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Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 86. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his Department will permit local authorities to accept late applications for the restart grant and restart plus grant scheme for some who have missed out on same. [41330/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Community Involvement Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the reopening of the community involvement scheme for 2021; the level of funding available for Tipperary County Council for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41327/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of tertiary roads in rural Ireland; the options made available by his Department for resurfacing same within local authorities specifically Tipperary County Council; if a policy exists to restrict resurfacing options for such roads specifically to community involvement scheme applications; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if requirement for local authorities to submit a three-year roadworks programme can be amended within the lifetime of the programme in order to include roads that have deteriorated significantly since the submission of the three year programme; if the local authority require Departmental authority and sign-off to change sections of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be increased for publicans who are not allowed to operate during the festive period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41322/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Covid restrictions support scheme will be increased for publicans who chose to remain closed during the festive period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41323/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider tax breaks and reliefs for workers who have incurred additional individual travel costs due to the reduction in carpooling to work during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41331/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if gastropubs and restaurants have been provided with advice or recommendations regarding the reopening of the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41326/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 306. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the online passports processing service will be operational again given the backlog of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41466/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts her Department and the NCSE are making to address the lack of ASD units in primary schools in south County Tipperary; her plans to develop new ASD units in primary schools in south County Tipperary; and the details of same. [41506/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mobility Allowance (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 534. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to develop a new or alternative scheme to the mobility grant scheme which was suspended in 2013. [41249/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 814. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the definition of "young farmer" in Ireland includes an upper limit of 35 years of age whereas the EU policy objective is 40 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41426/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme (8 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 870. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the reopening of the local improvement scheme for 2021; the level of funding available for Tipperary County Council for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41327/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Services Provision (3 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing us this important Topical Issue debate. It is a shame that the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, is not here. I met the Ministers of State, Deputies Butler and Rabbitte, wandering around downstairs. None of them would come in to answer it. This is shocking. What we want is a ban on late-term abortions, mandated care for any baby born after an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Services Provision (3 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this very important issue to be raised and I apologise on behalf of the Deputies who are not present . Some, including Deputy Fitzpatrick, pulled out to give us more time. The reactions of doctors who carry out late-term abortions in Ireland make for grim reading. One doctor described the carrying out of foeticide as "stabbing the baby in the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (3 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: He is riding two horses.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (3 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Pay them, then.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (3 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The double talk is amazing.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (3 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Is called "hypocrisy".

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Ní bheidh mé ach nóiméad amháin.