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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

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

Mattie McGrath: I do not denigrate any measures but welcome them, small as they are. I was denigrating the Minister on account of his slowness to take action. I represent farmers in Tipperary and in the whole community. I mentioned the south of the county but up in Cloughjordan, in the north of the county, they were completely burned by the drought. The Minister has made no real efforts to address this....

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

Mattie McGrath: It has questions to answer.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 3 o’clock I was a member of the party. I know all about it.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat. These fat cats will not be touched. They are wreaking havoc in our county. They will not allow any small farmer to exist. The farmers will not even go to the auctions. Farmers will not even go to solicitors or auctioneers to try to put the money together because they know they have no hope. It is a scorched-earth policy that we resisted from Oliver Cromwell and the...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a dhéanamh le clann Emma Mhic Mhathúna agus na daoine go léir. On this very sad day I want to express my sympathies with the children and extended family of Emma Mhic Mhathúna. This budget represents a missed opportunity to really connect with the people who need support. While everyone has received a...