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Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: We do not have it.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It is a monopoly.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: We are not getting an answer.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: You have no answers.

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Does it know where rural Ireland is?

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It might withdraw.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: It is the Minister who has created the uncertainty. Has he since found money from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform? If he has, it is great. I look forward to getting clarification on that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Why the uncertainty?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the minor works scheme; if the grants are to be withdrawn or reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5087/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I have raised the situation with the minor works grant scheme with the Minister on other occasions. I am concerned about whether they will be paid or if there will be a withdrawal of funding in 2018 and 2019.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister is saying something different this morning, which is welcome, from what he said to me in the House some months ago, which was that there was no certainty about the funding into the future as there were too many applications and too little money. I agree with the Minister that the scheme is necessary. However, it is not just for minor works now. It is for physically trying to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Minor Works Scheme (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Previously, the Minister definitely said that he was not sure he would have the money to pay for the 2018 scheme. Now he says he will pay it by January 2019. However, is there sufficient funding to meet the demand that will arise? The Minister was unsure in the House some months ago. He said it himself. It was not another Minister answering for him. I believe what the Minister says...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Eligibility (1 Feb 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the assessment methodology for DEIS application has been revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5088/18]

Childcare Support Bill 2017: Second Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I am happy to speak on this Bill. While I understand that one of its main purposes is to provide a legislative underpinning for the establishment of a new national scheme which will provide financial support for child care through universal and targeted subsidies, I have major reservations about its likely impact and effectiveness. The problems at this stage are well known. I was involved...

Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I agree completely with the thrust of the Bill to regulate appropriately and-or prevent harassment on whatever media platform is used to cause it. As always, there is a matter of some considerable difficulty in establishing where the boundaries lie between free speech and speech that can be constituted as harassment. The Bill defines harassment as actions by a person who, without lawful...

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: First Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit sulky racing where no lawful permission has been granted. I am pleased to introduce this Private Members' Bill. The Bill has one simple aim: to prohibit sulky racing where no lawful permission has been granted. The primary motivation behind it is to address the growing health and safety concerns not only for the...

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: First Stage (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: They are all heading to the North.

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government strongly supports our agricultural sector. We have had a bad summer and a difficult winter with the fodder crisis etc. Several schemes are available to support farmers, including environmental schemes. One relates to the purchase of slurry spreading equipment. There is a generous grant scheme of 60% but there is something wrong with the scheme in two respects....

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Are there any badgers there?