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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It takes six months to get an answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: May I comment briefly on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It will be a short comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Quarterly Progress Report Strategy for Rented Sector: Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government (18 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: This is a problem. The witness and I are public servants, as are the councillors, so somebody is kidding somebody else. It should not happen that six years after the fact people do not know what problem existed. It is a shameful admission.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (18 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason radon barriers are taxable at the higher rate of VAT and treated as a luxury item when it is an essential item for the health and safety of persons; the efforts that will be made to reduce this VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2030/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (18 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to ensure that children that are currently attending an ASD unit at preschool level will have their needs met in their communities at primary school level; his plans to develop ASD units at primary level in Clonmel, County Tipperary; his further plans to develop an ASD unit at second level which is accessible for girls...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I did not name any individual. I mentioned an office.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: It is going on. It is a fact. They will not touch it. They are announcing this money, that money and the other money - regurgitating funds. Nothing is happening. The councils have failed to build the houses, claiming they do not have the money. The Minister is saying they have. It is simple; the Minister should call them in. I ask him to call in our own county manager in Tipperary,...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I support certain aspects of the Bill. I do not agree with some aspects of it. The Bill proposes to provide for greater security of tenure by making all tenancies over two months Part 4 tenancies. I am not going to talk that much about the Bill. Before Christmas, the Minister spoke about rent certainty. Deputies Catherine Connolly and Danny Healy-Rae spoke about it. One could count on...

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I am not.

Private Members' Business - Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: That is the problem. The Bill is trying to keep people in their homes and stop evictions. This county registrar is granting repossession orders like snuff at a wake or confetti at a wedding. They were doing so badly in Tipperary when she went to Wicklow that they had to bring her back because they were not getting enough repossessions. That is the policy of the Government and the previous...

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: I wish the former deputy First Minister a speedy recovery I have met him a few times and I have always enjoyed my engagement with him. I ask Teachta Adams to bring the good wishes of all of us back to him this evening. We are in a very dicey situation and we cannot go back to the past as it is not an option. We have to be positive and look forward. The elections are in place but it is...

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: What about the Independents?

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Beidh mé ann.

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: The affordable child care scheme Bill is on the new legislative programme. The aim of the Bill is to ensure that all childminders would be registered with Tusla. Five counties in the country have no childminders registered with Tusla which means the proposed legislation will be inoperable. The proposal would put undue hardship on people who have cared very well for children, their own and...

Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: Not judging by the Taoiseach's previous comment.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for upgrading and transfer of Clonmel Garda station, County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41055/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether additional funding can be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the emergency works universal access grant 2016 to ensure that building works can proceed to allow enrolled students with special needs full access to education in their own community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1442/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further information on his announcement regarding 115 extra special needs assistants; the schools these SNAs will be appointed to and the way they will be appointed; the number of SNA posts in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1633/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (17 Jan 2017)

Mattie McGrath: 454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out in tabular form the amounts paid under the housing assistance payment scheme for each county in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1156/17]