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Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Why was he out there?

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Time, a Cheann Comhairle.

Srebrenica: Statements (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, I congratulate and thank the Ceann Comhairle for asking for a debate on this issue to be arranged. This evening's short debate gives us an opportunity to recognise what happened in Srebrenica 22 years ago. I think that is a noble situation. In 2004, a unanimous ruling of the appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,...

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: He should come into the House and face us.

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: That is not true.

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: He is out in the corridor. He is afraid to come here.

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is typical to read out a reply prepared by the mandarins. The Minister for Health is not listening and rural Ireland, as is normal, will be hardest hit by the retirement level among GPs. The figures are available. I do not know where the Minister of State got his figures for the usual spin. There are two GP associations to be dealt with. The Minister, Deputy Harris, and the HSE must...

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I have not been invited yet.

Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, I thank the Ceann Comhairle and his good deputy, now sitting on this side of the House, for allowing us to raise this important Topical Issue. However, I wish to record that I am disgusted that the Minister for Health is not here. I met him in the corridor behind the Ceann Comhairle's seat only 15 minutes ago, so he is in the House. This is not the first...

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Business Committee discussed it and agreed it.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is agreed.

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: They have stopped building.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on concerns regarding the ongoing use of lariam as an anti-malarial medication for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32090/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: White Paper on Defence (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 54. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of measures contained in the White Paper on Defence regarding a proposal for a new employment support scheme with the direct involvement of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32091/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Contracts (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the decision to end her Department's contract with a group (details supplied); the number of jobs created by the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32637/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in IDA Ireland who are employed in specifically addressing the consequences of Brexit; and the vacancies that remain unfilled by IDA Ireland with respect to Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32638/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the living city initiative to all provincial towns to incentivise persons to move back into town centres to help revitalise towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32316/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department has implemented to support SMEs in accessing the public procurement market; the steps that have been taken to allow Government bodies access procurement locally as promised in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32444/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons identified as having being illegally trafficked into the State in the past five years; the numbers of these persons that are children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32342/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (11 Jul 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 346. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has established a co-ordinating unit to work with communities to develop co-operative structures as promised in the programme for Government to help keep vital local services in place and to retain and develop vibrant local enterprises; the other measures her Department has implemented; the supports available to...