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Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Gabh mo leithscéal. I did not hear what the Deputy said. Anyway, it is all the one. The Deputy should look after Limerick and not mind us in Tipperary.

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It appears to me and many others that the Taoiseach treats his so-called political partners with contempt. This means it is a matter of political luck that the Government has not collapsed already. Any prospect of delivering the national broadband plan would collapse with it. The former Minister, Deputy Naughten, has been criticised. I want to compliment him as a diligent and hard-working...

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Who will the Minister for Health blame next? He has no bother finding €12 million for the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018, but we have to wait for everything else. All of this suggests that political crisis has been avoided by mere chance up to now. Despite the changes that are being made today, the Government is on its knees. It would be no great sorrow...

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leis na hAirí nua. I welcome and congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, and thank him for his time as Government Chief Whip. I work with him on the Business Committee. He is always helpful and cordial. We have differences of opinion but always work well together. I welcome a bhean chéile freisin. I welcome Deputy Canney...

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Deputy Howlin banished councillors.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I too want to speak on the pre-European Council meeting. To say that the public, including me and others, are weary of the entire Brexit issue at this stage would be the understatement of the year. It goes on and on and keeps the people in the news rooms and news print very busy. As we are all aware, the Council and the entire EU political machine are absorbed with the issue of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It has failed.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I raise with the Taoiseach an issue regarding a former Waterford health centre. It is a rural general medical practice on the borders of Tipperary and Waterford. The HSE carried out a recruitment process and selected a general practitioner back in July. We were told on 18 September that it would only be a matter of days before we would have an appointment there. Luckily, we have 1,700...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Did he show the Minister the house?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a technicality regarding the HAP scheme, that is, if a person is an approved housing applicant and cannot source accommodation even though there is available accommodation in the family home, the person will not qualify for the scheme; if he will review this technicality in view of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a review of the tenant purchase scheme is nearing completion; if the qualifying conditions of same will be changed for persons, particularly older persons who may be in receipt of a pension but who have a proven capacity to purchase their house such as from savings or help from family members or proven income; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (16 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 664. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans applied for in County Tipperary since its introduction; the number of approved and refused applicants, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42295/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (11 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The farmers have sleepless nights. Certain others do not.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (11 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister does not even run or hit.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (11 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking for the fodder crisis; the measures he is taking to import high-concentrate foods to make up for fodder shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41636/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (11 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I thank Deputy McConalogue for facilitating me. I have to attend a meeting of the Business Committee at 10.30 a.m. My question is about the fodder crisis, which is having a severe impact in Tipperary, east Waterford, south Kilkenny and east Cork, as well as other parts of the country. I want to know what measures the Minister is putting in place. I asked in July and he was devoid of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (11 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Animal welfare and sustenance is the most important thing to any farmer, along with crops. Our farmers are excellent at animal husbandry but they are worried and fearful. I note that the Minister has revised the deficit down from 20% to 18%. It is going down every day.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (11 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Two weeks ago the Minister said it was 20% but it is 11% now. I do not know who is providing his figures or where he is getting them from but this is not the real situation on the ground.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (11 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The reality on the ground is somewhat different. Thankfully, we have had a fortuitous year in terms of growth and I welcome the initiatives for cash crops, as well as the tinkering that there has been with the slurry and so on. Such matters should be based on weather anyway and not tied to calendar dates. As the Minister should know, the weather is all important. He used to be a farmer...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fodder Crisis (11 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister is in charge