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National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I thank everybody who assisted in the work on this motion. I thank everybody who assisted with this motion including the staff in my office, Triona, David and Maureen. I also thank my colleagues in the Rural Independent Group for agreeing to the putting forward of this motion and putting so much time, energy and effort into it. I welcome our guests today, the sick children and their...

National Children's Hospital: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes:— the urgent need to develop appropriately sited, world class prenatal, perinatal and paediatric medical services for all the nation’s children and their families; — the critical need for a short corridor-linked or full service maternity hospital, integrated with the National Children’s Hospital to prevent the current...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: On a point of clarification, is the Minister happy to stand over a situation where somebody from Bus Éireann management locked the drivers out of their bus depot in Clonmel on Saturday last at 1 a.m. after the buses were parked there? Is he content to allow that to happen? Is the Minister also aware that 12 senior managers in Bus Éireann are getting over €100,000 a year...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister and the Government are in charge. His Ministry was part of the favourite four during the previous Government's term. They are in charge of the banks and lending. Small farmers and self-employed builders who want to build houses for the housing crisis cannot get a bob - not a shilling. They are not working. We need banks that are community focused and financially viable. We...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: They are codding the Government all the way.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is in control.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: FA.

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Yesterday I attended a briefing hosted by the Public Banking Forum of Ireland. Its analysis demonstrated that Irish commercial banks, which are so-called pillar banks, hold a market share of roughly 95% of the Irish market while their German counterparts, commercial banks which include Deutsche Bank and others, hold a mere 12.5% share of the German banking market. That might be little to...

Leaders' Questions (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: He is delighted.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 138. To ask the Minister for Health the class or model of helicopters that are licensed to land on hospital helipads or on hospital grounds; the situation with regard to a specific helicopter (details supplied); the number of landings for all type of helicopters that have occurred over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15568/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (29 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the role of the national ambulance service in providing transport to hospital appointments for those that have no alternative transport available to them; the number of referrals to this office in 2016; the number of transfers arranged; the numbers of transfers refused; the other transport options available to persons who cannot arrange transport to and...

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I acknowledge the work of Deputy Willie O'Dea in bringing forward this motion which reflects the enormous concerns among the volunteer staff in MABS and the Citizens Information centres around the country. People would have been adrift in the past few years but for MABS. I recently asked the Minister in a parliamentary question to outline the plan to centralise the operations of the MABS...

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It was anti-rural.

An Garda Síochána: Statements (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Like Deputy Healy-Rae, I fully support the Tánaiste in the job she has but I believe at this stage that the position of the Garda Commissioner, Nóirín O'Sullivan, is untenable and that she must immediately step aside to prevent any further erosion of the reputation and the integrity of An Garda Síochána. I came to that conclusion after the Commissioner acknowledged...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Internet Safety (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of the measures her Department is taking to combat cyber blackmailing, cyber bullying and other forms of online abuse directed at children or carried out by children on other children; the details of any data on the prevalence of reported cases of these activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14776/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Policy (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 46. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the abolition of the 40 year age gap requirement that was previously used by Tusla as part of the assessment for suitability to foster; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14777/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 258. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be issued on a social protection appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15436/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 342. To ask the Minister for Health if up to 915 general practitioners are set to retire from general practice in the next three to five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14962/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Expenditure (28 Mar 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the €150 million fund provided in budget 2017 enabling farmers to access low-cost loans that has been loaned to farmers; the number of persons who have applied for this facility, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14960/17]