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Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be able to speak on this Bill. I compliment the Minister and wish him all the best in his new portfolio. I look forward to him engaging not only in this but also in many other areas with local communities. I salute the boards of management, the parents' councils and the entire school community in my constituency. That is all I can speak for. Throughout the years I...

Order of Business (28 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Today’s business shall be motions on the terms of reference of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, the Chair and membership of the Committee of Public Accounts, the Chair of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, and draft Standing Orders, including the terms of reference of the Irish language committee. Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the catchment area a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary falls into to attend an autism spectrum disorder unit in a secondary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18004/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Payments (28 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 289. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the same or similar reductions would apply in a given situation (details supplied); the changes in social protection payment rates that would apply across the range of payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18392/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (28 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 369. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of hours applied for and the average number he has granted in County Tipperary under the home help scheme, by week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17967/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (28 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting orthodontic treatment with the Health Service Executive in south and north Tipperary; the waiting times for such persons to receive this treatment; the funding allocated for orthodontic treatment and the number of patients per orthodontist in south and north Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults being funded by the Health Service Executive in 2015 to receive specialist care in facilities outside the State; if he will provide details in respect of each of those adults on the type of care being provided (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18246/16]

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the recall of the Dáil to discuss this very serious situation. The result has brought to the fore the deeply divided nature of British society. I fully accept the outcome and Britain's right to decide, as well as the fact that it will not be forced to have another vote. The majority of those who voted to leave were from working class backgrounds and regions that were...

Animal Protection (in relation to hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jun 2016)

Mattie McGrath: Regulated coursing is and has been managed under the auspices of the Irish Coursing Club, ICC, which was established in 1916. It is the central authority for more than 80 local coursing clubs. These clubs hold coursing meetings annually, typically over a two-day period. Coursing is supervised by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, under the Department of Arts, Heritage and the...

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]