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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hedge Cutting Season (5 Mar 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 603. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the introduction of regulations to provide for managed hedge cutting on roadsides and burning of vegetation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10358/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Do it again.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Credit Union Lending (28 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the proposal to allow credit unions to offer residential and commercial mortgages to their members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10011/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Credit Union Lending (28 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Minister provide an update on the status of the proposal to allow credit unions to offer residential and commercial mortgages to their members? Specifically, he might comment on the status of some of the 27 recommendations in the report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach on the credit union sector. When the report was laid before the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Credit Union Lending (28 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: It is good to hear the Government acknowledging the powerful work that credit unions do in communities across the State. Were it not for credit unions, many more people would have suffered significant turmoil during the past decade. In 2018, the Central Bank conducted a review of house loans in credit unions. This was the same year that the credit unions were voted the most highly...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Credit Union Lending (28 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: The €2.5 billion represents 91% of the arrears balances outstanding. Non-bank entities now hold 61,446 mortgage accounts for principal dwelling houses and buy-to-lets combined. Of this number, 47,820 relate to principal dwelling house mortgage accounts. These numbers provide us with important context for the argument to extend the ability of credit unions to provide residential...

Independent Radio Stations: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I too thank Deputy Dooley for bringing forward this Bill and for bringing in our guests yesterday evening. The local radio stations in my county are Tipp FM and Tipperary Mid West Community Radio. They cover everything from the cradle to the grave, from death notices to notices of births. They share people's joy, and their sadness at the end. This day 12 months ago, we were all sent home...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (28 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received under the Brexit loan scheme; the number of approved and rejected applications respectively; the number and value of loans provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10075/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (28 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications received under the Brexit loan scheme; the number of approved and rejected applications; the number and value of loans provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10074/19]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to share time with Deputy Michael Healy-Rae. I am happy to speak to this important Bill. I acknowledge that this is significant and complex legislation and I salute all those who have been committed to its drafting and preparation. As the explanatory memorandum makes clear, the Bill prioritises those issues that need to be addressed urgently and immediately through primary...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria used for the letting of hunting licences for wild deer on Coillte owned forestry and land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9772/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that the wild deer population of Ireland has dramatically increased and that they are causing devastating damage to farmland, crops and causing a dangerous hazard on rural and national roads particularly in areas of County Tipperary; the status of the Irish Deer Management Forum; when a chairperson will be...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider establishing with local stakeholders, including farmers and local gun clubs county management committees to implement policies and best practice to deal with the issue of deer management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9884/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 166. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine issues affecting sustainable management of wild deer, having regard for human economic interest and farmers in addition to the best interests of deer; if, arising from such examination, he will formulate recommendations to the relevant Departments charged with responsibility for wildlife, agriculture and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if culling will be introduced according to best practice guidelines adopted internationally and carried out by licensed hunters and local gun club members that are themselves certified as competent in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9888/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing measures such as a grant scheme for farmers to erect suitable fencing to protect crops and grassland that is continuously invaded and damaged by wild deer; his views on whether in certain areas, including County Tipperary, the wild deer population is at epidemic levels; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte has a deer management plan in place; if not, if one will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9891/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether it is prudent or good practice by the National Transport Authority to run buses from Kilkenny to Clonmel four times a day to begin service in Clonmel that are empty; the reason they cannot stop in various towns and villages on the route to collect and carry passengers to and from Kilkenny and Clonmel; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the fact that the wild deer population of Ireland has dramatically increased and that they are causing devastating damage to farmland, crops and causing a dangerous hazard on rural and national roads particularly in areas of County Tipperary; the status of the Irish Deer Management Forum; when a chairperson will be...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (27 Feb 2019)

Mattie McGrath: 223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider establishing with local stakeholders, including farmers and local gun clubs county management committees to implement policies and best practice to deal with the issue of deer management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9885/19]