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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: When are you going to do that?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: That is not very helpful. The school transport system is a mess. The Minister is talking about €750 million this year, €450 million more than last year. He would be better off subsidising parents to drive their kids to school and forget his green ideals. We have buses passing by and cars travelling in front of them and behind them and the whole thing is organised chaos. The...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Government has lost €100 million.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: It has not. It has managed it badly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister has left children behind.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister is avoiding the most important part.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister never referred to the children who were left behind.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad the Minister for Transport is here. This week Bus Éireann announced that it is to scrap a number of its Expressway routes, significantly reducing connectivity between our major cities and the regions. The removal of the X8 service between Dublin and Cork, for example, will have a major impact on students and commuters travelling from Tipperary to either Cork or Dublin and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the making of a differential rents scheme will be moved from an executive function to a reserved function of local authority members, as proposed in Putting People First, to give members more say in local democracy; the reason for the delay; his plans to prepare a national differential rent scheme; when the proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a directive will be issued to local authorities in respect of exempting carer's allowance and the working family payment from consideration when calculating rent in view of the fact that both payments are targeted as supports for low-income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27773/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on issues in the Part 8 process since the amalgamation of north and south Tipperary county councils in circumstances in which county councillors have proposed and seconded social housing projects in parts of a county that they are unfamiliar with and have no local knowledge of; if Part 8 developments should only be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Irish Water has no input in the Part 8 process when Irish water must be notified by the council of all private developments; his views on whether Irish Water should have input on all Part 8 applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27776/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the local authority supersedes the management agency in a housing estate after the taking-in-charge process has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27946/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a management agency for a housing estate is permitted to charge fees for maintenance after an estate has been taken in charge by the local authority and all necessary maintenance is carried out by same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27947/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Oct 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision made by the school transport scheme will be reviewed; if a ticket for a child (details supplied) will be allocated on compassionate grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27951/20]

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister of State has implied on a number of occasions that the amendments were copies from the Seanad. I refute that on behalf of the Rural Independent Group. We did not even look at the Seanad amendments because our amendments had to be submitted by 10 a.m. last Friday and the Seanad debated its amendments on Friday. We have enough intelligence to put forward our own amendments. ...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: For the information of Deputy Boyd Barrett, 203 appeals were submitted in 2019, whereas 303 have been submitted in 2020 to date. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae hit the nail on the head. We have no problem with appeals. We understand the planning process, as was noted earlier. There has to be a right for people to protect their property, families and communities, but 80-plus appeals should not...

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I know that.

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: In the Department.

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Sep 2020)

Mattie McGrath: There are laggards in there.