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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (25 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 308. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is no option to have illness benefit paid into the post office; if he will review this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31576/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (25 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the efforts the Government is making to highlight the persecution of Christian and other minority groups in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32121/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (25 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children transferred from maternity hospitals and maternity units across the country to the children's hospitals in Dublin (details supplied) each year for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31575/16]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am not. The regulator has been appointed. I am trying to address some of the issues and recommendations from the tribunal, which cost so much. If we knew the price per word, it would be some amount. It is farcical. We are still not grappling with the issues. We are trying to deal with the housing crisis and fast-track legislation on Committee Stage to allow developments of 100 houses...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Good man. Go raibh maith agat. It is very difficult to keep out of trouble all the time - one can sometimes wander. We appreciate the help and guidance of the Ceann Comhairle. I dealt with a business in Tipperary town which employed 30 people and leased a yard. The lease was being withdrawn because the owners of the yard wanted it back. The business identified a site on the Limerick...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am also delighted to be able to speak here tonight on this Bill, which we discussed in the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government with the Minister. I am disappointed he has gone. I know he could not stay all night but he has left the Chamber. Much of the Bill came about as a result of the recommendations of the Mahon tribunal. The public in Tipperary, and the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Am I?

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I would say only slightly.

Services and Supports for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on the motion and I compliment Deputy Mary Butler and Fianna Fáil on tabling it. It is good that we are having a reasoned and calm debate on the issue. I hope the Government will not oppose the motion, given that we should all aspire to it. Everyone here knows people or has family members who are afflicted by this very serious illness, as Deputy Michael Harty...

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: It is important to have a proper debate on this but I do not believe statements such as these are a worthwhile way of dealing with such huge issues. People across the globe have concerns about trade agreements but the Taoiseach and other Ministers are going over to Europe and will acquiesce in what the Europeans want. There are huge issues and no possibility to opt out. Instead, we are...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: An teanga.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Tá ceist agam don Taoiseach nó don Aire, an Teachta Humphreys. In the budget, funding for the Irish language, the arts and such issues was cut drastically. According to Conradh na Gaeilge, the budgets of Foras na Gaeilge and Údarás na Gaeltachta have been cut by 50% since 2008. Seachtain na Gaeilge has no funding to run its operational programme for 2017 and is rud...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if all rights and opportunities in terms of access to housing adaptation grants are extending to those who have been diagnosed with autism or who are on the autistic spectrum, considering that in the disabilities Act it is classed as a sensory disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30998/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disabled Drivers Permits (19 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all rights and opportunities in terms of access to disabled parking for carers, and so on, will be extended to those who have been diagnosed with autism, or who are on the autistic spectrum, considering that in the disabilities Act it is classed as a sensory disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30998/16]

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: You have good stomachs all right. You stomached a lot with the Blueshirts.

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to be able to speak on this motion tonight. It is a bit rich coming from the Labour Party. It was founded in my own town of Clonmel.

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: How many ships did Deputy Howlin jump?

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: The Labour Party is shipwrecked. It has lost the ship and lost the party.

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Can I continue?

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Mattie McGrath: He cannot take the medicine. The Labour Party could not hold a conference in Clonmel three years ago. It was founded in Clonmel as a party of the people, the ordinary working man. They got into bed with the blue shirts and now we only have the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, over here-----