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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The Tánaiste is afraid to answer my question. If they are trying to rename Páirc Uí Chaoimh, they should call it Páirc Micheál Martin because he is so good at kicking the ball around and off the pitch, but will not play the ball on the pitch and deal with the questions he is asked. The Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, made an assessment that the Irish...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Good job you were not in goal.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Scoring own goals.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: What about a Minister?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I bring to the attention of the Tánaiste a potential Government cover-up regarding the upcoming referendums. On Monday, 12 February, the former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Senator Michael McDowell, accused the Minister, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, of hiding vital information regarding the upcoming referendums in March. Senator McDowell's allegations suggest a significant...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: We have a route option selection process going on for the new N24. I am talking specifically about the Cahir to Waterford stretch, or Cahir to Carrick-on-Suir in our case in Tipperary. Clonmel has a bypass for 20-odd years and it is like a car park morning and evening. It is proposed now to use that same bypass to link up with the new road. This is totally impractical. Clonmel town needs...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I thank the Deputies of all parties who have supported this motion. I wish to express my sympathies to Deputy Michael Collins on his tragic loss and to his brother Danny and the mother of the young man. I thank Tríona and Brian Ó Domhnaill in our office for putting this motion together. I am disappointed because, as usual, the Government has put forward a countermotion....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (21 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8240/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (21 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of septic tanks inspected, by county, since the inspection scheme was introduced in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8149/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for Irish citizenship (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8239/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of patients seen in the Cashel minor injury unit each year for the past three years; the number of staff available at the unit; the reason the public is never recommended to use Cashel minor injury unit when local hospitals are experiencing overcrowding; the efforts taken to advertise and increase the use of this unit; and if he will make a...

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I, too, support this motion. It is a terribly sad situation. I issue a fíorfháilte do na daoine óga is aosta sa Ghailearaí freisin. I welcome the people to the Gallery. They should not have to come here but, unfortunately, in this country, especially with health, while so many good things happen, which we acknowledge, in this area of scoliosis and, indeed, urology, it...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Last year, the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, announced a postponement of development fees and water connection charges in an effort to encourage people to build amid spiralling construction costs. Huge delays are being experienced by individual self-builders and, indeed, bigger builder waiting for connection from Uisce Éireann. There is a fear now among these people that the delays will...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I speak on behalf of my colleagues in the Rural Independent Group on the lack of gardaí in our country. Since the trouble in Dublin, gardaí are coming up from Tipperary and every other county to man the situation here in Dublin. Places like Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Tipperary Town, Cahir and Roscrea are very short of guards. They have pathetic numbers if people knew the real...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if the former St. Luke's Hospital Farm, Glenconnor, Clonmel, County Tipperary is being considered as a location for an accommodation centre for asylum seekers; to give details of any contracts issued to develop this farm for a reception centre; if his Department has had any engagement in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if his Department have any plans to use a hotel in Tipperary as an accommodation centre for asylum seekers (details supplied); if his Department has had any engagements with owners in relation to this property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7593/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if his Department have any plans to use a property in south Tipperary as an accommodation centre for asylum seekers (details supplied); if his Department have had any engagements with owners in relation to this property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (20 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: 538. To ask the Minister for Health if the Government, given the implications of the adoption and ratification of the proposed WHO Pandemic Treaty and proposed amendments to the International Health Regulations, will enable a recourse to the people (details supplied) and thereby enable a constitutional referendum to be held to ascertain the views of the people, who are guardians of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The home help system is chaotic. There are huge anomalies in it. The changes that are in it now are very disturbing. A couple of years ago, we were all here looking for extra home helps and extra hours and we could not get them, but now the system has changed it is a bit of a trick of the loop. One is being allocated the extra hours but one cannot get the home help people. The ones who...