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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (19 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (19 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of Cahir national schools; his views on the long duration of the process; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47792/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (19 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: This is about the status of the amalgamation of Cahir national schools and the Minister's views on the long duration of the process. It is going on for almost two decades, fiche bliain ag fás. Will he give the reason for same and make a statement on the matter? Cá bhfuil our scoil? We are waiting 20 years for it. He is the tenth Minister so I hope he has good news for me.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Amalgamation (19 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is fiche bliain or longer since this project started. Speaking of the patron, the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy gave the site. Bishop Alphonsus Cullinan has been more than helpful and willing. The parish priest, an sagart paróiste, and the parish council met recently and decided to gift the Minister the site, so he cannot hide behind blaming the parish, the patrons or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his officials met senior prison officers of Limerick prison on 7 October 2019; the reason for the meeting; the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47372/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (19 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status and work of the deer management forum; the measures being taken to contain the wild deer population in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47557/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Third Level Costs (14 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) with regard to third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47049/19]

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The system of direct provision for asylum seekers is almost 18 years old and from the beginning it has been a cause of significant controversy and debate.

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Gabh mo leithscéal. I have figures that state it is 18 years. We learn something new every day.

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am not out of date at all. Can I continue please?

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Among the issues raised most frequently are the duration of stay in direct provision, the impact of this on family life and children, issues around oversight and monitoring and the question of a right to work, which thankfully has been changed recently. In 2015, the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions stated that the system is not fit for purpose and recommended that it...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: As the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is in the Chamber, I want to raise the serious issue of wild deer causing accidents on our roads in County Tipperary and west Waterford. From a health and safety point of view, somebody is going to be killed. The deer are causing accidents and destroying cars every day, as well as causing accidents between cars on the motorway and on...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Everything is a laughing matter for them. They will get the last laugh when they go to the people.

Inquiry into the death of Shane O’Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta O'Callaghan. I thank Deputy O'Callaghan for bringing forward the motion. I wholeheartedly welcome Shane's mother and father and his four sisters. This motion is a testimony yet again to the loving and determined perseverance of Shane's mother, father and sisters, who I salute. It is a scandal of the highest order that such efforts have to be made...

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak to this important Bill, which has been designed to give legislative effect to a range of social welfare measures announced in the budget. I thank the Minister for doing her level best to help to deal with a protracted problem in County Tipperary. The Bill provides for several technical changes to the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 2005 to ensure the application of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Not in rural Ireland.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, the number of people without hospital beds - on trolleys, chairs, window ledges or whatever else they can sit on - so far this year has reached 100,457. I am sure the Taoiseach does not dispute these figures. Some 6,040 of these unfortunate people have been waiting for days at South Tipperary General Hospital, which covers south...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I would like the Taoiseach to respond instead of playing pass the parcel.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Is the Taoiseach oblivious to the fact-----