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Flood Insurance Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Is my time up?

Flood Insurance Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I thank all of the people who fight to help themselves. It looks like they will be helping themselves and paddling their own canoes for the foreseeable future and not depending on this merciless Fine Gael-led Government to do anything for them.

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Go raibh maith agat.

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Cá bhfuil an t-airgead?

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: What about Seachtain na Gaeilge?

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 21. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review the funding allocation provided for the development and growth of the Irish language with specific reference to the fact that the number of Irish language summer camps has been reduced from 92 in 2015 to 59 in 2016, a drop of 35%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37693/16]

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Níl aon airgead ag grupaí Gaeilge. There have been reductions in the money provided to Conradh na Gaeilge, Foras na Gaeilge and other organisations that are providing valuable supports to community groups and groups such as naíonra and coláistí samhraidh. Níl aon seans acu an obair a dhéanamh.

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: They are fine words but the programme for Government states that the Government will increase investment in the Irish language, yet Foras na Gaeilge has had to reduce the number of Irish language summer courses. The public agrees that additional support should be made available and that has been shown in a Millward Brown survey, in which 61% of people in 2016 agreed that the State should...

Priority Questions: Irish Language (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Words are no use. There is a huge disparity between what the Minister of State is saying and what I am being told. If this is what the Minister and the Department understand to be a robust commitment to the 20-year strategy, then serious questions have to be answered, and níl aon fhreagra anseo. When the budget was being delivered, the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Of course there is. It relates to chapter 6 of the programme for Government with respect to health initiatives. There is a chronic situation in Clonmel hospital. To have 41 people on trolleys in a hospital that size is outrageous.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am. If the Taoiseach is not going to open-----

Questions on Proposed Legislation (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: It is. Any day one gets it, one takes it. The programme for Government includes specific commitments in the health area, and Deputy Grealish has raised some matters regarding Galway. My question is about South Tipperary General Hospital. A total of 41 people are on trolleys there today, which is the highest number in the country. It is a small hospital compared to Cork University...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Electronic Tagging (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the introduction of electronic tagging for criminal offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37196/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 574. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether it is satisfactory that a child in County Tipperary should be told that the waiting list time for an ear, nose and throat appointment would be over four years; the steps he will take to reduce this waiting time; the services that will be offered to such patients that have to wait four years for treatment; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (29 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 723. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of proposals to construct a bypass around Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37025/16]

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I have no issues with it at all. The Minister did consult the Rural Independent Alliance and we are satisfied with the process to date. The Government Chief Whip has, as she has said, dealt with this in a forthright manner all the time on the Business Committee. I am on that committee. Some people seem to have difficulty in understanding what their role is, or change their minds often....

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: There are jumps and jitters. The Labour Party Deputy should have dealt with it when his party was in government, but he did not.

Establishment of Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services: Motion (24 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: What is the Deputy talking about? His ship sank at sea a long time ago.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (24 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: The programme for Government is explicit regarding urban, rural and gangland crime. When will the Government deal with the revolving door, tagging and free legal aid under the bail laws? We could save our community in Tipperary. I appreciate that the Tánaiste will meet it shortly. It raised this issue last year. People are living in fear in their homes. The bail and free legal aid...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (24 Nov 2016)

Mattie McGrath: What is the timeframe?