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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister should call in the county manager.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: When? When?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Minister should call in the managers.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is completely blocked.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: What is the problem? The Minister has to get them to spend it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that local authority housing output from the first quarter to the third quarter of 2016 for County Tipperary amounted to three new builds; the measures his Department will take to increase this number in partnership with the local authority in County Tipperary; if his Department will allow...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: According to figures supplied to me, in County Tipperary, from the first to the third quarter of 2016, the county council only constructed three new builds. This is an utter shame and a shambles. The Government has failed in this regard. Between the Departments, the Minister of State, including his role in the previous Government, and the local authorities, there has been utter failure....

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I was there when the programme for Government was negotiated. The Minister of State with responsibility for disabilities is in the Chamber. When will the mobility allowance and the transport grant be reintroduced? We have commitments in the programme and statements in the House to the effect that it is imminent. Families are suffering all around the country. The Minister of State, Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: No helipad.

Leaders' Questions (23 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is going up by €300 million.

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Outrageous.

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: You are so used to telling it.

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: You did not actually.

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I watched as a few minutes elapsed. I also want to speak about the Alpha One Foundation and how concerned and worried it is. It is a travesty that the Government would not continue negotiations. I compliment Senator Marc MacSharry who brought in some unfortunate families, family members and mothers of children suffering from cystic fibrosis. One powerful young woman testified that she...

Minerals Development Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I agree.

Minerals Development Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Yes. I was watching the debate on the screen when the Acting Chairman was speaking and thought I had better brostaigh isteach.

Minerals Development Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Ná habair é. I welcome this Bill. It is a very long time since we had such legislation before the House. It is important legislation but, like everything, we should make haste slowly and not rush it. The background to this Bill is that the previous Acts date from 1940 to 1999 and include the provisions for regulating mineral prospecting and development and a statutory vesting...

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I have no truck or issue with the Deputy on Tesco and big companies of that sort. I have no time for them and what they do. I am talking about small employers and the fledgling employers Enterprise Ireland supports to help the economy recover. Unions have a vital role to play but membership should not be compulsory. I would want very clear guarantees that the rights of non-union members...

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The Bill is entitled "an Act [...] to allow Trade Unions access to their members in the workplace for purposes related to the employment of its members or for purposes related to the Union’s business or both". The Bill provides for a representative of a union to obtain consent to enter a workplace, places conditions on access to workplaces and provides for members to have time off...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I want to raise an important issue. The programme for Government contains a commitment to using the credit unions and allowing them to help in the housing crisis and other areas. At the moment, the Central Bank seems to be bullying credit unions. Our one in Clonmel, of which I am a member, is being forced to merge with Charleville. There is a song about Charleville but the people in...