil Eireann. I want to welcome our guests, thank them for coming and assure them I am listening to them. I cannot ask questions because I am not in the Dáil.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am shocked and disappointed with the reply that the churches will not be open for Easter. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, said in the House that penal provisions were not affecting the priests. Fr. Hughes proved otherwise. Is it that we are flouting European law and the judge in Scotland was wrong? He accepted the case and said that European rights in Scotland were being denied. We can...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing us raise this matter in the Topical Issue debate. The right to worship is an issue of tremendous sensitivity and importance to tens of thousands of people. We have mixed messages coming from the Cabinet. The Garda press office cannot say which or whether. The Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, informed the House that no priest would be...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I support this important legislation from the Regional Group, particularly Deputy Naughten, which is very badly needed. We need insurance reform. I detest fraud and those who commit fraud but I am not the judge and jury. I cannot prove these things and it is often hard to prove fraud. The advertisements run by insurance companies implied people were putting their hands in our pockets and...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be able to speak on this Bill. I welcome the extension of the time. It is important during these difficulties with Covid to be fair to people as much as we can. It is nothing more than what we should be doing. I thank the Minister, Deputy O'Brien. I had a brief word with him about the urban regeneration fund which Clonmel was unsuccessful in applying for. He has agreed...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Clonmel has been overlooked. The regional strand of funding under the rural regeneration and development fund, RRDF, has been announced by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Some €500 million went to Cork and Limerick but Clonmel did not get pingin amháin. We had a lot of work done on this. The strands involved were phase 2 of the...