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Vulnerable Persons Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to have the opportunity to debate the Vulnerable Persons Bill 2015, which I submitted quite some time ago. It was No. 1 in the lottery system but every second week at the business meeting it was not drawn. I thought it was stuck to the bottom of the raffle drum. I thank Ms Sarah Ekada, who, while completing an...

Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (25 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I completely accept this is a matter of the utmost sensitivity. I acknowledge the pain and trauma that many people continue to feel owing to the events in Tuam and, in particular, the burial of children at the site. The Government approval to accept the recommendation for the forensic excavation of the site of the former mother and baby home in Tuam, County Galway, is welcome, even though I...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government strongly supports children in national schools. More than 5,000 people took to the streets of Tipperary town last Saturday. Five national schools there came together last year to apply to the then Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Bruton, who is seated beside the Tánaiste and might be able to whisper an answer to him, for DEIS status but their...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The schools met the criteria.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: All of the criteria were met.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It is.

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to contribute to the debate, and I commend Deputy Breathnach and his office on the work that has gone into this legislation. The purpose of the Bill is to provide for the introduction of a series of new measures directed at attacking the trade in illegal alcohol and tobacco. I have some reservations about how it will tackle the trade in solid fuels. We have a huge issue with...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I refer to the programme for Government and the roads programme. Some 5,000 people marched in Tipperary town on Saturday. They are a wonderful crowd of people and some wonderful community activists. The N24 bypass on the road from Limerick to Waterford was planned but following considerations from the Government is now to go from Limerick to Cork under the next capital investment plan....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: We do not begrudge them.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Now they live on the streets.

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to speak on this Bill which seeks to give effect to the taxation changes announced on budget day. The Bill also provides for the budget day announcements of a reduction to 4.5% in the 4.75% rate of universal social charge, USC, and an increase in the ceiling at which the 2% rate of USC is payable. We know from the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, that income tax,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government contains support for provincial towns. I was recently told by the Minister of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, that Tipperary town in west Tipperary was flourishing. The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Heather Humphreys, said that it was doing great altogether, and that we should look at Limerick and see...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Over what period can they apply?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: They have done so, and they have got nowhere.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Not in Tipperary.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (23 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 121. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that parental consent and parental notification will be sought for children under 18 years of age that wish to obtain a termination of pregnancy under forthcoming legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43423/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 140. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being introduced to ensure that the planned modular unit at South Tipperary General Hospital will be fully staffed before it becomes operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43424/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (23 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 163. To ask the Taoiseach the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years. [43400/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 171. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43390/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43394/18]