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Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I move amendment No. 2:To insert the following after "concern for investigation":"— undertake, while the pursuit of greater transparency and accountability is a regulatory necessity, an effective impact analysis in order to avoid loading smaller community based/voluntary charities with punitive financial and administrative burdens."

Regulation of Charities: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Ba mhaith liom mo chomhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle as a phost nua. I too am delighted to speak on this motion. Ireland has a proud and noble tradition of helping others. We are known as a nation of people who support others. It troubles me to see this naked plundering and pillaging of charitable organisations by a small cohort of greedy people. As the...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to be able to speak to the amendment. It is interesting that the former Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, has left the Chamber. He and the previous Minister and now EU Commissioner, Phil Hogan, left us in a mess in setting up Irish Water, which I oppose fundamentally. However, I have huge difficulties with the amendment. We had a referendum on the Seanad and this seems to deny the...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Those people did not mind paying for it and were glad to get it. I salute the pioneers of the group schemes who went out and championed their own water, sought funding and paid to bring water services to their houses. They were very glad of it. There is a big debate about what the European Commission has said and that the Exchequer funds having to pay for it, which is what Deputy Alan...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I went to the water protest and was hunted by members of certain parties and I thank Deputy Adams for dealing with the treatment I received along with other councillors. It was the preserve of certain people who want to be anti everything and pro nothing.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: They do not understand what it costs to treat water so that it is safe to drink and deliver it to households, but they want to make plenty of noise about it and cause mayhem. What happened to Deputy Joan Burton in west Dublin and the chicanery that went on with it was nothing but bullying and intimidation which I was also subjected to when I attended a march myself with colleagues from the...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: -----in spite of being asked by dozens of older people, who have been paying for water all their lives, to attend. We have a charade here. I was in discussions on the programme for Government for a number of days and never mentioned water charges once. There were many other issues that we debated that were far more serious. We wanted to form a Government to ensure that people had one,...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: We have a great deal to think about. I believe in paying one's fair share. I do not believe Irish Water should have been set up. It led to the creation of a monster. It was unnecessary because of the local authorities, God be good to them, and the private pioneers who found sources, developed water schemes and are still running them. They have to pay. Where is the fairness? We talk...

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: He has gone to Europe now.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 28. To ask the Minister for Health when he will complete improvements to radiology services at South Tipperary General Hospital; the investment cost of these improvements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20602/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 29. To ask the Minister for Health his assessment of mental health services in south Tipperary since the closure of St. Michael's psychiatric unit in Clonmel, County Tipperary; if he will consider re-opening this unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20603/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Act Employment Targets (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 is working in practice; the way in which persons with a disability may apply for positions within the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20777/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the exact legal relationship that exists with respect to members of An Garda Síochána assisting in the execution of receivership or repossession orders; if he deems it appropriate that gardaí are involved in assisting recouping debts owed to banking or other financial institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safeguards that he is proposing to allow a school to determine and preserve its ethos, specifically given the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21060/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest information with on the numbers of over-subscribed primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21061/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his Department's involvement with the forum on patronage and pluralism in the primary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21062/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of primary schools that have been closed in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21063/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 348. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why a person who is classified as deaf has been declined carer's allowance; the services available to the person who requires extra care and attention and who will find daily life difficult without the assistance of a carer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20476/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 349. To ask the Minister for Social Protection why he declined an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; why moneys that were awarded to provide for the future care for the person following damages were assessed against the person when certain award damages are exempt; if such moneys should be considered as weekly means considering that they are to...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (12 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 394. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person who does not engage with JobPath can be threatened to have their social protection payment stopped if they remain actively available for and seeking work, thereby satisfying jobseekers criteria; the reason participation in JobPath is mandatory if persons remain willing to engage with other job activation measures and schemes;...