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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?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pigmeat Sector (18 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to ensure that the pig sector is protected from possible contagion with African swine fever; if a case of has been reported or found here since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37788/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knackery Industry (18 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to address the impact of the closure of almost all knackeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37876/19]

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: In mid-July, my colleagues in the Rural Independent Group and I made a direct plea to the Minister and the Government to intervene formally in order to avert the further destabilisation of the beef sector. We stated that we were increasingly concerned at the absence of a beef round-table forum at which grievances and positions could be constructively aired and that would in turn have allowed...

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Good man, Willie.

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Like the Taoiseach.

Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Mattie McGrath: And more.