Results 11,861-11,880 of 20,894 for speaker:Mattie McGrath
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (14 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: 228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the operation of the buy and renew scheme in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6833/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (14 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of the €9 million allocated in 2016 under the national taking-in-charge initiative to assist in the process of taking 356 housing developments in charge which has been utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6834/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: 230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households that had their social housing needs met in County Wicklow in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6835/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households that had their social housing needs met in County Tipperary in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6836/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: 232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the location of the 5,280 homes built, refurbished or acquired under Pillar 2 of the Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6837/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (14 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: 287. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on concerns regarding a service provider (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6896/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: 442. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate efforts that he will take to address the four plus years waiting time for a urology appointment in University Hospital Waterford; when the two additional consultant urologists will be appointed; the options available to patients waiting four plus years for urgent appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6999/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: 514. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce pre-natal testing and pre-natal genetic screening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7260/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: 515. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to regulate and-or fund mitochondrial replacement therapy, sometimes called mitochondrial donation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7261/17]
- Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Vote early and vote often as de Valera used to say.
- Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I am coming to the subject matter now. It is about how important Deputy Howlin felt the subject matter was and how he could not wait for today. This was scheduled for today by the Business Committee and he knew that from his own representative. Is mór an trua that he did not have the patience to wait for it. I welcome the commission. It is very important that any wrongdoing is...
- Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I am glad to have some time to speak on the proposed commission of investigation. As I have said a few times here, this is a very serious situation. We are lucky to have an eminent judge to chair the commission of investigation and other judges as well. As I have said more than once, we will have to put the position of "retired judge" on the CAO form given that we have so many commissions...
- Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: -----or are fired out of here. He will be called on to defend the Government when some other party is in power. That is why I previously told the Tánaiste that I support the Minister, Deputy Ross's, battle over the register of interests. We are lucky to have judges to do this, but we should have full clarification with nothing hidden about involvement in anything else either. As...
- Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I am not wandering.
- Commission of Investigation relating to disclosures by members of An Garda Síochána: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: They had the choice to stay. He spoke enough yesterday morning. I think it was outrageous. We had a situation recently with a journalist asking someone to ask questions. I heard him this morning. It was a case of dúirt bean liom go ndúirt bean léi mar a dúirt tusa, a Cheann Comhairle. It was a case of dúirt bean, fear agus buachaill óg freisin. There was...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: In the context of the health information and patient safety Bill, the mobility allowance was discontinued some years ago. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, who met a family from Tipperary with me, namely, Maggie Butler and her son Alex. This is a profound difficulty for families who have to have specially-adapted vehicles. We were told we would see the allowance in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Earlier, the Minister said more hospitals and capacity needed to be built. The Minister has the visited Cashel hospital, where €22.5 million was spent, after which it closed. The Minister has visited it. There was an overrun of €7 million and I have referred the matter to the Committee on Public Accounts. Will the Minister insist that step-down patients be allowed into the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: Step-down beds.
- Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be able to speak on this matter. I compliment those who produced it but I did not need the "RTE Investigates" programme - none of us did - to know what is going on. The Minister has been in the job for long enough now to know what is going on. We have just celebrated the centenary of the 1916 Rising in 2016 and all that has happened in Ireland but what do we have? We...
- Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)
Mattie McGrath: -----right, cleanly and honestly-----