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Other Questions: Tax Code (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will assist registered farm contractors by introducing accelerated investment allowances to allow them to invest in high-capital-cost machinery, as occurs in the United Kingdom (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17492/16]

Other Questions: Tax Code (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: As the Minister knows, farm contracting is a very expensive business and the cost of equipment is enormous. Farmers need this equipment to deal with climatic conditions. Farmers want to get silage and harvesting done very fast. Other countries have special credit allowances. I have supplied the details of the situation in England to the Minister. It is to be hoped the Minister could...

Other Questions: Tax Code (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: As the Minister knows, the agricultural industry and exports are vital, and good harvesting, crop management and environmental issues are important. My proposal is aimed specifically at assisting registered farm contractors in Ireland. I must declare that I am a member of its representative body. I ask the Minister to introduce measures to assist them in the purchase of large machinery,...

Other Questions: Tax Code (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: The IFA is not the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and does not represent contractors. They might not want this. The IFA is a very powerful lobby group, which I support - it lobbied this week. I am referring to a specific national organisation representing hundreds of contractors who are registered, pay their taxes and employ people. We could not deliver our agri-industry...

Summer Economic Statement 2016: Statements (Resumed) (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am also delighted to have some time today to speak on this summer economic statement. It used to be said at one time that one swallow never a summer made. I will not call them swallows but two Ministers addressed Members with speeches on this issue today. I would not dare call them that and I wish them both well in their new portfolios but it is a case of tús maith leath na hoibre....

Leaders' Questions (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Come on Tipp.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance to make a special short-term provision, to allow grass and silage harvesting activities by farm contractors to be zero rated for a period of two years to allow the sector get the benefit of a 13.5% addition to cashflow on farms, and to support the opportunities that this will provide for reinvestment in additional higher genetic worth dairy and beef...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 253. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for access to speech and language services in County Tipperary; the number of children and adults waiting for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17864/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 254. To ask the Minister for Health the current or pending funding allocations being considered for South Tipperary General Hospital particularly those for infrastructure investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17865/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 255. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the work of the emergency task force established to tackle the high rates of patients being treated in accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17866/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the services available to those wishing to combat gambling addictions or problem gambling; the measures he is taking to tackle this; the number of those presenting with gambling problems to State-supported addiction services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17867/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that is being received by the health service from the €100 charge for accident and emergency care in hospitals; the percentage of those liable for the charge who fail to pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17869/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 258. To ask the Minister for Health to consider waiving or reducing the fees for accident and emergency care for children who suffer from conditions which necessitate regular attendance at hospital accident and emergency units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17870/16]

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Give him another minute.

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Gabhaim mo chomhghairdeachas leis an bhfoireann peile faoin mbua anocht agus gabhaim mo chomhghairdeachas leis an Aire. I congratulate the Minister on his new appointment. I wish him well and I look forward to working constructively with him on many issues. I hope he will bring some of his imaginative style to this portfolio. My colleague Deputy Danny Healy-Rae has covered nearly...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to speak on this Estimate. I welcome the Minister and I am delighted that she was reappointed to this portfolio. She has made a vast improvement since she took it over. We have a very sanitised relationship with her, as does the Garda Síochána, unlike some of her predecessors, the one previous to her especially. We need a Garda Síochána force. We...

Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care Policy (22 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Like the Minister, I and everybody else want the best care outcomes for all children, particularly those in foster care. I am not asking the Minister to direct or interfere in an intrusive manner but I ask for a degree of common sense, reflection and understanding of the greater role of grandparents. We all feel it because we are going the one way in age and ageism is such an issue. The...

Topical Issue Debate: Foster Care Policy (22 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue. I am delighted the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is present. I congratulate her on her appointment as Minister and I look forward to working constructively with her throughout her period of office. As of 31 March 2016, there were 6,405 children in care. Of these, 93% were in foster care, with 4,162 in...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to speak to this motion this evening and I congratulate the Minister, Deputy Coveney on his appointment. I also congratulate the Ministers of State, Deputies Seán Kyne and Damien English on their appointments. Waste disposal has been a huge issue for many years. From my time on the county council my understanding is that the problems are around land fill, the unavailability...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (21 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding she is making available to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority as provided for in the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16686/16]