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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?

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I want to raise with the Taoiseach this afternoon the approach of the Government to the provision of home care packages. In particular, why are the two lowest levels of provision registered in community health care organisation, CHO, areas 3 and 5, which encompass north Tipperary and south Tipperary, respectively? All the other seven CHOs have a significantly higher number of persons in...

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach very much agrees with me, but agreeing with me and doing something about the matter are altogether different. The Taoiseach is aware that the entire system of care in the community is very closely linked to the issue of bed capacity. He said that himself. Another important strand concerns the carers. Statistics provided by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, for Tipperary...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (31 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revisit the stipulation that new build or second hand home purchases cannot exceed 175 sq. m in size (details supplied) in relation to the new Rebuilding Ireland home loan in view of house values in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4796/18]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: I too want to compliment Sinn Féin on putting down this motion. We can have motions and potions and everything else but we cannot build houses. I wish the Minister of State well. He is a saner and more approachable type of representative for Kilkenny than a previous Minister, Big Phil the enforcer.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Tá sé imithe. He has gone to greener pastures now on a big pension and wage. He destroyed the local authorities and many other things. He forced Irish Water on us. Building houses is not rocket science. We could build them in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, noughties and then everything crashed. I have to ask why that happened. Deputy Ó Broin works very hard on the...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: Too slow.

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government is strong in its commitment to protect citizens in their homes. Electronic tagging should be a condition of bail for repeat offenders. In 2016, 13% of offenders were repeat offenders who were out on bail, an increase of 2% on the year before. Horrific attacks have been perpetrated on my constituents and in Offaly and all over the country. I am told the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tracker Mortgage Examination (30 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to address the ongoing tracker mortgage controversy; the number of mortgage holders affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2406/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (30 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 437. To ask the Minister for Health if the hormone-based treatment drug Primodos was ever licensed or dispensed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4360/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (30 Jan 2018)

Mattie McGrath: 546. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns relating to poor surface traction on the County Tipperary portion of the N7 Limerick to Dublin road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4396/18]