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Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Are any Deputies wanting to come in from Fine Gael, the Green Party or Páirtí an Lucht Oibre? Goodness, they are all gone to the hills. My list is exhausted here. After that it must be the Social Democrats. No one is offering from the Social Democrats or from People Before Profit. I will call the Deputy from the regional party.

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: We now move to an dara babhta. The names I have for Fianna Fáil, who will share 15 minutes between them, are Deputies Flaherty and Murnane O'Connor.

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am sharing time with Deputy Michael Healy-Rae. Ar an gcéad dul síos, I pay tribute to all the front-line staff and the workers in all areas who did Trojan work. I sympathise with each and every family that lost loved ones. I thank RTÉ for the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last night. It was just shocking. What happened in nursing homes was unforgivable. I wish...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Tá mé liom féin. I am on my own.

Estimates for Public Services 2020 - Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Beidh na Teachtaí eile isteach ar ball. I too congratulate the Tánaiste and wish him all the best in his new position. We need a dynamic Department for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I am supporting the fund today but it obviously will not be enough because it is minuscule in comparison with the health budget. It must cover everything, including small self-employed coach...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to replace the Coroner in south Tipperary upon their retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12805/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 357. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available or being considered for new start-up businesses in a post-Covid-19 economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13477/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 446. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report to Dáil Éireann by 30 June 2020 on the number of unborn babies aborted under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 during 2019, which is a legal requirement under section 21(4) of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13034/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 686. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver tests, driving lessons, NCT, NDLS and theory test services will resume under the revised Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13003/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 897. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authorities have sent rates demands for the full annual rates bill; the reason the rates waiver has not been applied; if details have been finalised with the local authorities in relation to the rates waiver and the way in which it is to be implemented; when the details will be finalised; the reason for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (30 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 898. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time it takes to process an appeal with the Valuation Tribunal; the reason for such a delay in which a higher rates demand is under appeal; if the business has to pay the previous rates amount or the new amount under appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13429/20]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais: Tairiscint - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (27 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am sharing time with Deputies Michael Healy-Rae and Richard O’Donoghue. From the outset, my colleagues and I in the Rural Independent Group made ourselves available for talks with all parties to try to form a Government. We met Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin but sadly there was no follow-up. I said at the outset that the wish of the electorate was for change and...

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais: Tairiscint - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (27 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: A free country, how are you, Taoiseach Martin, when you are going to bring in legislation on hate speech for an elite group and challenge the right of people to protest peacefully to save lives.

Taoiseach a Ainmniú (Atógáil) - Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (27 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, I am sharing time with Deputies Michael Collins, Michael Healy-Rae and Danny Healy-Rae. Ar an gcéad dul síos ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an gCeann Comhairle agus le Cléireach na Dála, Peter Finnegan, and all of his team for their organisation today. I also thank the Ceann Comhairle for his stewardship during the interregnum since the...

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: We can meet at the seaside in Bray.

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister is the one who makes the decisions.

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I am indeed. If the Minister does not get time to answer my questions during my five minutes, he might please write to me with the answers.

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I congratulate an Teachta Butler on her elevation. I wish her well.

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I hope we will not have any spats.

Emergency Bed Capacity: Statements (24 Jun 2020)

Mattie McGrath: There were 35 people on trolleys in Limerick hospital today. There was none in Clonmel, thankfully, but we are facing that prospect and Limerick, which also serves Tipperary, has the highest numbers in the country on trolleys most times. I refer to St. Brigid's Hospital in Carrick-on-Suir. How many more times must we plead with the Minister at least to reopen the hospice beds, that were...