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Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I said it last week on "Prime Time" on RTÉ, which was pitting Dundrum in Tipperary - a fine rural village - against Dundrum in Dublin with respect to property tax. 10 o’clock It was said that we should table motions to keep the property tax that is paid in Tipperary in Tipperary and keep the equalisation fund. The statistics demonstrate that over 50% of Ireland's GDP, which...

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: There is nothing wrong with that.

Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Close enough.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (17 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 39. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of referrals made to Tusla across all abuse categories in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the procedures that are followed following a referral to Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43445/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Referendum Data (17 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the costs of all referenda held since 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43579/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Initiatives (12 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the work of the IDA and all other agencies under the aegis of her Department in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42755/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the decision end the contract of a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42756/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Property (12 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken by his Department to address the disturbing levels of commercial property vacancies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42757/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It was interesting to see Deputy Connolly contributing just a minute ago and now she is in the Chair. That is what is called double-jobbing, capable work or capable use of time. Déanaim comhghairdeas léi ar a hobair. I am glad to be able to speak on the budget again today. I welcome some aspects of the budget that are positive. However, as I said last night, the Minister is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the two delegates. Professor Malone told the Irish Examinerthat in the majority of cases in the Rotunda Hospital where babies had been diagnosed with anencephaly or trisomy 18, parents travelled to Britain for an abortion. That is in sharp contrast to the findings of research from Cork University Maternity Hospital where more than 90% of parents who had received a diagnosis of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I have some questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Dr. Mahony said previously that abortion should be legalised on health grounds. For what specific conditions would she recommend that women undergo an abortion on health grounds? Has it been her experience in her clinical practice that she has delivered sup-optimal care to a patient or patients because she could not perform an abortion on health grounds?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Just one brief question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: In 2013, 15 obstetricians who had been practising in Ireland for many years under the eighth amendment wrote to the Oireachtas committee, of which I was a member, strongly disagreeing with Dr. Mahony's claims regarding fears of a prison sentence for intervening to save a mother's life. One went on to describe those claims as histrionic. At those Oireachtas committee hearings in 2013, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Health Care Issues Arising from the Citizens' Assembly Recommendations: Masters of the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street and the Rotunda Hospital (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I did not-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Third time lucky.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Gerry is back.

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Will the Minister clarify that?

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Further to what Deputy Calleary said, I am also concerned about reliance on stamp duty slipping back in here again. We saw how it was very fruitful for a long time in the crazy times. When transactions ceased, very little came in from it. It is a very shaky foundation. The Minister gave an estimate of in excess of €370 million. I support Deputy Fitzmaurice's amendment because I am...

Financial Resolution No. 2: Stamp Duties (10 Oct 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I will, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Here is a cash-rich sacred cow that the Government refuses to touch. It could be done on the basis of acres above the limit. It would not stifle anyone buying commercial premises to develop for residential or commercial purposes. It would not create uncertainty. Auctioneers are concerned about it, as we all are. The Minister is not definite - no more...