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Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to contribute to the debate. I am a former board member of Caisleán Nua Voluntary Housing Association and one of the instigators of a voluntary group of laypeople who set up a wonderful organisation because of an horrendous attack on a vulnerable person. We held a community alert meeting in a full hall. As ever, until there is trouble and everything is fine, nobody...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Do the Minister and his Cabinet colleagues have any idea of the devastating impact of cuts? A woman whom I will call "Chrissie" is a full-time carer for her sister Mary, who has had Wilson's Disease since she was 14 years old. Mary is now 58. "Chrissie" is also a half-time carer for her mother who is 84 with deteriorating health. Mary was recently hospitalised unexpectedly for surgery for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Take that back.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is Dublin-centric. That comment should be withdrawn as it was personal.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff Appeals Mechanism (24 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeal process for SNAs who cannot get on a panel; if not, the reason therefor; the reason the supplementary manager of the panels cannot hear appeals from SNAs working within or outside of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38319/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the introduction of extensions to managed hedgerow and vegetation cutting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37291/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. Ar an gcéad dul síos, I echo what Deputy Niamh Smyth said about an Gaillimh aréir. I congratulate craobh Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann i gCathair Dún Iascaigh, the Cahir branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and Mícheál and Mary Harty on hosting a wonderful traditional music festival is Cathair Dún Iascaigh...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I said in July that there would be significant anger and frustration within rural communities when the Department confirmed, in response to a parliamentary question I submitted, that proposed regulations permitting the commencement of certain provisions of the Heritage Act 2018 are to be scrapped. The reply confirmed that plans to allow for hedgerow cutting during the month of August have...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister should come and see it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The reality is that they are not being cut. Contractors and farmers are afraid to cut them because they will be photographed with mobile phones and reported. It is nonsense. There are signs covered everywhere I go in my county. I refer to signs which indicate the way to particular places, speed limits and that there are dangerous bends ahead. Access to and egress from fields forces the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hedge Cutting Season (19 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: What broadband?

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (18 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to call for a quorum. Given that this is such a serious issue, I cannot believe how few Members there are on the Government benches.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (18 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I can. I am calling for a quorum. It is shocking.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (18 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I too am delighted to make a brief statement on this matter. As the exit date is just over 40 days away, it is imperative that we have a clear sense of how we will address the massive problems Brexit will cause, and they are massive and very daunting. We hope the Brexit contingency action plan measures are sufficiently robust. We have supported the Minister of State and her Government all...

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The fundamental priority must be to re-engage with all of the major stakeholders such that we can bring this crisis to a conclusion. It is clear that unless a mechanism can be found which permits the raising of the base price for beef, this issue will be prolonged with devastating consequences. To date, the consequences have been worsening. There is too much on the line and too many jobs,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Yesterday, many of us attending a briefing in the audiovisual room, supported by, among others, the Rehab Group, the Irish Wheelchair Association and the Disability Federation of Ireland. These groups expressed their anger at the decision of the HSE to scrap the rehabilitation, training and employment allowance of €31.80 a week for students who go on to participate in training...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Is there any sign of the children's hospital?