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- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional school accommodation at a school (details supplied) when he envisages progress will be made in the provision of same;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30585/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (18 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied); when the amalgamation will progress and take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30743/16]
- Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: We will not.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I would like the Minister to correct the record. At the Government formation - he was there - we were told there was an overrun of €200 million to €300 million at that time. As he knows, the Minister, Deputy Harris, recently added €500 million. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, needs to correct what he said about it coming in on budget this time. We are looking in the wrong...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: Following this week's budget, we now have spending of €14.6 billion on our health services. That is a huge increase. It is almost 20% of total spending by this Government of taxpayers' money. We have one of the highest health spending ratios in the OECD but we continue to have some of the worst health outcomes. I acknowledge that there are many excellent outcomes and very good...
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: Sorry.
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I am saying that we may find out in years to come that-----
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I did not interrupt other Deputies.
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I am as involved as Deputy Cassells in early childhood education. I established and was chairperson of a naíonra for a number of years. I also have a large family, so I know what I am talking about.
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: Deputy Cassells is probably embarrassed about some of these measures.
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: On the rejuvenation of rural Ireland, I spoke earlier about the many derelict sites in our towns. There are also derelict sites in our villages. Under a new initiative, the county councils can acquire derelict sites and sell them on. Whatever is done to remove these blights from our landscape must be supported. The post office is the hub of every village and community yet there is...
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I will not take any lecture from Deputy Cassells. I know plenty about child care.
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: The Deputy is making it worse than what it was. It does not seem like six years when you win it. You think you only missed it for a year or two. It is all about nurturing and kindling the passion, the vision and the enthusiasm. Shopkeepers and the self-employed are asked day in and out for spot prizes for all these fund-raisers. They are the people who need to be supported but it is a...
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I am glad to have another opportunity to reply to some measures included in the budget and thank everyone for his or her co-operation. Last night someone said the budget was like a light shower of snow over a farm, that there was no great amount in anyone's pocket or any one field. This is the best description I can use because there was a little for everyone, for which we must be thankful,...
- Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: General Scheme of Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I understand how difficult it is to break the logjam and to get houses delivered. There is also a need for the public to have a transparent system. In Tipperary it is very difficult to get a preplanning meeting. The system has tightened and tightened and tightened and the role of the public representative has been completely diminished. It is not that they wanted to interfere but they...
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (11 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: Hear, hear.
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (11 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: I am pleased to get a few moments to speak on the motion. I said earlier that I would be supporting it because it is one facet of our attempts to deal with the chronic issue of smoking and the legacy effects it has on households and on both heavy and passive smokers. It saddens me that, notwithstanding increases over the several budgets while I have been a Member of the House, smoking has...
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: He is not gone yet.
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)
Mattie McGrath: This is a reasonable budget which contains many welcome measures. However, as we know, the devil is in the detail. I am sure that as we examine the Estimates in the coming days, we will learn a lot more about the real impact of budget 2017 on citizens. As I said, there are many welcome measures contained in the budget, but I am concerned that the Government has not gone far enough to...