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Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am not saying that at all. I am talking about the ten minutes.

Order of Business (1 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Today’s business shall be No. 7, motion re special meeting of joint committees to discuss issues experienced by people with disabilities accessing labour activation measures, without debate; No. 8, motion re twentieth report of the eighth committee of selection, without debate; and No. a25, statements and questions on cervical check screening programme, to conclude within three hours...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: You are a man after my own heart, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I apologise for missing the slot. I was watching for other speakers who were before me. I am happy to speak on the Bill tonight. All of us in the House know that Deputy O'Sullivan is a person of integrity and her commitment to issues of social justice here and abroad is well-recognised. I have every confidence that the Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Data (1 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 377. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children or young adults that Tusla is assisting with housing needs; the costs associated with same for each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18654/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (1 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing insulation or energy efficiency grants his Department is supporting for social housing tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18760/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (1 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are obliged to comply with the EPA guidelines for wastewater treatment when purchasing a one-off home in the open countryside for their tenants; if local authorities are obliged to ensure the wastewater treatment system of a one-off home in the open countryside is sufficient for the proposed occupancy of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (1 May 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 473. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding provided to a centre (details supplied) for each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18627/18]

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Good man.

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Did you till it?

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: -----and squeezing the cattle.

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I lament the valuable experience that young people are denied today. I would like more interaction from our schools out on the farms to see how they work.

Tillage Sector: Motion (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I too am glad to have the opportunity to speak on this report. I thank the Chairman, all the members who compiled the report and the secretariat, as Deputy McConalogue and others have. Agriculture is the most important industry in this country. I know the Minister himself is a cereal grower so he has an understanding of these issues. I note from reading the report's many recommendations...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It is being misused.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: What about the parents?

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: When Ministers keep giving these replies, we will respond like this.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I do not agree with it.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Not the Minister of State personally.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It is a fact.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Thanks be to God.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (26 Apr 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this very important issue. I have just attended a mental health launch by the Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health. It was shocking to read the committee's report. According to the HSE's health capacity review, Ireland's hospitals need at least 2,600 new beds in the next 15 years. The review goes on to say...