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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (3 Feb 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 706. To ask the Minister for Health the exact details of the contract entered into with a company (details supplied) for data sharing information of its customers; the monetary value of the contract; the way in which the information is being used; the other State organisations which his Department shares the information with; if it complies with GDPR data legislation; and if he will make a...

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: As with Deputy Collins, I have huge issues with rural planning and with planning in general and how slow it is. There needs to be transparency around the Part V and the Part 8 process operated by the county councils. Some councils are very fluid, lax and bullish about it. There is a Part 8 process in Tipperary town currently for road works and 291 submissions went in. These were sought...

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I wrote to the Minister after a debate in October or November. The residents are being forced to take legal action. That is not right. The county council kept on building these houses. We are all for houses but in this area the only green area they had was taken up. There are heaps of other sites. There is one site down the road with 25 or 30 acres on it. They insisted in building on a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I ask the Tánaiste and the Government to try to intervene in a situation where the regional newspapers are being gobbled up. The Clonmel Nationalist has been serving the people for generations with excellent journalists and excellent reporting always, even through the Covid pandemic. The journalists work from the kitchen table and bring the news to people's homes. People love these...

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

Mattie McGrath: I must go back to the issue of capacity in our hospitals and to a question I put to the Taoiseach previously that he refused to answer. I refer to the closure of St. Brigid's hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, a wonderful facility that is over 200 years old. HIQA has deemed it unsuitable. However, it was deemed suitable for use as a Covid-19 hospital by HIQA at the beginning of the pandemic. If...

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

Mattie McGrath: I do not know why the Tánaiste cannot answer the question I asked. I accept that he does not have up-to-date information on St. Brigid's but I asked why a hospital that was deemed to be suitable for Covid patients last March was deemed unsuitable for any overnight patients in November. That is a simple question. I also ask that Ministers and the HSE stop sending out letters that are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 7. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to roll out a scheme similar to the restart and restart plus grant for rate-paying businesses following the current lockdown to ensure their survival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4673/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to ensure business support grants will cover non-rate paying business and the self-employed given that the enterprise support grant was not an adequate or impactful grant for the loss of revenue as a result of previous lockdowns in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (28 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to roll-out the community involvement scheme for local authorities in 2021; the level of funding that will be afforded for the vital repair of semi-public roads through Tipperary County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4672/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) who applied for their driver test in July 2020 and has complied with everything requested of them by the RSA has still has not received a date for their test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4547/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if housing developments that were fully or partially developed as holiday homes in circumstances in which the management company which was condition of planning is now dissolved, in which no bond is available and no enforcement has been taken by the local authority are excluded from the taking-in-charge process under section...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if estates in which planning was granted for a mix of holiday lets and residential use can be put forward for the funding by local authorities in relation to the national taking in charge initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4669/21]

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this Bill. I want to send my good wishes to the Minister for Justice. Looking at the Bill and listening to the Minister of State, when the European masters want something done, we jump. They say jump and we ask how high. However, there is much legislation languishing in the bowels of the Department of Justice that has not been implemented. The Minister of State is...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: Many of the Taoiseach's responses have been illogical and inconsistent. Since the start of the pandemic, I have raised the issue of utility companies and pass through charges. Every business, from hairdressers to big hotels to shops, which is closed is paying a fortune on these charges to utility companies. One businessman wrote to me, telling me he pays €4,000 a month on gas and...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 7. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of funding allocated by his Department on the Covid-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic. [4763/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 8. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of funding spent by his Department on the Covid-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic. [4774/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Appointments to State Boards (27 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State and semi-State board appointments that fall under the aegis of his Department made since this Government took office including the name of the board or agency and the remuneration level associated with the board position, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4551/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Bodies (27 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a list of all State and semi-State boards that fall under the aegis of his Department; the level of remuneration being paid to each board member including chairpersons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4564/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated by his Department on the Covid-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4756/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Mattie McGrath: 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding spent by his Department on the Covid-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4767/21]