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Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I will be around. The Minister of State need not worry; I am always around. A gang of his crowd arrived one night in January in a kind of clandestine raid to Hanora's Cottage in the Nire Valley. I happened to turn up and knocked on the door, and the poor woman, Mrs. Mary Wall, nearly collapsed. When I arrived, there were five or six of us, and they enjoyed it and I enjoyed it. We were...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Nolan will speak first.

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the appointment of the Minister of State, Deputy English. I am very concerned. Like many speakers tonight I support the thrust of the Bill and the need for it. With no disrespect to the departmental officials present, the Bill is drawn up by mandarins in the Department. This is a problem for me. Why do we not have business people in here who can be consulted and engaged with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The stimulus package is expected to be announced this week. We know the Taoiseach is tired having come back from Brussels. We need to look at the bigger picture in terms of stimulus measures. Every bed and breakfast, farm and country guest house, small hotel, big hotel and Airbnb that gets a booking through Booking.com, or any of the other numerous booking agencies, most of which are based...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: If the Minister is not available, perhaps his very able junior, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, could attend.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: We want to tease it out.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach does not have to mention that. We know that.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am normally one to agree with the Order of Business but on this occasion it is such an important issue. We are talking of the stimulus package and everything else. There is a worry in rural Ireland for farming and for the rural economy and that what is good for Europe may not necessarily be good for the farmers in Ireland. This is very serious. Whether we can find time to extend the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he will take to reduce the current waiting time for applications under the warmer homes scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the current backlogs of up to 18 months from time of application to being appointed to a contractor by the SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16995/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the composition of the Marine Casualty Investigation Board to ensure that its membership is both impartial and has sufficient maritime competency to carry out its duties in view of the European Court of Justice ruling against Ireland regarding failures to ensure the independence of the board; if he will establish a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extra supports that will be provided to local authority leisure centres to allow them to reopen and operate fully without being at a financial loss as a result of the extra requirements placed on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17059/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the details of the implementation of the commercial rates waiver have been finalised and issued to local authorities; the reason for the delay in finalising the scheme; the funding that has been provided to local authorities to offset the financial losses as a result of the waiver; if the waiver will be extended beyond...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Uniforms (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on school uniforms in view of the fact that parents are in the process of purchasing uniforms and in further view of reports that schools will have no uniforms for infection control reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16959/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) or an organisation to which they are linked has been party to or had influence on the development of sex education programmes in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17006/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will introduce to provide protections for third level students in circumstances in which many are expected to pay accommodation deposits and a number of months' rent up front when it is not clear whether they will be attending their colleges for classes in the coming term; if she will ensure that legislative protections are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Electronic Cigarettes (21 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 770. To ask the Minister for Health if guidelines will be put in place regarding the use of e-cigarettes in public houses (details supplied). [17425/20]

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am sharing time with Deputy Michael Collins, Deputy Carol Nolan and Deputy Michael Healy-Rae. Ar an gcéad dul síos ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Aire, an Teachta Foley, agus leis an Aire, an Teachta Harris, freisin. I wish to compliment, and say how delighted I am to see, the Minister, Deputy Foley, in her new role. I am also pleased to see the...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (16 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Glaoim anois ar Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre. An bhfuil aon duine anseo ón bpáirtí sin? No. We will move on to the Social Democrats. I call Deputy Gannon.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: We have been doing that.

National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) and Provision of Central Treasury Services Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2020)

Mattie McGrath: As Deputy Naughten said, the fund of €500 million over ten years is wholly inadequate. I am involved in a Tidy Towns committee. Most of us are involved in committees like that which do wonderful work. Different schemes are advertised by the county councils about renewables, water pumps and using innovative ideas. In one case at the moment, we have a tunnel. We had it up well...