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Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The House is debating the Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017. It seeks for open disclosure by the HSE. That is the basic premise of the Bill, yet up to 500 families have major concerns about their daughters and Gardasil. They are bright, smart and normal people. We have mentioned the savage atrocity across the water, but these girls' lives have been devastated. While I am not saying...

Order of Business (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Tuesday’s business shall be No. 4, motion re draft Commission of Investigation (National Asset Management Agency) Order 2017, and No. 13, Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed). Private Members' business shall be No. 29, Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014 - Report and Final Stages, selected by Sinn Féin....

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The priorities are backwards.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I said no such thing.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach is hearing things.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Taoiseach for his response. If I did mention the word "insanity", I did not mean to do so. However, what is going on in the HSE is definitely bordering on insanity. It is proposed to close two facilities, one in Cashel, which is north of Clonmel, and another in Dungarvan, which is south of Clonmel. Both are excellent care facilities. The Taoiseach's spiel of announcements is...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: A little.

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: South Tipperary General Hospital has been operating continuously on a full capacity protocol for the last 16 months. According to the hospital manager, they have been unable to de-escalate the protocol given the persistent and chronically high numbers of patients on trolleys. I thank and praise the front-line staff of doctors and nurses and everyone else there. There are recent and...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I know that, ar an mbóthar. Ag lorg vótaí. I wish him well in that also, but will the Taoiseach ask the Minister to bring some bit of sanity to this? I am getting comments from the side now and I have no earpiece like the Taoiseach. When the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Varadkar, was in the Department of Health he did not do a whole lot there either. This is a...

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: What was that?

Leaders' Questions (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Taoiseach gets my meaning.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 97. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times each of the Cabinet committees has met since the formation of the current Government. [24142/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a grant scheme to assist those on low income and in receipt of Department of Social Protection payments in view of the fact that numerous households in County Tipperary have been transferred to a hard water supply with the associated cost of installing and the upkeep of water softeners; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Gender Recognition (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 675. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the research in the area of gender recognition for children that her Department has undertaken; the position regarding the research or consultation process that is being undertaken and if she will name the relevant NGOs or other organisations that are a part of the consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Policy Reviews (23 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 676. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the definition of a child that the policy of her Department is guided by; her views on whether such a definition must include the unborn child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24750/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government contains much talk about rural development and, indeed, a rural development Minister. The Leader programme was one of the most important and successful pillars we had in rural development for decades. The Irish programme was held up as a model in Europe. The Minister's predecessor, the former Minister, big Phil, the enforcer, devastated it. Now we have a new...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Not a cent has been made available.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (17 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Reasonable?

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government commits to "review the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001 to ensure the independence and efficiency of the office in dealing with appeals from farmers". I know of a farmer in County Tipperary who is waiting for €12,500 so he can pay his bills. This money will be a lifeline to him. He had a penalty of €2,000 because he was ill, which was unfortunate...

Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.