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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Ceann Comhairle will not even listen.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Are we to come here for the fun of it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: The Ceann Comhairle will not even listen.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Momentarily?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: Yes.

Covid-19 (Communications, Climate Action and Environment): Statements (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: I begin by expressing my gratitude to our local media, including radio, newspaper and other correspondents. Communities in rural Ireland, isolated areas and everywhere else depend on these media, especially during this difficult period. Information over the airwaves from Tipp FM and Tipperary Mid West Radio are a lifeline to many. I hope they and the local newspapers will receive adequate...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 403. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will work with the Minister for Health to formulate an action plan to safeguard the future of the dental profession and introduce measures (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7150/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 420. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the qualifying criteria will be reconsidered for the Covid-19 restart grant for small businesses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7441/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 492. To ask the Minister for Health the reason Ireland is enforcing a 2 m social distancing limit for restaurants, cafés, pubs and so on while reopening in view of the fact the World Health Organization suggest a 1.5 m distance and many European countries such as France and Italy are able to proceed with only 1 m distancing between consumers and Germany and Norway are enforcing 1.5 m...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 522. To ask the Minister for Health if he will work with the Ministers for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Finance and Employment Affairs and Social Protection to formulate an action plan to safeguard the future of the dental profession and introduce measures (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7149/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 521. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make the FreeStyle Libre device available to all type 1 diabetics under the long term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7148/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 654. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason horse racing will be permitted from 8 June 2020 behind closed doors but greyhound racing will not be permitted; the difference between the industries; the risks found in greyhound racing that do not exist in horse racing to prevent the same treatment; the risk assessment that has been carried out to inform the decision;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 730. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific details on the deployment of fibre broadband in County Tipperary; the number of properties in the county supplied with broadband to date in 2020; the number of properties in the county which will be supplied with broadband from now until the end of 2020; and the date the deployment plan will be made...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 752. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will urgently implement a plan to ensure that driver tests will resume without delay to avoid undue discrimination on drivers in rural areas with no other forms of transport; if he cannot implement a plan to recommence driver tests, if he will allow leniency for drivers that are awaiting a test and have completed their essential...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Control (27 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 1094. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a decision to lift the summer derogation on wood pigeon shooting will be reversed in view of the fact that affected stakeholders were not consulted and the derogation was introduced at a time when there is limited opportunity for scrutiny by Dáil Éireann of the decision; if the scientific evidence used in making...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Funding (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports being given to educational-based tourism groups and companies which are suffering a financial loss as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6595/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols for schools to grade leaving certificate students studying a subject outside school such as agricultural science, music, Polish and so on; the person or body that grades the students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6600/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Leaving Certificate student studies a subject outside of the school such as music and so on, if they will they have to be included in the internal class ranking order by school teachers and principals in cases in which that subject is also offered by the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6601/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided on the issue of project work which was submitted to the State Examinations Commission in anticipation of the normal leaving certificate; if the projects can be returned to the teachers; and when this might happen particularly in relation to physical projects such as art, design and communication graphics and so on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (20 May 2020)

Mattie McGrath: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider providing an opportunity for principals of schools to explain the profile of a school and particulars relating to the 2020 leaving certificate class in cases in which it might be seen as different to previous years and provide the data of the school such as CAT scores, STEN and junior certificate results and so on to backup...