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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (14 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, wish the Minister and his team well. It is important that he listens and engages. I know began to do so when the negotiations on the programme for Government commenced. This is a huge issue and we will be judged on our success or failure in grappling with it. We have failed spectacularly, as a country, to deal with homelessness. There are a number of blockages, one of which...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: What is the Minister's estimate of the amount that has been spent so far on legal aid-----

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: -----regarding this issue and what will it cost the taxpayer to appeal?

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Big Phil.

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Of course it was.

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom mo chomhghairdeachas a ghabháil d'fhoireann Tiobraid Árann. Bhí an bua againn sa chluiche ar an Domhnach. The House will forgive me that when discussing such a serious issue but I could not let the opportunity pass-----

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: -----and I hope the EU will not decide to bring an appeal about the style and the manner of the hurling. I also wish to preface my remarks by saying that I fully support the 12.5% corporation tax. I salute the many companies that have established operations throughout Ireland, but especially those in my county and in and around Clonmel. There are almost 4,000 jobs there, some with Merck...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am sticking to Apple but there are a few bad apples always in every pack. Deputy Grealish might know that. This is about the corporate tax rates. We said it is not about tax avoidance. It clearly is not. It is not about tax evasion. It is not about the justness of our tax system. Ostensibly, it is not even about tax. It is about illegal state aid, full stop. The Minister, Deputy...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: In 2013, I was told by the HSE that it had commissioned an independent review of orthodontic services throughout the country. I pursued the matter in 2014 and during the past fortnight. Sadly, it was confirmed to me through a Parliamentary Question yesterday that there are 382 patients awaiting orthodontic treatment in north Tipperary and similar numbers in south Tipperary, with only two...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: It is ladies' day.

Appointment of Members of the Legal Services Regulatory Authority: Motion (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, am delighted to avail of the opportunity to speak to this motion on the last day before we break. I have been asking on the Order of Business and during Question Time when this board would be set up because it is long overdue. I have a list of the names of those to be appointed and I am glad to see it is happening. For too long, we have not had any real regulation. There were...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta Lands (21 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm if Coillte Teoranta owns or rents woodland at Curraheen Hill, Curraghdobbin Hill, Newtown and associated townslands of Macreary, Rathclarish, Poulmaleen, Ballinurra, Lisadobber and Ahenny in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23795/16]

Standing Order 149: Motion (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am glad to get some speaking time and I thank the Business Committee for allowing extra time to at least have some debate on this subject. It was going to go through the House without debate, which would have been a very retrograde step. I am not surprised by this action by the ECB and the EU because that is they way they have been behaving. As a man who campaigned over the years for...

Housing (Sale of Local Authority Housing) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am also glad to be able to speak about the Bill, which is timely given the Minister's announcement of his grandiose plan yesterday. We will be housed out of it before we are finished, pardon the pun, but that will not give any houses to the homeless. I remember when Part V was introduced. I was a member of a county council in south Tipperary and was a big supporter of it because the boom...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: There is not one of us in this House who does not come across the tragedy of suicide in our communities on a weekly basis. In light of recent scandals and so on, when will legislation be introduced to deal with the issue of suicide and the delivery of services in that regard, including intervention services specifically tailored to families and victims?

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: The South East Economic Monitor report produced by the Waterford Institute of Technology, WIT, school of business confirmed that unemployment in the south east is at crisis levels and is rising. It currently stands at 12.5% compared to other regions that are experiencing a national trend of 8.4%. The report finds further that the quality of employment in the south east is dramatically lower...

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Tá a fhios agam. That will not get us jobs.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: My point was that IDA activity over three decades has not been up to par, so it needs to improve. Part of the reason for the continuing stagnation of the economy in the south east is down to the administrative burden being placed on SMEs and other business ventures that are having their entrepreneurial vision and passion restricted or crippled. In reply to a parliamentary question I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services Provision (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of Safeguarding Vulnerable Persons at Risk of Abuse: National Policy and Procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22931/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (20 Jul 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 296. To ask the Minister for Health to investigate the matters outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22936/16]