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Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am doing so but others digressed and gave us a state-of-the-nation address on the confidence and supply agreement. I hope, therefore, that I am allowed some latitude. People want rid of the Government, more than it knows, because it is anti-democratic and, above all, uncaring. It has turned a blind eye to Yemen and the rest of the Middle East. We have a proud reputation for neutral...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Indeed I am, in the spirit of Christmas and the spirit of the acclamation that Deputy Micheál Martin made to the nation in the course of this pre-European Council meeting debate. As the singer Johnny Logan would say, "What's another year?" What is five minutes in the context of another year? It is nothing. The Taoiseach is imithe now but almost every time that a meeting of the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: What about Belfast?

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: She was not even there to contest it.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Where?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I wish to raise the plight of a constituent of mine, whose family are constituents of the Taoiseach's. John White is prohibited from leaving Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, UAE. I have raised this matter on previous occasions with the Taoiseach and with Deputy Flanagan when he was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. John has been working in the Middle East for almost 30 years as...

Death of former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: On behalf of the Rural Independents and on my own behalf, I would like to express our sympathies on the deaths of two former parliamentarians of some renown. We offer our sympathies to their families and indeed to the Fine Gael Party, to Monica's daughter and her husband, Bob, and others. The former Senator and Deputy was described by her daughter, Sarah, as an open and optimistic person...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services Provision (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the status of palliative care services three year development framework 2017 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52267/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the reason St. Brigid’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary is not included in the five year plan for refurbishment and upgrading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52268/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Development Plan Expenditure (12 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the areas the €1.2 billion of culture, heritage and Irish language funding has been invested in to date (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52407/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (11 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the emergency working scheme application received from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51665/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider reviewing and amending the Garda vetting process to change to a situation in which those who are Garda vetted will receive a Garda vetting certificate which can be produced for each organisation rather than requiring an applicant to seek Garda vetting a number of times in which they are involved with a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Negligence Claims (11 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that can be offered to a person (details supplied) who is seeking compensation for medical negligence as a result of being fitted with a faulty hip implant in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51545/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Funding (11 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if rural transport programme funding will be ring-fenced after 31 December 2018 to ensure that a full service (details supplied) can continue into the future; if additional routes will be added in rural County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51691/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The Government is evicting people from houses.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: They are not in Tipperary anyway.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I attended a very pleasant function this morning at which the Ceann Comhairle honoured Brother Kevin Crowley, the Capuchin friar, for the work he does with the homeless. What is the Tánaiste or the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government doing for the families who have found that their mortgages were sold off by Permanent TSB to vulture funds in recent times? Two members of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (6 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered introducing a sliding distance scale in cases in which a person is under the distance for the non-adjacent SUSI grant and the family (details supplied) is in receipt of family income supplement by which the payment rate could be increased in accordance with the distance from the college; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures (6 Dec 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 218. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the level of independence of the independent assessors appointed to review post office closures (details supplied); his further views on whether it is appropriate that An Post communicates the outcome of appeals to independent assessors rather than the independent assessors responding to the...